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Doubling the consonant with suffixes: -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y

I can spell words by doubling the consonant with suffixes: -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y.

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Doubling the consonant with suffixes: -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y

I can spell words by doubling the consonant with suffixes: -ing, -ed, -er, -est and -y.

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Key learning points

  1. A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word.
  2. If the root word has a short vowel and a single consonant, the consonant letter is doubled when the suffix is added.
  3. The letter 'x' is never doubled, such as words like mixing, mixed or boxer.

Keywords

  • Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning

  • Short vowel - a vowel sound that sounds short when spoken like "a" in "cat" or the "o" sound in "hot"

  • Consonant - a sound that is made by blocking air in the mouth with the teeth, tongue, lips or palate

  • Root word - the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes

Common misconception

Pupils often miss the double letters in the middle of words that have a suffix.

Drawing attention to the patterns of how words are spelt when suffixes are added will help them to remember the double letter.


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Practise the phonic techniques of stretching words to separate the phonemes in order to help identify if a word has a short vowel in it.
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6 Questions

Q1.
Select the suffixes.
Correct answer: -ed
un-
Correct answer: -er
pre-
Correct answer: -est
Q2.
Match the words to the rule that applies when the suffix -est is added.
Correct Answer:fast - fastest,Just add -est.
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Just add -est.

Correct Answer:funny - funniest,Remove the ‘y’ and add -iest.
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Remove the ‘y’ and add -iest.

Correct Answer:wise - wisest ,Remove the ‘e’ and add -est.
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Remove the ‘e’ and add -est.

Correct Answer:hot - hottest,Double the consonant and add -est.
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Double the consonant and add -est.

Q3.
Match each word to the number of phonemes it contains.
Correct Answer:say,2
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2

Correct Answer:stop,4
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4

Correct Answer:playing,5
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5

Q4.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. It was the funyest joke she had ever heard.
funyest
funnyist
Correct answer: funniest
funiest
funnyest
Q5.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. She was the bravist after her friend arrived.
bravist
Correct answer: bravest
brayvst
braveest
Q6.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. It was the hotist day ever recorded in England.
hotest
Correct answer: hottest
hottist
hotist

6 Questions

Q1.
What are the missing words? A suffix is a letter or group of letters __________ of a word which creates another word.
Correct answer: at the end
at the start
in the middle
Q2.
Which of these words have a short vowel sound in them?
Correct answer: hop
hope
Correct answer: fat
stay
Q3.
Match the word to the suffix it contains.
Correct Answer:running,-ing
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-ing

Correct Answer:skipped,-ed
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-ed

Correct Answer:bigger,-er
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-er

Correct Answer:sunny,-y
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-y

Q4.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. Shetapd on the window.
taped
Correct answer: tapped
tapt
tapd
Q5.
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. He told a funee joke.
Correct Answer: funny
Q6.
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. I love to go runing.
Correct Answer: running

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