Suffix s

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Suffix s
To make a word plural, sometimes you add an s
Baseword s New Word
bug s bugs cop s
cops van s vans hat s
hats
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SUFFIXES

• Vowel Suffixes
• ing ed er
• est en able
• ish y ive

Consonant Suffixes ly ty less ness ful
ment
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The suffixedhas 3 sounds
/ed/ /t/ /d/ nodded hopped dazed rented
napped aged
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A vowel suffix often changes the baseword.
A consonant suffix is often added to the baseword
without making any changes.
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Drop the e and add the ending only if the
suffix is a vowel suffix

• brave est bravest
• blue er bluer
• wiggle ing wiggling
• desire able desirable

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drop the ending and add the e back if the
suffix begins with a vowel

• saving save ing
• mistaken mistake en

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1-1-1 Words1 syllable 1vowel1 consonant
after the vowel

• stir?
• bar?
• flat?

• show?
• sleet?
• cope?

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Double the Final Consonant Only When Adding a
Vowel Suffix to a 1-1-1

• snobby
• tipped
• hotter
• trapping

• gutless
• cupful
• sixty
• madly

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Y ENDING AND SUFFIXES

• Y IN D SYLLABLES
• just add suffix
• pray ing
• praying
• pay ment
• payment

• Y IN OPEN SYLLABLES
• change y to I,
• add suffix
• smelly er
• smellier
• fry ed
• fried