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Spelling further words with the suffix -ed

I can spell irregular past tense verbs.

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Spelling further words with the suffix -ed

I can spell irregular past tense verbs.

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Key learning points

  1. Adding the suffix -ed turns the verb into the past tense.
  2. When the vowel sound is long, we just add the suffix -ed.
  3. When the vowel sound is short, we double the consonant and add the suffix -ed.
  4. How to spell irregular verbs in the past tense, such as slept.
  5. How to spell the common exception words: different, material and busy.

Common misconception

Some pupils may overgeneralise applying regular -ed rules to irregular verbs such as 'buy' -'buyed'.

Expose pupils to irregular past tense verbs in reading activities, encourage them to use mnemonics and hunt for words in sentences together.

Keywords

  • Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a root word

  • Irregular - not conforming to a regular or predictable pattern

  • Present tense - when the action is happening now

  • Past tense - when the action has happened before now

  • Verb - a doing or being verb

Use spelling strategies to practise irregular past tense verbs as well as showing the words in full sentences to help pupils learn and remember the spellings.
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6 Questions

Q1.
What rule is being used when the word 'worry' becomes 'worried' when adding the suffix -ed?
Just add -ed.
Correct answer: Remove the 'y' and add -ied.
Remove the 'e' and add -ed.
Double the consonant and add -ed.
Q2.
What rule is being used when the word 'share' becomes 'shared' when adding the suffix -ed?
Just add -ed.
Remove the 'y' and add -ied.
Correct answer: Remove the 'e' and add -ed.
Double the consonant and add -ed.
Q3.
What rule is being used when the word 'control' becomes 'controlled' when adding the suffix -ed?
Just add -ed.
Remove the 'y' and add -ied.
Remove the 'e' and add -ed.
Correct answer: Double the consonant and add -ed.
Q4.
What rule is being used when the word 'play' becomes 'played' when adding the suffix -ed?
Correct answer: Just add -ed.
Remove the 'y' and add -ied.
Remove the 'e' and add -ed.
Double the consonant and add -ed.
Q5.
Match the verbs to the rule they use when the suffix -ed is added.
Correct Answer:jump - jumped,Just add -ed.

Just add -ed.

Correct Answer:fry - fried,Remove the 'y' and add -ied.

Remove the 'y' and add -ied.

Correct Answer:like - liked,Remove the 'e' and add -ed.

Remove the 'e' and add -ed.

Correct Answer:stop - stopped,Double the consonant and add -ed.

Double the consonant and add -ed.

Q6.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: She hureed to the shops before they closed.
hurryed
huried
hurryd
Correct answer: hurried

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6 Questions

Q1.
When do we 'remove the 'y' and add -ied' when using the suffix -ed?
Correct answer: when the root word ends in 'y' after a consonant
when the root word ends in 'e'
when the root word ends in two consonant letters
when the root word is a single syllable with a short vowel
when the root word has two syllables with a stressed final syllable
Q2.
When do we 'double the consonant, then add -ed' when using the suffix -ed?
when the root word ends in 'y' after a consonant
when the root word ends in 'e'
when the root word ends in two consonant letters
Correct answer: when the root word is a single syllable with a short vowel
Correct answer: when the root word has two syllables with a stressed final syllable
Q3.
Match the present tense verb to the irregular past tense verb.
Correct Answer:bring,brought

brought

Correct Answer:make,made

made

Correct Answer:go,went

went

Correct Answer:sleep,slept

slept

Q4.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: He thort he knew the answer.
thaught
thouhgt
Correct answer: thought
thuoght
Q5.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: She kneww the answer so she raised her hand.
knowed
knue
knewd
Correct answer: knew
Q6.
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: The restaurant was extremely bizy.
Correct Answer: busy

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