Literacy Lessons - 04/10/12

Suffixes are small units of meaning added to the end of words such as -ed, -ing, -ly, -ful.

When adding vowel suffixes (begins with a vowel, a e i o u) to words ending in 'y' or silent 'e' you need to know these rules.

Root Word	+ Suffix	= New Word
carry	ed	carried y changes to i then add ‘ed’.
worry	ed	worried
complete	ed	completed take off the ‘e’ and add ‘ed (completeed)

When adding a consonant suffix (begins with all other letters but vowels) you simply add the suffix to the word, no rule.

Root Word	+ Suffix	= New Word
care	ful	careful
care	ful + ly	carefully
complete	ly	completely