drop hum run If a word Yes! skip has only one syllable Yes! - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
drop hum run If a word Yes! skip has only one syllable Yes! - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Say the word and clap the syllables (beats). sad pat drop hum run If a word Yes! skip has only one syllable Yes! ends with a single consonant skip and has a single vowel before skip the consonant Yes! then the consonant is
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Say the word and clap the syllables (beats).
pat
sad
drop
hum
run
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If a word… has only one syllable
Yes!
ends with a single consonant
Yes!
and has a single vowel before the consonant…
Yes!
skip skip skip
then the consonant is doubled before the suffix (ending) is added.
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skipping
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patting sadder runny
Think about this rule and add the endings shown to these words.
pat + ing = sad + er
=
run + y
=
? ? ?
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shine
In words of one syllable, that end with a single consonant, with a single vowel before it…
double the consonant before adding -ed, -ing,
- er, -est and -y.
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