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Direct Instruction for Decoding, Spelling, and Understanding Multisyllabic Words
Grades 4?12
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Megawords 7
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34 WORD LIST
Unaccented i = / / or //
accident acquisitive altitude American animal aptitude arbitrate article artifact Baltimore candidate capital captivate cardigan carnival centipede certificate citizen comparison compliment continent criminal detriment difficult estimate
-i- = / /
facilitate Florida gratitude helicopter hesitate hurricane impediment inhabitant institute intelligent intimate investigate latitude longitude magnificent magnitude manicure medicine meditate Mexican monitor multitude notify officer optimist
original participate pedicure pessimist politics predicate president principal principle prominent ridicule sensitive sentiment significant similar solitude subsidy substitute testimony unicorn uniform universe venison ventilate vertigo
-ity = / t/
ability activity annuity authority capability capacity captivity cavity clarity dignity electricity entity festivity finality fragility humanity humidity intensity majority necessarily necessity objectivity personality popularity possibility publicity
purity quality quantity rapidity reality reliability sanity security sensibility severity sincerity stupidity unity university vanity varsity vicinity
-ical = / k l/
chemical clerical comical critical economical electrical fanatical geographical grammatical historical identical logical mechanical medical methodical musical nautical physical political practical radical statistical surgical technical theatrical typical vertical
Megawords 7 ? List 34 11
Practice Page 34a
Practice Page 34a
Unaccented i
The letter i in an unaccented middle syllable usually has the schwa sound (/ /).1 In many List 34 words, a consonant or blend comes before the letter i to form a syllable. Although this syllable ends in i, it does not have a long vowel sound like most open syllables. The syllable is unaccented and the letter i has a schwa sound.
1 Read the syllables aloud to practice the schwa sound (/ /).
ti
vi
ci
ni
ri
bi
di
pli
si
gi
fi
sti
In some List 34 words, the letter i is in an open syllable followed by the letters cal. In these words, the letter i has a short i (//) sound.
2 Read the syllables aloud to practice the short i sound (//).
i
ni
tri
ti
? SSI ? DO NOT DUPLICATE
1 The letter i has three main sounds in unaccented middle syllables. List 34 focuses on i pronounced / / (similar), List 35 discusses i pronounced // (radial), and List 36 covers i pronounced /y/ (million).
2 Megawords 7 ? List 34
Practice Page 34b
Practice Page 34b
1 Circle the syllables that contain unaccented i.
ar bi trate
cap i tal
an i mal
pred i cate
det ri ment
mul ti tude
u ni form
op ti mist
ap ti tude
sen si tive
ven i son
ar ti fact
ac ci dent
prom i nent
Where is the syllable that contains i?
pol i tics mon i tor sol i tude sub sti tute u ni corn pres i dent
The suffix -ity is pronounced / t/. The letter i has a schwa sound in this suffix.
The ending -ical, pronounced / k l/, contains the suffixes -ic and -al. The letter i has its short sound in this ending.
2 Circle the -ity or -ical in each word. Then pronounce the suffixes.
clarity
political
humidity
geographical
necessity
technical
majority
vicinity
mechanical
possibility
physical
chemical
activity
intensity
nautical
Review
The letter i in an unaccented middle syllable usually says /
/.
Two common endings in which i says / / or // are
and
.
? SSI ? DO NOT DUPLICATE
Megawords 7 ? List 34 3
Practice Page 34c
Practice Page 34c
Review
Unaccented i is often found in the middle syllable of multisyllabic words. It most often
has a
sound but sometimes has a short-
sound.
1 Your teacher will dictate some syllables with i pronounced / /. Say the syllable as you write it.
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
2 Answer the questions about List 34 words. 1. How do you spell the ending pattern pronounced / t/? 2. How do you spell the ending pattern pronounced / k l/?
3 Circle and write the middle syllable with unaccented i.
article
uniform
compliment
arbitrate
subsidy
principle
officer
hurricane
substitute
cardigan
universe
sensitive
vertical
medical
solitude
Florida
capital
dignity
hesitate
accident
? SSI ? DO NOT DUPLICATE
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