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Date: ____________________
Lesson 4.2 Spelling List
The words you will be test on are in the right hand column under “Spelling Words”,
however you should also know how to spell the base word.
Base Word:
Suffix:
Spelling Words:
permit
forget
quit
excite
measure
recite
name
hope
gentle
shock
galaxy
empty
ruby
baby
monkey
-ed
-ing
-er
-ing
-ing
-ing
-less
-ful
-ness
-ed
-s
-ed
-s
-ish
-s
1. permitted
2. forgetting
3. quitter
4. exciting
5. measuring
6. reciting
7. nameless
8. hopeful
9. gentleness
10. shocked
11. galaxies
12. emptied
13. rubies
14. babyish
15. monkeys
Spelling Test Date: ________________________________________________
Suffixes Cheat Sheet
2 types of suffixes:
• Consonant-letter suffixes:
o Have no change in the base word.
o The exception to this is basewords that end in “y”.
! When a suffix begins with “i” (-ing, -ish), keep the base
word’s “y”.
Example: Fly + -ing = Flying
! When a word ends in a vowel + y (monkey), keep the
base word’s “y” when adding –s to make a plural.
Example: Monkey + -s = Monkeys
• Vowel-letter suffixes:
o Almost always means you have to make a change in the
base word.
! Run + -ing = Running (double n)
! Love + -able = Lovable (remove the e)
! Ruby + -s = Rubies