Week 09: phon/-er/-or/-ian/-ist

Question 1

phon

Answer 1

sound

Question 2

-er, -or, -ian, -ist

Answer 2

person who

Question 3

a method of teaching people to read and pronounce words by learning the sounds of letters, letter groups, and syllables

Answer 3

phonics

Question 4

a device into which people speak or sing in order to record their voices or to make them sound louder

Answer 4

microphone

Question 5

a word that is pronounced the same as another word but is different in meaning or spelling

Answer 5

homophone

Question 6

a musical instrument that has a curved metal tube and is played by blowing into a mouthpiece and pressing keys with your fingers

Answer 6

saxophone

Question 7

a long piece of music that is usually in four large, separate sections and is performed by an orchestra or band

Answer 7

symphony

Question 8

a person who writes news stories for a newspaper, magazine, etc. or who tells people the news on radio or television

Answer 8

reporter

Question 9

a medical doctor, especially a doctor who is not a surgeon

Answer 9

physician

Question 10

a person who lives in a colony; person who helps create a colony

Answer 10

colonist

Question 11

a person who had a job or position before someone else; something that comes before something else

Answer 11

predecessor

Question 12

a person who plays the piano

Answer 12

pianist