Adding Suffixes to Skills 1-3

Adding Suffixes to Skills 1-3

by Mrs. Kahlig

What is a Suffix? ​

*Raise your hand*​

​An Overview....

​A suffix is one or more letters added to the end of a word.

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​Sometimes, adding a suffix to a word makes a new word or changes the part of speech

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​Adding a suffix to a word for Skill #1, you must double the ending consonant before adding the suffix THE EXCEPTION: words that end in X

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​Phonetic Skills #1 words that end in a Digraph already have two consonants after the vowel so just add the suffix. EXAMPLE- Wish, Wished

​First let's review....

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You know how to add a suffix to the end of words already!

​Adding -s or -es

​Now we will review how to add suffixes like -ing, -ed, -er, -es or -est to words that follow skills 1 & 2.

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​Other suffixes are -able, -ful, and -less. This will be reviewed later.

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​Suffixes -ed and -ing are applied most often to verbs.

Multiple Choice

What is a verb?

• person, place, or thing

• describes something

• action 

• an animal 

Multiple Choice

When you are adding a suffix , you must have two consonants before you add -ing, -ed, or -est.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What do you have to do for words that follow Skill #1 when adding a suffix? 

• just add the suffix

• you can't add a sufix

• triple the consonant 

• double the consonant

Open Ended

Can you think of some examples of words that follow skill #1? Write them below! 

​On a sticky note,

​Write and prove each word.

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​Hop

​Hit

​Set

​Big

​Now add a consonant and a suffix to each word

​-ed, Hop

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​--er, Hit

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​-ing, set

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​-est, big

Adding Suffixes to Skill #2​

Write the word..... ​

​Rewrite the word, do not prove it this time!

​Phonetic Skill #2

​Already has two consonants, so we can just add the suffix.

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Open Ended

What are the two guardians in "jump"? 

Write the word.... ​

​Prove it then Read it

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​Rewrite the word. Add -ed

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​Underline the suffix

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​Read the word