doubling consonants

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dd pp bb

ggff ll

mm

nn

ss

tt

zz

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Prior Knowledge Required - 1

The letter Y can be regarded as both a vowel and a consonant.

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Prior Knowledge Required - 2

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stop stopped

Lesson 1

zap zapped

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Lesson 2

box boxing boxxingXgive giving givvingXlive living Xlivving

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Notice that many of these words are irregular.

They don’t follow the magic e rule because they still have a short vowel sound despite ending in e.

Therefore, when adding a suffix, you drop the e first.

“Drop the e,To add –ing”

have having havvingXcome coming commingX

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Test Yourself

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits/activities_y6/activity1.shtml

http://www.spellzone.com/games/against_clock/index.cfm?wordlist=1866

http://www.spellzone.com/games/word_search/index.cfm?wordlist=1866&width=13&height=10

Test your knowledge with any or all of the digital activities below.

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