Find the base
What is the base of the following word family: actor, acting, acted, action
what is act
Why is there two <m> graphemes in swimming?
doubling convention
What is the job of suffix -s in these words:
dogs, cats, frogs
marks more than one.
Why is there an <e> at the end of these words:
have, give, prove
Complete English words do not end in <v>
What is the base of the following word family: erupt, erupted, eruption, corrupted.
What is rupt
Why is there a final <e> in hope but we do not have an <e> in the word hoping?
replace <e> rule
What is the job of suffix -ed in the following sentence. Yesterday the frog jumped into the water.
marks past tense
Why is the word snow spelled s. n. ow and not s. n. o.
English words do not end in <o>
What is the base of the following word family: packing, packs, packed, package.
What is pack
What happens to the final <y> when you add on suffix -est in the following word.
scary + est
The <y> toggles to <i>
What is the job of -ion in the following words
an onion, the onion, one onion two onions
-ion is a noun suffix.
Why are these two words spelled differently:
knit and nit
To show they mean different things.
What is the base of the following word family skater, skating, skates, skated.
what is skate.
Why does the <y> not toggle to <i> in the word
copy + ing ➝ copying
We can not have two <i> graphemes in English.
What is the job of -est in the following word
small, smaller, smallest
Adjective suffix used to compare
Why do the following words end in <y> sky, fly, cry and try
What is the base of the following word family: objects, projected, ejected.
What is ject
Does the following suffix replace the final <e> or not.
hope + ing
Yes, vowel suffixes cause spelling changes
What is the job of -er in the following words:
runner, teacher, dancer
noun suffix meaning somone who
Why can we not spell the word egg "e. g"?
Function words need to have three letters.