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SPELLING PROGRAMME - PART 3
Target 7: Suffixes - The disappearing ‘e’ rule
for words ending in a magic ’e’
Rule for suffixes beginning with a VOWEL or ‘Y’:-
When a word ends in a magic ‘e’ (if you need to revise this - see Target
12 in Part Two!), drop the ‘e’ before you add the suffix.
hate + ing hat ing hating
e
rose + y = rosy love + able = lovable safe + est = safest
Rule for suffixes beginning with a CONSONANT – just add the suffix!
hate + ful = hateful safe + ly = safely shape + less = shapeless
Complete theses tables:-
word -ed -er -ing
joke
tickle
manage
grumble
save
word -ful -fully -less
use usefully
grace
care
Homophones: Using "there", "their" or "they’re"
1. I can hear ………….. voices over ………….. .
2. …….……… coming home today.
3. ……..…….. is a tree in ……..………. garden.
4. Are our friends here? No, ……..……. on …………. way.
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