Combination correct answers Two letters put together to form an unexpected sound
Digraph correct answers Two letters put together to form one sound
Suffix correct answers Letter/letters added to end of base word to Change form/usage
Trigraph correct answers Three letters put together to make one sound
Dipthong correct answers Two vowel sounds that glide together
Prefix correct answers Letter/letters added to base word to change meaning
Syllable correct answers Has at least one vowel sound
Base word correct answers A complete English word
Monosyllable correct answers A word of only one syllable
Closed syllable correct answers Ends with at least one consonant
Open syllable correct answers Ends with a vowel
Consonant correct answers Usually blocked by teeth tongue or lips
Vowel sound correct answers Open and voiced sound
Circumflex correct answers Codes vowel in accented combination
Tilde correct answers Codes vowel in unaccented combination
Macron correct answers Code mark for vowel in a open syllable
Breve correct answers Code mark for vowel in a closed syllable
Vowel r correct answers Forms combination at end of word or before any consonant but r
Suffix correct answers Does not change its spelling
Derivative correct answers Word formed by adding a letter or groups of letters
Grapheme correct answers Any letter or group of letters that stand a single speech sound In a
word
Phoneme correct answers Single speech sound within a word
[-le correct answers Final stable syllable
Floss rule correct answers When spelling a word ending with (s) or (l) double the s or l