1. Spelling: Adding Suffixes
Emilda C. Rivera Pacheco, Ed. D.
October Revised September 2008

2. The Silent –e Rule
Drop the silent –e if the suffix begins with a vowel: care + ed = cared, like + ing =liking
Do not drop the –e if the suffix begins with a consonant: care + less = careless,
like + ly = likely

3. The Silent –e Rule: Exercise 1
Add the suffixes to the following words:
Prove + ing
Shine+ y
Pave+ ment
Love+ ly
Store+ age
Peace+ ful
Sincere+ ly
Fame+ ous
Nine+ ty
Blaze+ ing
11. Value+ able
12. Settle+ ment
13. Froze+ en
14. Cute+ est
15. Pure+ ity
16. Hide+ ing
17. Recite+ al
18. Change+ ing
19. Ice+ y
20. Ache+ ing

4. The Silent –e Rule: Exercise 1
21. Please+ ant
22. Waste+ ful
23. Cure+ able
24. Combine+ ation
25. Insure+ ance
26. Navigate+ or
27. Stare+ ed
28. Sense + ible
29. Force+ ful
30. Joke+ er
31. Love+ able
32. Decide+ ed

5. The Silent –e Rule: Exercise 1
Check your work:
Proving
Shiny
Pavement
Lovely
Storage
Peaceful
Sincerely
Famous
Ninety
Blazing
Check your work:
11. Valuable
12. Settlement
13. Frozen
14. Cutest
15. Purity
16. Hiding
17. Recital
18. Changing
19. Icy
20. Aching

6. The Silent –e Rule 21. Pleasant 22. Wasteful 23. Curable
24. Combination
25. Insurance
26. Navigator
27. Stared
28. Sensible
29. Forceful
30. Joker
31. Lovable
32. Decided

7. The Doubling Rule One syllable words:
ending in one consonant preceded by one vowel (vc), double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel (v)
Examples: step + ed = stepped
Sad + est = saddest
Not: sad + ly = sadly

8. The Doubling Rule: One syllable words Exercise 1
Add the suffix:
1. Soon+ er
2. Wish+ ing
3. Slim+ ness
4. Feast+ ing
5. Scrub+ ed
6. Ship+ ment
7. Quit+ er
8. Bet+ ing
9. Sin+ er
10. Rot+ en
11. Seem+ ed
12. Farm+ er
13. Dust+ y
14. Climb+ er
15. Rob+ er
16. Fail+ ing
17. Hit+ er
18. Guard+ ing

9. The Doubling Rule: One syllable words Exercise 1
Check your work:
1. Sooner
2. Wishing
3. Slimness
4. Feasting
5. Scrubbed
6. Shipment
7. Quitter
8. Betting
9. Sinner
10. Rotten
11. Seemed
12. Farmer
13. Dusty
14. Climber
15. Robber
16. Failing
17. Hitter
18. Guarding

10. The Doubling Rule: Two syllable words
If the stress (strong pronunciation) falls on the last syllable,and
the word ends in one vowel and one consonant (vc) then:
double the final consonant if the suffix begins with a vowel (v).
Admít + ed = admitted
But not: ópen + ed = opened

11. The Doubling Rule: Two syllable words Exercise 2
Add the suffixes:
1. Orbit+ ed
2. Rebel+ ing
3. Regret+ ful
4. Open+ ed
5. Avoid+ ing
6. Prohibit+ ed
7. Equip+ ed
8. Regret+ able
9. Demand+ ing
10. Shovel+ ed
11. Big+ er
12. Big+ ness
13. Pain+ ed
14. Pain+ ful
15. Drug+ ist
16. Snap+ y
17. Quit+ er
18. Ton+ age
19. Plot+ ed
20. Deep+ ly

12. The Doubling Rule: Two syllable words Exercise 2
Correct your work:
1. Orbited
2. Rebelling
3. Regretful
4. Opened
5. Avoiding
6. Prohibited
7. Equipped
8. Regrettable
9. Demanding
10. Shoveled
11. Bigger
12. Bigness
13. Pained
14. Painful
15. Druggist
16. Snappy
17. Quitter
18. Tonnage
19. Plotted
20. Deeply

13. Exercise 3: Identify the suffixes
Hoping
Hopping
Hopeless
Scarred
Scared
Mated
Matted
Fated
Completeness
Whipped
11. Offering
12. Nudism
13. Feasting
14. Scrubbed
15. Shiny
16. Provider
17. Continuing
18. Druggist
19. Arguing
20. Achievement

14. Exercise 3 Check your work: Hope+ ing Hop+ ing Hope+ less Scar+ ed
Mate+ d
Mat+ ed
Fate+ d
Complete+ ness
Whip+ ed
11. Offer+ ing
12. Nude+ ism
13. Feast+ ing
14. Scrub+ ed
15. Shine+ y
16. Provide+ r
17. Continue+ ing
18. Drug+ ist
19. Argue+ ing
20. Achieve+ ment

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