Chapter 4 vocab

2. The part of the word that contains the basic meaning of the word. It can not stand alone.
3. A morpheme added to the end of a root or base word.
6. A cluster in which two or more adjacent letters form one distinct sound.
8. The part of the word that establishes the basic meaning of the word. It can stand alone.
9. The smallest parts of words that have a distinctive meaning.
11. Any of a wide variety of technology applications designed to help students with disabilities learn, communicate, enjoy recreation, and otherwise function more independently by bypassing their disabilities.
13. An instructional activity that provides students with extra practice using past-tense verbs.
14. an r after a vowel always changes the sound of the vowel.

1. Two separate words combined to form one word with a distinct meaning
3. Basic unit of speech, formed around a vowel or group of vowels that has one or more consonants preceding or following it.
4. Suffixes added to the end of words, such as -ed, -es, -ing, and -s. that indicates tense, number, possession, or gender when added to the base word.
5. Morphemes attached before or after a base or root word to modify its meaning.
7. A morpheme that precedes a root or base word and modifies its meaning.
10. Two successive letters articulated as a single phoneme.
12. Vowel blends in which the first sound appears to glide into the second sound.