Suffixing Rules
There are only three of these rules in English.
What are suffixing rules?
The Greek word for letters.
What is a grapheme?
The first question we ask when investigating a word.
What does the word mean?
pleasant
please + ant
What is the reason why ski ends with an i?
Replace the e
Doubling
y to i
What are the three suffixing rules?
The Greek word for sound.
What is phoneme?
The second question we ask when investigating a word.
How is it built?
fractions
fract + ion + s
The word spaghetti is a loan word from Italy.
The reason spaghetti ends with an i.
When you have a final, single, silent e and you add a vowel suffix you replace the e.
What is replace the e suffixing rule?
A word part fixed before the base
What is a prefix?
The third question we ask when investigating a word.
What words are relatives?
activism
act + ive + ism
In Old English both of the letters in this digraph were pronounced.
kn
wh
When your base ends with one consonant touching one vowel and you add a vowel suffix you double the final consonant.
What is the doubling suffixing rule.
A word part fixed after the base.
What is a suffix?
The fourth question we ask when investigating a word.
What do we notice about the letters and sounds?
everyone
ever + y + one
A digraph that tells us the root is from Greek.
ph (digraph, physical etc.)
You always apply this suffixing rule unless you have a good reason not to.
What is the y to i suffixing rule?
The origin and history of the word.
What is the root?
To understand how English works.
What is the purpose of SWI (word study)?
intersections
inter + sect + ion + s
This word comes from Greek describing a meeting place for "leisure for learning."
What is school?