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. 1

    A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning or function.

  2. 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. 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

3 questions

1

Which of the following words correctly applies the rule for changing 'y' to 'i' before adding the suffix '-ed'?

2

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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