Suffixes That Change a Vowel or a Consonant (Grades 7 and 8)
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Suffixes That Change a Vowel or a Consonant (Grades 7 and 8)
Spelling for Grades 7 and 8: spell explanation, pronunciation, repetition, competition, exclamatory, and deceptive, where the last syllable of the verb changes, choose the right spelling of mischievous and absorption, where a consonant changes, say what changes from explain to explanation, then sort pairs by whether a vowel or a consonant changes. With an answer key.
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Use Greek and Latin roots such as graph, photo, geo, scrib and port to work out the meaning of new words, and group words that share a root.
Reviewed by Mr. James Anderson, Teacher and Mr. Michael Sullivan, Teacher. How we check worksheets
How to use this sheet
- Have the child underline the prefix or suffix, then find the base word or root.
- Have the child put the meanings together in order: un- plus happy is not happy.
- Make a word web for one root: port in transport, export and portable.
Common mistakes
- Seeing a prefix in a word that does not have one, such as "re" in "ready".
- Changing the spelling of the base word when it does not change, as in "disatisfied". Dis plus satisfied keeps both s letters.
- Mixing up prefixes that look alike, such as pre- (before) and pro- (forward).
