Life & Art from The Wright 3 Word Study/Spelling

A closed syllable is a syllable that ends with a consonant. Which word has only closed syllables?

• ba/na/na

• con/junc/tion

• la/beled

• mo/tor/ing

An open syllable is a syllable that ends with a vowel. Which word has only open syllables?

• flow/er/pot

• mir/ror/ing

• pig/tails

• po/ta/to

Words with VCe syllables contain a silent e at the end that makes the vowel sound long. Which word includes a VCe syllable?

• in/vite

• mit/tens

• bright/en

• pleas/ant

In r-controlled syllables, the r controls the vowel sound. If the vowel is followed by the letter r, the vowel does not make its expected sound. Which word includes an r-controlled syllable?

• dis/ap/prove

• per/form/er

• raft/ing

• stret/ching

Some vowel sounds are spelled with two letters. These letters form a vowel team. When a vowel team is in a word, it appears in the same syllable. The word that has a vowel team syllable is...

• be/ing

• com/pet/ed

• neigh/bor/ly

• re/act

Choose the word that is spelled correctly.

• despel

• dispel

• despale

• dispale

Which word is spelled correctly?

• indigant

• endigant

• indignant

• endignent

Choose the correct spelling for the word.

• huemain

• human

• humane

• humain

Which answer choice shows the correct way to spell the word?

• congruent

• congrunt

• cungruent

• cungrewnt

Which word is spelled correctly?

• crusade

• cruesade

• crussade

• crewsade