Unit 9: Suffixes: why we need to double letters, change them or drop 'e'
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The doubling rule is only needed for vowel suffixes.
If you are adding a vowel suffix to a short vowel word that ends with a vowel followed by one consonant (VC), you double the consonant.
Listen to these examples: |
Right | Wrong | |
stop + ed | stopped | stoped |
dig + ing | digging | diging |
fat + er | fatter | fater |
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