IXL | Spell words with suffixes: review

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Suffixes are word parts like

-ed,

-ing,

-less,

or -ful that you add to the end of words. Usually, they can be added directly without making any changes to the base word.

yell → yelling

clean → cleaner

deep → deepest

play → played

slow → slowly

fear → fearless

joy → joyful

Silent e words have special rules.

When adding the suffix y or a suffix that starts with a vowel, drop the silent e before adding the suffix.

hope → hoped

bake → baking

safe → safer

nice → nicest

ice → icy

Words that end in y have special rules.

When adding a suffix to a word that ends in y, check the letter right before the y. If it is a consonant, change the y to i before adding the suffix.

silly → silliness

happy → happiest

fly → flies

cry → cried

If the letter before the y is not a consonant, just add the suffix directly.

play → played

If the suffix is

-ing,

just add the suffix directly.

cry → crying

play → playing

Short vowel words that end in a single consonant have special rules.

For short vowel words that end in a single consonant, the final consonant is usually doubled before adding a suffix that starts with a vowel.

hop → hopped

stop → stopping

fat → fatter

big → biggest

If the word ends in more than one consonant, simply add the suffix.

rest → resting

solution

This is the word

fittest.

The word fit is a short vowel word and ends in just one consonant. Double the final consonant and add

-est.

fit → fittest

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OO.5Spell words with suffixes: change y to i

OO.4Spell words with suffixes: double the consonant

OO.3Spell words with suffixes: drop e

OO.2Learn to spell words with suffixes: -ful, -less, -ly, -ness, -y

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