Exploring the Phon Root: Sound in English Vocabulary

What does the root word 'Fawn' mean?

• Small

• Far away

• Sound

• Light

Tags

CCSS.L.4.4B

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.4B

CCSS.L.7.4B

CCSS.L.8.4B

What is the meaning of 'telephone'?

• A device to record sounds

• A device to amplify sounds

• A device to hear far away sounds

• A device to see far away

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What does 'microphone' mean?

• A device to write sounds

• A device to hear far away sounds

• A device to record small sounds

• A device to amplify large sounds

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

What is the purpose of a 'megaphone'?

• To hear far away sounds

• To write sounds

• To amplify sounds

• To record sounds

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Who invented the phonograph?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Adolf Sax

• Thomas Edison

• John Philip Sousa

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

What does 'cacophony' mean?

• Small sound

• Good sounding

• Bad sounding

• Far away sound

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2F

What does 'homophone' refer to?

• Words that have the same meaning

• Words that sound the same

• Words that are written the same

• Words that are spelled the same

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1G

CCSS.L.K.4A

What are phonemes?

• A device to amplify sounds

• The smallest unit of sound in words

• A device to record sounds

• The study of sounds

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2D

CCSS.L.K.2C

CCSS.RF.2.3E

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Who invented the saxophone?

• Adolf Sax

• Alexander Graham Bell

• John Philip Sousa

• Thomas Edison

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4