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Long Vowel Suffix Patterns

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Long Vowel Suffix Patterns

Explore how a suffix can change a word’s spelling while its long vowel sound stays. Read each base word and suffix carefully. Use the reference chart to help you.

Pattern

Examples

Drop final e before a vowel suffix such as -ing.

make → making; hope → hoping; ride → riding

Keep final e before a consonant suffix such as -ful or -less.

safe → safely; hope → hopeful; care → careless

Keep the vowel pattern when the base word does not end in e.

rain → rainy; bright → brightly; float → floating

Solve the spelling clues

Choose or write the correctly spelled word. Each clue gives you enough information to solve it.

1.Manaia wants to describe a cake that is in the process of baking. Add -ing to bake. Which spelling is correct?
  • bakeing
  • baking
  • bakk ing
2.A sign says a track is safe to use. Add -est to safe to describe the track that is safest of all. Write the word.
3.A team is hoping for clear skies. Add -ing to hope. Write the correctly spelled word.
4.True or false: In the word riding, the final e from ride is dropped before adding -ing.
TrueFalse
5.Complete the sentence: The helpful neighbour was full of (hope + -ful). Write the word that fits.
6.Match each base word to its correctly spelled word with -ing.
  • shine
  • float
  • write
  • floating
  • shining
  • writing
7.Choose the correctly spelled word meaning ‘without care’: care + -less.
  • careless
  • carless
  • careles
8.Add -ly to bright to explain how the stars shone. Write the new word.
9.Which word keeps its final e when a suffix is added: making, safely, or riding? Explain why in one sentence.
10.A spelling card reads “shinning” but should mean ‘giving off light’ from shine + -ing. Correct the spelling and name the rule you used.

2 printable pages

  • Long Vowel Suffix Patterns, page 1 of 2: Solve the spelling clues

    Page 1

  • Long Vowel Suffix Patterns, page 2 of 2: 6. Match each base word to its correctly spelled word with -ing.

    Page 2

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