CALT study Questions and Answers with Verified
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The 6 Syllable Types - ANSWER 1. Closed
2. Open
3. Vowel Consonant E
4. Vowel Combinations (Vowel Teams)
5. R Controlled Vowels
6. Final Stable Syllables
Closed Vowel - ANSWER Syllable type where Vowel is closed off by one or
more consonants
Open Vowel - ANSWER Syllable type where Syllable ends in a long vowel sound
Vowel Consonant E - ANSWER Syllable type where Long Vowel followed by 1
consonant and silent E
R Controlled Vowel - ANSWER Syllable type where When an R follows a vowel
& changes the sound
Final Stable Syllable - ANSWER Syllable type In the final position, unaccented,
hint of a vowel sound
, CALT
Vowel Combinations or Vowel Teams - ANSWER Syllable type where 2 or more
vowels together that make one sound
Digraph - ANSWER 2 letters that make 1 sound
Combination - ANSWER When 2 letters come together in an unexpected way
Diphthong - ANSWER 2 adjacent vowels in 1 syllable that blend 2 sounds
Trigraph - ANSWER 3 letters that make 1 sound
Quadrigraph - ANSWER 4 letters that make 1 sound
Phoneme - ANSWER The smallest unit of sound that distinguishes one word
from another
Morpheme - ANSWER The smallest meaningful unit of sound (or meaningful
linguistic unit) in a word
Alphabetic Principal - ANSWER The relationship between letters and sounds, in
a Left to Right orientation and phonemes (sounds) ordered in a specific temporal
sequence in a spoken word.
In which field of study do we typically find words of Greek origin? - ANSWER
science (sometimes theater, religion and sports)
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