Long Vowels and Endings
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Objective
I can identify and spell words with long vowel sounds and inflected endings correctly.
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Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or function.
- 2
When a base word ends in 'y', change the 'y' to an i before adding a suffix, as in the example study-studied.
- 3
If a base word has a vowel directly before the final 'y', or if the suffix begins with an i, the 'y' stays as it is.
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Practice
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Which of the following words correctly applies the rule for changing 'y' to 'i' before adding the suffix '-ed'?
Explain why the 'y' is not changed to an 'i' when adding the suffix '-ing' to the word 'play'.
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Exit ticket
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“Correctly spell the word 'reply' with the suffixes '-ed', '-s', and '-ing'.”
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