quiz 3

Question 1

Combinations of two or three letters whose sounds can be blended together such that each consonant is still produced (e.g., bl, st,spl).

Answer 1

Blends

Question 2

A “closed” speech sound that is made with some obstruction of the air flow during speech production (e.g., c, f)

Answer 2

Consonant

Question 3

The letter “c” represents more than one phoneme - /k/, /s/. In general, when a c is followed by the letters a, o, or u, it will have the /k/ sound, known as a hard c (e. g., cat, coat, cut). When followed by the letters e, i, or y, it will have the /s/, a soft c (e.g., center, city, cymbals).

Answer 3

The C Rule

Question 4

When a vowel comes between two consonants in a syllable, it usually represents a short vowel sound (e.g., cat, not, met, bit, mud).

Answer 4

The CVC Pattern

Question 5

When a consonant is followed by a vowel, the vowel usually produces a long vowel sound (e.g, no, go , be).

Answer 5

The CV Pattern

Question 6

Two consonant letters that represent only one distinct sound (e.g., sh, ch, th, wh)

Answer 6

Digraph

Question 7

When there is a short vowel and the word sends in an f, s, l, or z, the final consonant is doubled.

Answer 7

FLOSS rule

Question 8

The letter “g” has a hard and soft sound. When “g” is followed by the letters a, o, or u, the letter represents the hard, or regular /g/sound (e.g., gate, go, gutter). When followed by e, i, or y, the letter represents the soft g or/j/ sound (e.g., gentle, giant, gym).

Answer 8

The G Rule

Question 9

The spelling system of our language

Answer 9

Orthography

Question 10

One or more letters that do not represent the phoneme are combined with a letter that does represent the phoneme. Most of these are of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) or Greek origin. (e.g., Anglo-Saxon - know, write, listen, comb; Greek - psychology)

Answer 10

Silent-letter Combinations

Question 11

Three consonant letters that represent only one sound (e.g., tch, dge).

Answer 11

Trigraph

Question 12

When two vowels in a word are separated by a single consonant and one is an “-e” at the end of the word, the first vowel is generally long and the final “e” is silent (e.g., make, rope).

Answer 12

The VCe(Final Silente) Pattern

Question 13

An “open” speech sound that is not a consonant (e.g., a, i).

Answer 13

Vowel

Question 14

When two vowels come together in a word, the first vowel usually carries a long sound and the second vowel is silent, particularly with oa, ee, and ay combinations. (e.g., toad, feet, day)

Answer 14

Vowel Team Pattern(CVVC)