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Name _______________________________________
Lesson 1
Final silent e words and suffixes
| require | requiring | requires | requirement |
| achieve | achieving | achieves | achievement |
| provide | providing | provides |
| separate | separating | separates | separately |
| pursue | pursuing | pursues |
| complete | completing | completes | completely |
| imagine | imagining | imagines |
| introduce | introducing | introduces |
| continue | continuing | continues |
| TERMS TO
KNOW: A suffix is a word ending that changes the use
of a word. |
| 1. | The words in the first column end with a letter
that cannot be heard.
What is that final silent letter? ______ |
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| 2. | When ing was added to the words in the
first column, what happened to the final silent e?
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| 3. | When s, ment, and ly
were added, what happened to the final silent e?
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| Lesson Generalization
To add a suffix to a word that ends with a final silent e, drop the e if the suffix
begins with a vowel. Keep the e if the suffix begins with a consonant. |
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