Lesson 18   Non-VAC words

travel	traveled	traveling	travels
label	labeled	labeling	labels
model	modeled	modeling	models
cancel	canceled	canceling	cancels
panel	paneled	paneling	panels
edit	editor	editing	edits
credit	credited	crediting	credits
profit	profitable	profiting	profits

1.	Do all the words in the first column end with a single vowel before a single consonant? _____
2.	What syllable is accented in these base words? ________________
3.	Are these VAC words? _____ What is missing when the VAC test is applied to these words? __________________________________________________ What happens to the final consonant when suffixes beginning with vowels are added? __________________________________________________

Lesson Generalization Some base words that end in a single vowel before a single consonant do not have a final accented syllable. Do not double the final consonant before adding a suffix to these words.

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