unit 2

unit 2 FOCUS:

PLURALS

*More than one

*Often created by adding -s suffix

*Add -es when base words end with s, x, z, ch, sh, and tch

*Irregular plurals may be formed by changing f to v and adding -es, changing the word completely, or no chanage at all

SUFFIXES

*Suffixes come at the end of the word and can change the spelling of the baseword

*Vowel suffixes include -es, -ed, -ing, -er, -est, -ish, -ive, -y, -able, and -en

*The suffix -ed can say /id/, /d/, or /t/

*The suffixes -er and -est can be used for comparative and superlative adjectives

*Consonant suffixes include -s, -ful, -less, -ly, -ty, -ness, and -ment

*Students should read the baseword first and then the whole word

*Students mark these words by underlining the baseword and circling the suffix

1-1-1 words

*1-1-1 words have one closed syllable, one vowel, and one consonant after the vowel

*If adding a vowel suffix, double the final consonant

*If adding a consonant suffix, simply add the suffix

*When marking, star the consonant that you double

CURRENT UNIT WORD EXAMPLES

PLURALS WITH -S PLURALS WITH -ES BASEWORDS WITH -ING

blocks tents frogs crunches witches glasses shifting singing jumping

tricks paths twins taxes brushes tosses fixing blocking crunching

BASEWORDS WITH -ER BASEWORDS WITH -EST BASEWORDS WITH -ED as /ID/

drifter spender kinder kindest dullest smallest bonded shifted blasted

milder mixer stronger coldest quickest softest bolted dented stranded

BASEWORDS WITH -ED AS /T/ BASEWORDS WITH -ED AS /D/ OTHER SUFFIXES

latched gulped stacked stalled smelled skilled active kindness bashful

snatched blinked jumped drilled spelled banged madly lucky freshen

1-1-1 WORDS WITH SUFFIXES X PLUS SUFFIX

tipped dropping banker fixed waxes fixing

trusting chomped foggy boxes taxable mixer

WORDS OF THE WEEK

catches and bonded

grabbed and trapped

shipment and mixed

SOUND ALIKE WORDS

son/sun

some/sum

banned/band

guest/guessed

missed/mist