Word Study Flashcards
(38 cards)
Noun
Names a person, place or thing
Dog barn animals cat
Verb
Expresses an action or state of being
Run chase is
Pronoun
Takes the place of a noun (
Takes the place of a “person, place or thing”
We he she our
Adjective
Describes a noun or pronoun
Crazy kind
Adverb
Describes a verb and adjective or another adverb often ending in LY answers when the action will be completed
Aggressively kindly
preposition
Shows a relationship of a noun
Pronoun or Geund to another word place time or direction
Into on under
Interjection
An abrupt word or phrase that expresses emotion
Yikes hurry ouch wow
Conjunction
Joins together, words, clauses phrases, or sentences
We and but yet your
Close syllables
Close syllables contain a short vowel sound, and end in a consonant
Example button, but/ton sub/mit in/sect
Open syllables
Open syllable end with a vowel and usually contain a long vowel sound
Ba/sic Go
Final e syllables
Final E syllables contain a pattern vowel ,constant ,E the E is silent in the vowel before it makes a long vowel sound
Cuteness,globe
Vowel team
The teams are groups of vowels and sometimes vowels paired with consonants that work together to create one vowel sound
Pea/nut ea=vowel team
R controlled syllables
Are pronounced differently than regular long or short vowel sounds vowel + R
Turkey ur u is the vowel r is the r
Final stable syllables
The final stable syllable can only be at the end of a word. The final syllable is a stable because it always pronounced the same way. It is often referred to as a consonant + LE syllable.
Cable. BLe is the final stable syllable
Syllabication
The patterns we use to divide words into.
Word Study
The study of word parts (or the pieces that make up the words)
Base Word
A word that can stand along and have meaning
Root
A word part that has meaning, BUT only becomes a word when an affix is added.
Affix
word part added to the beginning or end of a word
Prefix
affix at the BEGINNING of the word, can change the word’s meaning
Suffix
an affix at the END of a word, changes the word’s meaning and often changes it’s part of speech
Tele
Far away
Pathy
Feeling or disease
Meter
To measure
