The effect of suffixes on the single silent <e>

Long and short vowels

A vowel is long when it represents its name

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Spotting long vowels

From short <e> to long <e>

hat fat mat rat can cap gap fad tap

hate fate mate rate cane cape gape fade tape

From short <o> to long <o>

cod hop cop rob not slop rod cloth rot

code hope cope robe note slope rode clothe rote

From short <u> to long <u>

tub cut cub plum us tun

tube cute cube plume use tune

From short <u> to long <u>

tube cute cube plume use tune

The Vowel Suffixes

What are vowel suffixes?

On your whiteboards try and write down any vowel suffixes you know. I will start you off

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What are the rules about vowel suffixes?

When you add a vowel suffix to a word that ends with a single silent <e> the suffix replaces the <e>

Hate + ing = hating behave + ing

operate + ing = operating make + ing = making