JSB Week 6

Question 1

What are the pieces of information you must provide to the pronouncer at a spelling bee to confirm if there is a root?

Accepted Answer

pronunciation, language, meaning

Question 2

what two roots is this word made of: hemophile

Accepted Answer

hemo meaning blood and phile meaning love

Question 3

\f\ sound in New Latin

Accepted Answer

ph

Question 4

What is a Romance language?

Accepted Answer

language from Latin

Question 5

What is the correct spelling knowing that the origin of language is Greek?

Accepted Answer

diaphysis

Question 6

Finish the lyrics with the correct spelling: “Beef ragout, cheese soufflé, pie and pudding...”

Accepted Answer

“En Flambe”

Question 7

English is a Romance language

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

What is assimilation

Accepted Answer

a letter/sound becoming like the surrounding ones over time

Question 9

What is a suffix

Accepted Answer

end of word

Question 10

What does the Latin/Greek root hyper mean?

Accepted Answer

excessive

Question 11

Why do sounds assimilate?

Accepted Answer

to make it easier to pronounce

Question 12

What is the most common language of origin

Accepted Answer

Latin

Question 13

What is a schwa

Accepted Answer

short uh sound

Question 14

Which of these is the correct spelling?

Accepted Answer

Distinction

Question 15

Is the French diminutive et feminine or masculine

Accepted Answer

masculine

Question 16

The prefix re- means......

Accepted Answer

again

Question 17

What is the right spelling?

Accepted Answer

sergeant

Question 18

Which root means color?

Accepted Answer

chromo

Question 19

What language is New Latin based off of?

Accepted Answer

Greek

Question 20

What is the right spelling?

Accepted Answer

calender

Question 21

What is a diminutive

Accepted Answer

suffix meaning little one

Question 22

Which of these prefixes mean not?

Accepted Answer

dis, non, im, un

Question 23

Which language tends to have a lot of assimilation?

Accepted Answer

Latin

Question 24

What is the French feminine diminutive

Accepted Answer

ette

Question 25

What is the right spelling?

Accepted Answer

restaurant

Question 26

Choose the correct spelling:

Accepted Answer

laboratory

Question 27

Which is the correct spelling of the word that means a large group of animals ?

Accepted Answer

herd

Question 28

What is a prefix

Accepted Answer

beginning of word

Question 29

What is the most common schwa in Greek

Accepted Answer

o

Question 30

What is the most common Latin schwa

Accepted Answer

i

Question 31

What is the correct spelling knowing that it is an adjective

Accepted Answer

mucous

JSB Week 6

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JSB Week 6

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