Doubling Rule for Spelling Games

Suffix Doubling Rule

Multiple Choice

Which noun is a plural noun?

• Chicken

• Teeth

• Mom

• Desk

Multiple Choice

Warm Up:

Which word is the collective noun?

• Bees

• Ships

• Shoe

• Fleet

Multiple Choice

What is a vowel?

• All letters other than a,e,i,o,u

• a,e,i,o,u

Multiple Choice

What is a consonant?

• All letters other than a,e,i,o,u

• a,e,i,o,u

Doubling Rules

• There are two rules to apply when you need to figure out whether or not to double the final consonant when adding a suffix.

• We will focus on the 1st rule today.

1+1+1 Rule

• The1+1+1 Rule states that is a suffix that begins with a vowel is being added to a word it has to:

• 1. Have 1 syllable

• 2. Have 1 SHORT vowel

• 3. The vowel should be followed by 1 consonant

What's considered a vowel suffix?

Suffixes like -ed, -ing, -en, and -er are some examples.

There are others like -able, -ible, and -age to name a few more

Multiple Select

Check all the things that are need for the doubling rule.

• Has 1 syllable

• Has 1 long vowel

• Has 1 short vowel

• Ends in 1 consonant after the vowel

Multiple Choice

Would we double the final consonant in the word stump?

(Ask yourself, does it have 1 syllable, 1 short vowel, and 1 consonant following the vowel? If yes to all three, you will double it)

• Yes

• No

Stump

• The word stump has:

• 1 syllable

• 1 vowel

• But the vowel is not followed by only ONE consonant

Multiple Choice

Would we double the final consonant in the word spin?

(Ask yourself, does it have 1 syllable, 1 short vowel, and 1 consonant following the vowel? If yes to all three, you will double it)

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

Would you double the final consonant in the word flat?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

What is the word

blab + ing

• blabing

• blabbing

Multiple Choice

What is the word

thank + ed

• thanked

• thankked