McDougal Littell: Spelling SkillBuilders Grade 7 Lesson 2

Name _______________________________________

Lesson 2 Final silent e words and more suffixes

sincere sincerity sincerely

secure security securely

active activity actively

separate separating separately

name naming namely

close closing closely

waste wasting wasteful

hope hoping hopeful

care caring careful

forgive forgivable forgivableness

like likable likeness

move movable movement

require requiring requirement

settle settling settlement

place placing placement

measure measuring measurement

involve involving involvement

amaze amazing amazement

advance advancing advancement

improve improving improvement

1.	Why is the final e dropped from the words in the first column to form the words in the second column? _______________________________________________

2.	What four suffixes have been added to form the words in the last column? ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ Does each suffix in the last column begin with a consonant or a vowel? _________________

3.	What happens to the final e when a suffix beginning with a consonant is added? _______________________________________________

Lesson Generalization When you add a suffix that begins with a consonant to a word that ends in silent e, keep the final e.

Grade 7 Spelling SkillBuilders