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Title: 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
3
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.
5
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
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