Root: phone Suffix er, or Ian, ist

What does the term 'homophone' refer to?

• A word pronounced the same as another but different in meaning or spelling

• A medical doctor

• A musical instrument

• A method of teaching reading

Which of the following best describes a 'microphone'?

• A person who writes news stories

• A musical instrument with a curved metal tube

• A person who plays the piano

• A device for recording or amplifying voices

What is 'phonics' primarily used for?

• Teaching people to read by learning sounds

• Reporting news on television

• Living in a colony

• Playing music in an orchestra

Which definition fits a 'saxophone'?

• A method of teaching reading

• A long piece of music performed by an orchestra

• A musical instrument played by blowing into it and pressing keys

• A device used to make voices louder

What does 'predecessor' mean?

• A person who plays a musical instrument

• A device for amplifying sound

• A person who had a job or position before someone else

• A method of teaching reading and pronunciation

A long piece of music that is usually in four large, separate sections and is

• symphony

• saxophone

• phonics

• predecessor

A person who writes news stories for a newspaper, magazine, etc. or who tells

people the news on radio or television.

• physician

• colonist

• pianist

• reporter

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

• colonist

• physician

• homophone

• predecessor

A person who plays the piano.

• phonics

• pianist

• reporter

• physician

A person who lives in a colony; a person who helps to create a colony.

• microphone

• homophone

• saxapone

• colonist