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
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