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Name _______________________________________
Lesson 1
Final silent e words and suffixes
| use | + | age | = |
usage |
store | + | age | = |
storage |
| create | + | ive | = |
creative |
narrate | + | ive | = |
narrative |
| continue | + | ous | = |
continuous | ridicule | + | ous |
= | ridiculous |
| insure | + | ance | = |
insurance |
ignore | + | ance | = |
ignorance |
| survive | + | al | = |
survival |
refuse | + | al | = |
refusal |
| please | + | ure | = |
pleasure |
literate | + | ure | = |
literature |
| mature | + | ity | = |
maturity |
secure | + | ity | = |
security |
| believe | + | able | = |
believable | value | + |
able | = |
valuable |
| televise | + | ion | = |
television |
complete | + | ion | = |
completion |
| confuse | + | ion | = |
confusion |
revise | + | ion | = |
revision |
| TERMS TO
KNOW: A suffix is a word ending that changes
the use of a word. |
| 1. | What nine different suffixes have been added to
form spelling words? |
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| 2. | Does each suffix begin with a vowel or a consonant?
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| 3. | Before a suffix is added, each word ends with a
letter that is not pronounced.
What is that final silent letter? ______________ |
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| 4. | What happens to the final silent letter when the
suffix is added?
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| Lesson Generalization
When you add a suffix that begins with a vowel to a word that ends with a silent e, drop
the final e. |
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