Phonics Rules Fry 7th Set

Question 1

What does the prefix ‘pre-‘ mean?

Answer 1

The prefix PRE- means ‘before’ and the E is usually pronounced /prē/ if stressed.

Question 2

What does the prefix ‘mis-‘ mean?

Answer 2

The prefix MIS- means ‘wrong’ or ‘bad’ and the I says short ĭ.

Question 3

What does the prefix ‘non-‘ mean?

Answer 3

The prefix NON- means ‘not’ and does not change the vowel sound of the base word.

Question 4

How is -tion pronounced?

Answer 4

TION says /shun/.

Question 5

How is -sion pronounced?

Answer 5

SION says /zhun/.

Question 6

How is -cian pronounced?

Answer 6

The CIAN says /shən/.

Question 7

How is -sian pronounced?

Answer 7

The SIAN says /zhən/.

Question 8

How is -ly pronounced?

Answer 8

The LY says /lē/ and forms an adverb.

Question 9

How is -ness pronounced?

Answer 9

The NESS says /nəs/ and forms a noun.

Question 10

How is -ment pronounced?

Answer 10

The MENT says /mənt/ and forms a noun.

Question 11

How is -ful pronounced?

Answer 11

The -FUL says /fəl/ and adds ‘full of.’

Question 12

How is -less pronounced?

Answer 12

The -LESS says /ləs/ and adds ‘without.’

Question 13

What happens to words ending in -ing?

Answer 13

If the base word ends with a short vowel + consonant, double the consonant. Silent E is dropped.

Question 14

How is -ed pronounced?

Answer 14

-ED says /d/, /t/, or /id/.

Question 15

What happens with double letters?

Answer 15

Double letters keep the preceding vowel short.

Question 16

How is the vowel team EA pronounced?

Answer 16

EA usually says ē, sometimes ĕ.

Question 17

How is the vowel team EE pronounced?

Answer 17

EE says ē.

Question 18

How is the vowel team OW pronounced?

Answer 18

OW can say /ow/ or long ō depending on the word.

Question 19

How is the vowel team OU pronounced?

Answer 19

OU can say /ou/ or /ow/ depending on the word.

Question 20

How is the vowel team OO pronounced?

Answer 20

OO can say /oo/ or short /ŭ/ depending on the word.

Question 21

How does soft C behave before E, I, Y?

Answer 21

C says /s/.

Question 22

How does soft G behave before E, I, Y?

Answer 22

G says /j/.

Question 23

What happens with R-controlled vowels?

Answer 23

Vowel + R changes the sound: car /ar/, her /ər/, bird /ər/, for /or/, turn /ər/.

Question 24

How is T + URE pronounced?

Answer 24

T + URE says /chər/.

Question 25

What do we notice about silent letters?

Answer 25

The letters are not pronounced.

Question 26

What do apostrophes indicate?

Answer 26

The apostrophe shows missing letters.

Question 27

What do we notice about multisyllabic words?

Answer 27

Each syllable usually has one vowel. Open/closed syllable rules still apply.

Question 28

How is the word 'information' pronounced?

Answer 28

The TION says /shun/, and the I is short ĭ.

Question 29

How is the word 'government' pronounced?

Answer 29

The MENT says /mənt/, and the vowel sounds follow basic rules.

Question 30

How is the word 'happiness' pronounced?

Answer 30

The NESS says /nəs/, and the vowel sounds follow basic rules.

Question 31

How is the word 'musician' pronounced?

Answer 31

The CIAN says /shən/.

Question 32

How is the word 'magician' pronounced?

Answer 32

The CIAN says /shən/.

Question 33

How is the word 'Asian' pronounced?

Answer 33

The SIAN says /zhən/.

Question 34

How is the word 'quickly' pronounced?

Answer 34

The LY says /lē/ and does not change the main vowel.

Question 35

How is the word 'happily' pronounced?

Answer 35

The LY says /lē/ and does not change the main vowel.

Question 36

What happens with the word 'running'?

Answer 36

Double consonant keeps the vowel short.

Question 37

What happens with the word 'jumping'?

Answer 37

No doubling needed; vowel stays short.

Question 38

How is the word 'helped' pronounced?

Answer 38

-ED says /t/.

Question 39

How is the word 'wanted' pronounced?

Answer 39

-ED says /id/ because base ends in T.

Question 40

How is the word 'reading' pronounced?

Answer 40

EA says ē.

Question 41

How is the word 'teacher' pronounced?

Answer 41

ER says /ər/.

Question 42

How is the word 'beautiful' pronounced?

Answer 42

UI says short ĭ; EAU says /yoo/.

Question 43

How is the word 'adventure' pronounced?

Answer 43

T + URE says /chər/.

Question 44

How is the word 'danger' pronounced?

Answer 44

GER says /jər/.

Question 45

How is the word 'stranger' pronounced?

Answer 45

GER says /jər/.