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Year 3

Spelling words with the suffix "-ed", using alternative rules

I can spell words using the suffix -ed when you change the 'y' to an 'i' or double the consonant.

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Year 3

Spelling words with the suffix "-ed", using alternative rules

I can spell words using the suffix -ed when you change the 'y' to an 'i' or double the consonant.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word.
  2. -ed is a suffix that can be used to create the past tense.
  3. If the verb has a short vowel, double the consonant and add -ed.
  4. Change 'y' to 'i' and add –ed (common rule – unless vowel before ‘y’, e.g. enjoy-enjoyed).
  5. How to spell the curriculum word: busy.

Common misconception

Pupils can think that all verbs ending in 'y' follow the rule remove the 'y' and add -ied.

Look at examples that add -ed and remove the 'y' and add -ied. Focus on the sound the 'y' is making and see if it is part of a digraph.

Keywords

  • Suffix - a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word

  • Past tense - tells the reader the action happened before now

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

  • Verb - a doing or being word

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

If pupils need to secure the basic four rules first, you could leave out the rule related to two syllable words with stressed and unstressed syllables to introduce in Year 4, where it is covered.
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6 Questions

Q1.
What tense is the following sentence in? 'He jumped up and down.'
Correct answer: past
present
future
Q2.
Match the verbs to their past tense forms.
Correct Answer:jump,jumped

jumped

Correct Answer:call,called

called

Correct Answer:smile,smiled

smiled

Correct Answer:bake,baked

baked

Q3.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: 'He drew a sercull for the face.'
sircle
circel
Correct answer: circle
curcle
Q4.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: 'I slist the cake.'
sliceed
slist
Correct answer: sliced
slised
Q5.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: 'I baykt the cake.'
bakt
bayked
bakeed
Correct answer: baked
bakd
Q6.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: 'I corld my friend on the phone.'
calld
corled
Correct answer: called
caled

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
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.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: 'He tride to open the door.'
tryed
Correct answer: tried
tryd
tride
Q4.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: 'She careed her sister all the way home.'
carryd
Correct answer: carried
caried
caryed
Q5.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: 'They clapt loudly at the end of the show.'
claped
clapt
Correct answer: clapped
clappt
klapped
Q6.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: 'She prefferd to use a pen to write with.'
preffered
prefered
preferd
Correct answer: preferred

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