Use what you know about roots to finish the sentence. If a lamp emits light, it ________ light. *
Use what you know about roots to finish the sentence. Humans are bipedal, which means we have two ________. *
Use what you know about roots to finish the sentence. If Josie says the painting is spectacular, she means it ________ beautiful. *
In the podcast, the author says "The word stress has many different meanings, but here, I’m using it as a verb that means ________." *
Required
In the podcast, even though “photograph” and “photographer” are nearly identical words, meaning they’re almost the same, they have different: *
In the podcast, is the following statement true or false: Stressing the strong syllable, and not one of the weak syllables, is a simple, but very important, part of pronunciation. *
Choose
True
False
In the introduction to your assignment, I told you that only the strong or stress syllables are really pronounced. All others are reduced to the ___________. *
Choose
schwa (uh) sound
beginning of the word
end of the word
Greek root
In your Spellbound explanation on the webpage, I discussed how the suffixes –able and –ible are a big challenge for spellers! Consider what I said about Ted's confusion. What is a good strategy to use when considering the spelling for words that end in these suffixes? *
Choose
Words that end in -able should generally be able to stand apart from the suffix, though there are some exceptions.
Words that end in -ible should generally be able to stand apart from the suffix, though there are some exceptions.