When you fill in blanks in this game, the number of syllables per word, and the ways in which these syllables are accented, is key. Please use this as a reference, in case you’ve forgotten this stuff:
- If there is no mention of feet (iambic, trochaic, anapestic, dactylic, spondaic), then the word is monosyllabic.
- Words with more than one syllable will be referred to as one of the following:
- Iambic: destroy
- Anapestic: intervene
- Trochaic: topsy
- Dactylic: merrily
- Spondaic: hum drum
- If it asks for the base form of a verb, that’s the part that comes after “to” in the infinitive form, as in “to be or not to be,” and “to eat or not to eat.”
- If it asks for a present participle, then it’s a verb form ending in “-ing.”
- If it asks for a past participle, then it’s a verb form probably ending in “-ed” (unless the verb is irregular)