Level 9 Rules

Question 1

Tour, Journey, Court

Look it up using…

Answer 1

French OUR:
/oor/ = tour
/er/ = journey
/or/ = court

Look it up using the American Spelling

Question 2

Guam (Good Guess)

When spelling /g/ and a watch out vowel, put…

Answer 2

GU followed by a vowel = /gw/ Guam
Only way to spell /gw/ is GU.

when spelling /g/ + e, i, y put a GU: guess, guide, guy

GU = /gw/ as in Guam in borrowed words
GU = /g/ as in “guess” in American words

Question 3

British English rules

Answer 3

-or –> -our (labour)
-ize –> -ise suffix (economise)

Question 4

Very Old Words
wr-
gh-
kn-
gn-
-gn

Look it up using…

vowel before gn wil always be…

Answer 4

wr- = /r/ wrist
gh- = /g/ ghost
kn- = /n/ knee
gn- = /n/ gnat
-gn = /n/ sign

Look it up using the modern spelling.

Watch for confusables (wrung/rung).

Vowel before gn will always be LONG (sign, campaign)

Question 5

Greek Words

ch
sc-
ps-
rh-
-mn

Look up spelling…

Answer 5

ch = /k/ chemistry
(also: chr- )
sc- = /s/ before e, i, y
ps- = /s/ psychology
rh- = /r/ rhinoceros
-mn = /m/ column

Look up spelling the American way.

Watch out for confusables (him, hymn)

Question 6

Fatigue

Only way to spell /eeg/ at the end…

-gue after short-o…

Before GUE:
i will say…
a will say…
o will say…

Answer 6

French GUE
-gue at the end of French words = /g/ as in fatigue

Only way to spell /eeg/ at the end is -igue.

-gue after short-o can be shortened to -g (prologue, prolog)

Before GUE:
i will say /ee/
a will say /ay/
o will say /short-o/

Question 7

Chef

Answer 7

in French words, CH = /sh/ chef

Look it up using the American Spelling SH

Question 8

Police

Answer 8

in French words, -i_e = /ee/ police

Look it up using the American Spelling EE

Question 9

Antique

Answer 9

in French words, -que = /k/ antique

Look it up using the American Spelling CK/K

Question 10

Corsage

Answer 10

Only French words end with /ozh/ so no need to look it up.

Question 11

Deluxe

Answer 11

silent-e on the end of a French word is sometimes just “being French” deluxe. Look it up if you’re not sure.

Question 12

Café

Answer 12

in French words -é = /ay/ café

Look it up using the American Spelling AY

Question 13

Appliqué

Answer 13

in French words -qué = /kay/ appliqué

Look it up using the American Spelling CAY

Question 14

Ballet

Answer 14

in French words that end with -et, the T is silent, and the E = /ay/

Look it up using the American Spelling AY

Question 15

Chablis

Answer 15

in French words that end with -s, the S is silent as in chablis.

Look it up using the American spelling.

Question 16

Chateau

make plural with…

Answer 16

in French words, EAU = /long-o/ chateau

Make plural with -X = /z/ as in chateaux

Question 17

Ski

Answer 17

in borrowed words, -i at the end = /ee/ ski

Look up using the American spelling EE/Y

Question 18

Tahiti

Answer 18

in borrowed words, i-i at the end = /ee/ Tahiti

Look up using the American spelling EE/Y

Question 19

Pasta

Answer 19

in borrowed words, a can say short-o as in Pasta

Look up using the American spelling o

Question 20

Trampoline

Answer 20

in borrowed words, -ine at the end is accented and says /een/ as in trampoline

Look up using the American spelling EEN