SUFFIXES AND WORDS THAT END IN EE OR OE If a word ends with ee or oe AND the suffix begins with a vowel, KEEP THE E !!!

Canoe + ing = canoeing Agree + ing = agreeing Agree + able = agreeable

IF the root word ends with SILENT E love and the suffix begins with a CONSONANT , K E E P the E ! love + ly = lovely

Oops! Exceptions ! Argue + ment = Argument Awe + ful = awful

Terrible + ly = terribly Shine + ing = shining Nose + y = nosy If Word ends with silent E or l plus silent E AND The suffix begins with a vowel or y Drop the E !!! Terrible + ly = terribly Shine + ing = shining Nose + y = nosy

Shine + ing = shining nose+ y = nosy Usually drop the E !!! Shine + ing = shining nose+ y = nosy Oops!!! Exceptions Dye + ing = dyeing Mile + age = mileage

KNOWLEDGE + ABLE = KNOWLEDGEABLE IF THE WORD ENDS WITH CE OR GE AND THE SUFFIX BEGINS WITH A OR O, You KEEP THE E_! KNOWLEDGE + ABLE = KNOWLEDGEABLE

SUFFIXES AND CE OR GE Knowledge + able = knowledgeable Keeping the e makes the soft c (s) or soft g (j).

Change y to i If a word ends in a consonant + Y Fry + ed = fried Deny + es = denies Deny + ed denied UNLESS …

OR UNLESS … THE SUFFIX BEGINS WITH I Cry + ing = crying The root word ends in a vowel + y Relay + ed = relayed

OR OR Do you remember this rule? I before E except after C, the sound of long A As in neighbor and weigh the sound of long I as in height? OR OR

Receive, deceit, receipt Believe, chief, grieve Put i before e Receive, deceit, receipt Except after c and when sounded like a Neighbor, weigh, Eight, weight, veil, freight Or in long i height

EXCEPTIONS…. and when sounded like a as in neighbor Put i before e and when sounded like a as in neighbor Except after c Or the sound of long i as in height. EXCEPTIONS…. Leisure, either, neither, species, weird, seize, efficient