Words Their Way Vocabulary

Front

What are A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y?

Back

Vowels

Front

What are the vowel sounds in 'pet', 'pot', 'put', 'putt', 'pat', and 'pit'?

Back

Short vowels

Front

What happens to the 'e' in a word before adding -ing, as in hoping, making, using?

Back

E-drop

Front

What do we call two of the same consonants together in a word, as in happen, funny, yellow?

Back

Doublet

Front

What term describes more than one, indicated by s, es, or ies, as in socks, boxes, puppies?

Back

Plural

Front

What are the letters that represent sounds in a word?

Back

Phonemes

Front

What is a group of letters that make a single sound, like 'ch' in 'chop'?

Back

Digraph

Front

What do we call a word that has the same spelling but different meanings, like 'bat'?

Back

Homograph

Front

What is the term for a word that has the same pronunciation but different meanings, like 'pair' and 'pear'?

Back

Homophone

Front

What is a word formed by combining two words, like 'toothbrush'?

Back

Compound word