1. Based on the grapheme representing /sh/, which
word is probably from French?: machine
2. Which of the following words is most probably from
the Anglo-Saxon layer of English?: playground
3. Because of arbitrary and historical conventions
governing English orthog- raphy, some letters can
never be used to end a word. Which word can be
explained by that principle?: have
4. If you were teaching the soft c for reading and
spelling, which words could be used as examples?:
circus, cycle, center
5. Which of the following two-syllable words contains
an open syllable fol- lowed by a closed syllable?: secret
6. Which of the following two-syllable words contains a
vowel team syllable followed by a syllable with a vowel-
r pattern?: power