Year 2 Suffix Rules - Godinton Primary School

Are you ready?

Let’s recap on the spelling rules for adding suffixes.

To add –ed and –est:Change the y to an i and add –edor -est

To add –ing:Keep the –y.

crycrying

cry

cried

To add –ed, -ing, est sack the –e.

smile

smiled

To add –ed, -ing and –est:Double the last consonant.

Except:The letter ‘x’ which is never doubled and the letter ‘c’, instead of doubling it, add ‘k’.

pop

popped

Can you remember these rules? Let’s see!Add –ed to the words on the following pages using the three different rules.

play

trap

stay

reply

fit

like

pity

copy

hug

Add –ed using the suffix rules.