LESSON 173 TEACHER GUIDE & ANSWER KEY
ORTHOEPY • VOWEL Y • SUFFIX RULES
Wheeler's Elementary Speller • Page 90
| Word | IPA | Linguistic Pattern | Teaching Prescription |
|---|
| rhyme | /raɪm/ | Greek rh- + y | Silent h; vowel y = long /aɪ/ before consonant + e. |
| tyrant | /ˈtaɪrənt/ | Greek tyrannos | Open syllable ty- = long /aɪ/. |
| cyclone | /ˈsaɪkloʊn/ | Greek kyklos | Soft c before y = /s/; open syllable = long /aɪ/. |
| hyphen | /ˈhaɪfən/ | Greek hyphen | Digraph ph = /f/; vowel y = long /aɪ/. |
| dying | /ˈdaɪ.ɪŋ/ | die + -ing | Base die changes -ie to y before -ing. |
| tying | /ˈtaɪ.ɪŋ/ | tie + -ing | Base tie changes -ie to y before -ing. |
Exercise 2 Suffixation Key:
• die + -ing → dying.
• lie + -ing → lying.
• tie + -ing → tying.
English avoids writing double ii (never write diing or tiing).
Exercise 3 Solutions:
1. flying.
2. rhyme.
Spelling Clinic: Remind children that rhyme has a silent h just like rhythm.
- Why do we change 'tie' to 'tying' instead of just adding '-ing'?
- What letter makes the /aɪ/ sound in 'tyrant' and 'cyclone'?
- What silent letter is hiding in the word 'rhyme'?
Dictation & Oral Application Sentences (Read slowly at normal speaking pace):
1. Poets write beautiful lines of verse with musical rhyme.
2. Wild geese were flying swiftly across the stormy autumn sky.
3. The little boy was tying a sturdy knot in his shoestring.
4. A violent cyclone swept across the open southern prairie.
Wheeler's Elementary Speller • Lesson 173 • Teacher Master Key
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