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Unit 34: Adding suffixes to longer words

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Unit 34: Adding suffixes to longer words – double or not?

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Adding suffixes to longer words

So, remember, with our longer words, we only double the consonant if the syllable before the vowel suffix is stressed. Look at these examples:

English spelling
 
begin + er = beginner forget + ing = forgetting
equip + ed = equipped regret + ing = regretting
 
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We don’t need to double it in these words, because there is an unstressed syllable before the suffix:

English spelling
 
open + ed = opened rocket + ed = rocketed
alter + ing = altering edit + or = editor
 
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And a final reminder that if we are adding a consonant suffix, or the root word ends in two consonants, we don't double either:

English spelling
 
attend + ed = attended reform + er = reformer
desert + ing = deserting result + ed = resulted
 
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Now try these:

Add the suffix to the root word

Type the whole word:
admit + ing
begin + ing
open + ing
transmit + ed
blossom +ed
garden + er
regret + ing
submit + ed
upset + ing
gallop + ed
occur + ing
perform + er


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