AAS Spelling Rules Level 2 and 3

Double the consonant if the base word has?

1 syllable, 1 vowel, 1 consonant at the end

1) When we add a consonant suffix do we double the last consonant of the base word? 2) When we add a vowel suffix do we double the last consonant of the base word

1) No; 2) Sometimes

1) The vowel in a closed syllable is usually__________? long or short? 2) The vowel in a open syllable is usually _____________?

1) short; 2) long

How do you add a suffix to a word ending in a single vowel y _________________ ? Unless?

Change the y to i and add the suffix; unless the suffix begins with i

Six question words

Who, what, when, where, why, and how

Use the "Drop the E Rule" when you add

a vowel suffix (avoids two vowels together)

short vowel sounds are? Long vowel sounds are?

a, e, i, o, u, for short and long

Homophones are words that sound alike but are spelled __________?

differently

To protect a short vowel we often_____________

double the consonant

G may say /j/ before?

e, i, or y

C says /s/ before which letters?

e, i, or y (receive, cycle, circle)

Which letters are often doubled after a single vowel at the end of a one-syllable word?

f, l, and s (fall, glass, huff)

English words usually dont end in _______________?

i, j, u, or v

Past tense means

it happened in the past

How do you identify the base word

remove the suffix. (i.e., biked, burned, farmed, fished, loved, liked, painted, played, sanded, mapped, hinted, crushed, fried, invented, skipped, yawned)

Ck is the only used right after a

short vowel (crack, chick, lick, puck, clock)

What can we add to the end of a base word to make a new word?

suffix

The "find gold" rule for one syllable words: I and O often say their long sounds when followed by __________?

two consonants (wild, cold, blind, child, told)

Every syllable has at lease one _________?

vowel

Use the 1-1-1 Rule when adding a ____________?

vowel suffix