Lesson 16: Spelling with Suffixes

Question 1

What happens when a word ends in ‘e’ and you add ‘-ing’?

Answer 1

You drop the ‘e’ before adding ‘-ing’ (like ‘hope’ → ‘hoping’).

Question 2

What happens when a word ends in ‘y’ and you add ‘-ed’?

Answer 2

You change ‘y’ to ‘i’ before adding ‘-ed’ (like ‘cry’ → ‘cried’).

Question 3

What happens when a one-syllable word ends in a vowel and consonant and you add ‘-ing’?

Answer 3

You double the final consonant before adding ‘-ing’ (like ‘run’ → ‘running’).

Question 4

What happens when a word ends in ‘e’ and you add ‘-ed’?

Answer 4

You drop the ‘e’ before adding ‘-ed’ (like ‘love’ → ‘loved’).

Question 5

What happens when a word ends in ‘y’ and you add ‘-ness’?

Answer 5

You change ‘y’ to ‘i’ before adding ‘-ness’ (like ‘happy’ → ‘happiness’).

Question 6

Why does ‘run’ become ‘running’ but ‘jump’ stays ‘jumping’?

Answer 6

‘Run’ is a short vowel word, so you double the consonant (‘running’), but ‘jump’ does not need it.

Question 7

What happens when a word ends in ‘c’ and you add ‘-er’?

Answer 7

You add a ‘k’ before ‘-er’ (like ‘panic’ → ‘panicker’).

Question 8

Why does ‘hope’ become ‘hoping’ but ‘hop’ becomes ‘hopping’?

Answer 8

‘Hope’ ends in ‘e’ and drops it before ‘-ing’ (‘hoping’), but ‘hop’ needs to double the consonant (‘hopping’).

Question 9

What happens when you add ‘-ly’ to a word ending in ‘ic’?

Answer 9

You add ‘-ally’ instead of just ‘-ly’ (like ‘basic’ → ‘basically’).

Question 10

What happens when you add ‘-ful’ to a word?

Answer 10

You just add ‘-ful’ with no extra changes (like ‘hopeful’).

Question 11

Spell the word when you add ‘-ing’ to ‘hop’.

Answer 11

The correct spelling is ‘hopping’.

Question 12

Spell the word when you add ‘-ing’ to ‘run’.

Answer 12

The correct spelling is ‘running’.

Question 13

Spell the word when you add ‘-er’ to ‘make’.

Answer 13

The correct spelling is ‘maker’.

Question 14

Spell the word when you add ‘-ing’ to ‘write’.

Answer 14

The correct spelling is ‘writing’.

Question 15

Spell the word when you add ‘-er’ to ‘big’.

Answer 15

The correct spelling is ‘bigger’.

Question 16

Spell the word when you add ‘-ness’ to ‘sad’.

Answer 16

The correct spelling is ‘sadness’.

Question 17

Spell the word when you add ‘-ed’ to ‘cry’.

Answer 17

The correct spelling is ‘cried’.

Question 18

Spell the word when you add ‘-able’ to ‘love’.

Answer 18

The correct spelling is ‘lovable’.

Question 19

Spell the word when you add ‘-ing’ to ‘swim’.

Answer 19

The correct spelling is ‘swimming’.

Question 20

Spell the word when you add ‘-est’ to ‘fun’.

Answer 20

The correct spelling is ‘funniest’.

Question 21

Spell the word when you add ‘-ing’ to ‘jog’.

Answer 21

The correct spelling is ‘jogging’.

Question 22

Spell the word when you add ‘-ed’ to ‘move’.

Answer 22

The correct spelling is ‘moved’.

Question 23

Spell the word when you add ‘-able’ to ‘change’.

Answer 23

The correct spelling is ‘changeable’.

Question 24

Spell the word when you add ‘-ing’ to ‘carry’.

Answer 24

The correct spelling is ‘carrying’.

Question 25

Spell the word when you add ‘-ly’ to ‘live’.

Answer 25

The correct spelling is ‘lively’.

Question 26

Spell the word when you add ‘-ous’ to ‘fame’.

Answer 26

The correct spelling is ‘famous’.

Question 27

Spell the word when you add ‘-ness’ to ‘angry’.

Answer 27

The correct spelling is ‘anger’.

Question 28

Spell the word when you add ‘-ful’ to ‘force’.

Answer 28

The correct spelling is ‘forceful’.

Question 29

Spell the word when you add ‘-ful’ to ‘peace’.

Answer 29

The correct spelling is ‘peaceful’.

Question 30

Spell the word when you add ‘-ment’ to ‘excite’.

Answer 30

The correct spelling is ‘excitement’.

Question 31

Fix this spelling mistake: runing

Answer 31

Correct spelling: running

Question 32

Fix this spelling mistake: hoping

Answer 32

Correct spelling: hopping

Question 33

Fix this spelling mistake: cryed

Answer 33

Correct spelling: cried

Question 34

Fix this spelling mistake: swiming

Answer 34

Correct spelling: swimming

Question 35

Fix this spelling mistake: fameous

Answer 35

Correct spelling: famous

Question 36

Fix this spelling mistake: biger

Answer 36

Correct spelling: bigger

Question 37

Fix this spelling mistake: sadest

Answer 37

Correct spelling: saddest

Question 38

Fix this spelling mistake: movinged

Answer 38

Correct spelling: moved

Question 39

Fix this spelling mistake: changable

Answer 39

Correct spelling: changeable

Question 40

Fix this spelling mistake: angeryness

Answer 40

Correct spelling: angriness

Question 41

Fix this spelling mistake: carrrying

Answer 41

Correct spelling: carrying

Question 42

Fix this spelling mistake: excitemint

Answer 42

Correct spelling: excitement

Question 43

Fix this spelling mistake: peacefull

Answer 43

Correct spelling: peaceful

Question 44

Fix this spelling mistake: loveible

Answer 44

Correct spelling: lovable

Question 45

Fix this spelling mistake: forcefull

Answer 45

Correct spelling: forceful

Question 46

Fix this spelling mistake: livly

Answer 46

Correct spelling: lively

Question 47

Fix this spelling mistake: joging

Answer 47

Correct spelling: jogging

Question 48

Fix this spelling mistake: makinged

Answer 48

Correct spelling: making

Question 49

Fix this spelling mistake: speling

Answer 49

Correct spelling: spelling

Question 50

Fix this spelling mistake: stoping

Answer 50

Correct spelling: stopping