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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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