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Suffixes

Apply suffix spelling rules that require changes to the root word: dropping final -e before vowel suffixes, changing -y to -i, doubling final consonants in short-vowel words; use suffixes -ment, -ness, -ful, -less, -ly

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Question 1 of 3

Which word shows the correct way to add –es to the verb "cry"?

Question 2 of 3

Which group shows the three words spelled correctly after adding the endings –ing, –ed, and –ing to the base words “make”, “try”, and “beg”?

Question 3 of 3

Which of the following lists shows the words formed correctly when the suffixes -ful, -less, -ness, and -ly are added to the base words hope, care, sad, and slow respectively?

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What a child can do after this Skill

Spell 'hoping' (drop e), 'cried' (y to i), 'running' (double consonant) applying the correct rule
Add -ful, -less, -ness, -ly correctly: 'careful', 'hopeless', 'sadness', 'slowly'
Identify which suffix rule to apply to a given root word and explain why

Curriculum standards this Skill teaches

Eng_App1_Y2_13 — Doubling consonants before suffixes
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.1.2 — Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation,…
Eng_App1_Y2_21 — Suffixes: –ment, –ness, –ful, –less, –ly
Eng_App1_Y2_10 — Adding –es to words ending in –y
Eng_App1_Y2_11 — Adding suffixes to words ending in –y
Eng_App1_Y2_12 — Adding suffixes to words ending in –e
Eng/KS1/Y2/S/2 — Add suffixes

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