Short a, Long a |
/f/ Spelled f, ff, ph |
Suffixes: -ate, -ary |
Short e, Long e |
Consonant Sounds:
/z/, /zh/ |
Prefixes: under-, sub-,
super-, inter-, intra-, mid- |
Short i, Long i |
Suffixes: -ed, -ing |
Suffix: -ous |
Short o, Long o |
Silent Consonants |
Words Writers Use |
Short u, Long u |
Double Consonants |
Suffixes: -ion, -tion, -ation |
Vowels:  |
Suffixes: -able, -ible |
Suffixes: -eer, -ian,
-ant, -ent |
ie, ei |
Prefixes: ir-, anti-, il-,
non-, mis- |
Suffixes: -ance, -ence |
r-Controlled Vowels |
Suffixes: -age, -ment |
Homographs |
/ә/ in Final Syllables |
Suffixes: -ful, -less,
-some |
Greek Roots |
Suffixes: -ward, -ly |
Compound Words |
Abbreviations and
Acronyms |