Units Covered During the Year: Short a, e, i, o, and u Long a, e, i, o, and u ie, ei r-controlled vowels Suffixes: ward, ly f,ff, ph Consonant Sounds Suffixes: ed, ing Silent and Double Consonants Suffixes: able, ible Prefixes: ir, anti, il, non, and mis Suffixes: age, ment, ful, less, and some Compound Words Suffixes: ate, ary, ous, ion, tion, ation Prefixes: under, sub, super, inter, intra, and mid Words Writers Use Suffixes: eer, ian, ant, ent, ance, and ence Homographs Greek Roots Abbreviations and Acronyms