LT Rules Quiz

What are the two ways to divide a word?

• Syllables or Morphemes

• Synonyms or Antonyms
• Roots or Prefixes
• Vowels or Consonants

What pattern do you use to divide battle?

Divide the word absent. What syllable pattern is this? Is it open or closed?

• Rabbit and Closed

• Camel and closed

• Tiger and open

• Ostrich and closed

What is the bossy r pattern?

• Not a r sound

• R-controlled vowel sound
• No vowel sound

• R-controlled consonant sound

When you add ing to the word run, what rule applies?

• Present participle rule
• 111 spelling rule

• Drop e rule

• No rule applies

What is the smallest part of a word?

• a pattern

• a consonant

• a morpheme

• a syllable

What type of morpheme is de- ?

• a suffix

• a base

• a prefix

• a root

What does the suffix -ed mean?

• Adjective describing a person
• Plural form of a noun
• Past tense of a verb
• Present tense of a verb

What is a strategy for spelling?

• Memorize all words without understanding
• Ignore spelling mistakes
• Use a random letter generator
• Break down words into smaller parts, identify common prefixes and suffixes, and practice regularly.

When adding the suffix er to bake, what spelling rule should you use?

• Drop the silent e
• Double the consonant before adding the suffix
• Change the final e to y
• Add an extra vowel before the suffix