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exciting
excitement
immediately
calculation
notable
inviting
invitation
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Adding a suffix to words ending in silent eIn Suffix 1 we
said that a key thing to notice about a
suffix is whether it starts
with a consonant or a vowel.
Look at the following silent e
words and see
what happens when you add a suffix
| Base word |
+consonant
suffix |
Base word |
+vowel
suffix |
| hope |
hopeless |
note |
notable |
| state |
statement |
calculate |
calculation |
| spite |
spiteful |
reserve |
reservation |
| late |
lately |
late |
latest |
| extreme |
extremely |
expense |
expensive |
Have you spotted the pattern? When you add a
consonant
suffix the base word doesn't change.
When you add a vowel
suffix, drop the silent e.
Now add suffixes to the
following to make new words.
Remember to drop the e when adding
a vowel suffix.
(Note that y is regarded as a vowel suffix,
so laze + y = lazy) |
Base word
+ suffix |
New word |
Base word
+ suffix |
New word |
| excite+ing |
|
arrive+al |
|
| blame+less |
|
spice+y |
|
| waste+ful |
|
care+ing |
|
| place+ed |
|
place+ment |
|
| Swede+ish |
|
create+ion |
|
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