db / db+le

This is the doubling rule for medial consonants

When we add an -e to the end of a word it changes a short vowel into a long vowel (eg. not -> note)

This is because the e affects the way that the vowel sounds. There is a way to stop this though! If we have a double letter between the e and the vowel, then the e is too far away from the vowel and it cannot affect the way it sounds.

These are the types of words you are going to focus on this week. For example, "dinner." If "dinner" only had one -n- then the -i- would be pronounced /I/ instead of /i/

If you want a vowel to be pronounced in the short version, then you need a double consonant between the final vowel and the medial vowel.

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