7 Plus Spelling 13
The last consonant of the root words is doubled. Exception: the letter ‘x’ is never doubled (e.g. mixing, mixed, boxer)
5 words in this set
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Teaching ideas: Give your child a list of the root words (pat, hum, drop) and a list of the suffixes (ing,ed,er,est,y). Ask them to make as many words (spelt correctly) as possible in 2 minutes.
Words in this set
| Pat, patting, patted |
| Hum, humming, hummed |
| Drop, dropping, dropped |
| Sad, sadder, saddest |
| Run, running, runny |
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