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Suffixes

English · Spelling & Word Study · ages 6-7
Name ______________________   Date ____________

  1. Add -ly to 'quick'. Which spelling is correct?

    • quikly
    • quickly
    • quicklly

  2. Which spelling is correct for dance + -ing?

    • dancing
    • danceing
    • dancng

  3. Which spelling is correct for sit + -ing?

    • siting
    • siteng
    • sitting

  4. Which spelling is correct for cry + -ed?

    • cryed
    • cried
    • cryied

  5. Which spelling is correct for run + -ing?

    • runing
    • running
    • runeing

  6. Which spelling is correct for smile + -ing?

    • smileing
    • smilng
    • smiling

  7. Which rule turns 'stop' into 'stopped'?

    • Drop the silent e
    • Change y to i
    • Double the last letter

  8. The word 'bake' keeps its e before -ing, so it is spelled 'bakeing'.

    Circle one:   True   False

  9. Max wrote 'joging' for jog + -ing. What rule did he forget?

    • Double the last letter
    • Drop the silent e
    • Change y to i

  10. Nia wrote 'hurryed' for hurry + -ed. What rule did she forget?

    • Change the y to i
    • Drop the silent e
    • Double the last letter
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  1. quickly · -ly just adds on to the end of the word: quick + ly = quickly.
  2. dancing · Drop the silent e before adding -ing: dance becomes dancing.
  3. sitting · Sit has a short vowel and ends in one consonant, so double the t: sitting.
  4. cried · Change the y to i before adding -ed: cry becomes cried.
  5. running · Run has a short vowel and ends in one consonant, so double the n: running.
  6. smiling · Drop the silent e before adding -ing: smile becomes smiling.
  7. Double the last letter · Stop has a short vowel and ends in one consonant, so you double the p before adding -ed.
  8. False · Bake ends in a silent e, and silent e drops before -ing: baking, not bakeing.
  9. Double the last letter · Jog has a short vowel and ends in one consonant, so double the g before adding -ing: jogging, not joging.
  10. Change the y to i · Hurry ends in a y after a consonant, so change the y to i before adding -ed: hurried, not hurryed.
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