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Consonants and Vowels

Vowels are the letters: a, e, i, o, u �and sometimes y.

a       e       i      o      u

Consonants are all the other letters, �such as: b, d, t, s, etc.

a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

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Rule

If a word has a short vowel with only one consonant after it, then double the consonant in the spelling.

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Short Vowel Sounds With �One Consonant

lap

lapped

lap

p

ed

beg

begged

beg

g

ed

sip

sipped

sip

p

ed

nod

nodded

nod

d

ed

tug

tugged

tug

g

ed

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Rule

If a word has a short vowel with more than one consonant after it, then add ‘-ed’.

Can you think of some words like this?

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Short Vowel Sounds With More Than One Consonant

back

backed

ba

ck

ed

pick

picked

pi

ck

ed

hand

handed

ha

nd

ed

hunt

hunted

hu

nt

ed

bank

banked

ba

nk

ed

lift

lifted

li

ft

ed

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Rule

If a word ends in ‘e’ then just add ‘d’.

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Just Add ‘d’ to Words Ending in ‘e’

hope

hoped

hop

e

d

joke

joked

jok

e

d

fake

faked

fak

e

d

tune

tuned

tun

e

d

fine

fined

fin

e

d

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Rule

If a word has a long vowel sound, then add -ed.

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Words With Long Vowel Sounds

look

looked

look

ed

cheat

cheated

cheat

ed

float

floated

float

ed

boil

boiled

boil

ed

sail

sailed

sail

ed

snow

snowed

snow

ed

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Rule

If a word ends in a consonant followed by a  ‘y’, then change the ‘y’ to an ‘i’ and add ed.

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Words With Long Vowel Sounds

carry

carried

carr

i

ed

reply

replied

repl

i

ed

marry

married

marr

i

ed

study

studied

stud

i

ed

supply

supplied

suppl

i

ed

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Rules for Adding ‘-ed’

If a word has a long vowel sound, then add ‘-ed’. 

Short vowel sound with one consonant, double the consonant and add ‘-ed’

Short vowel with more than one consonant after it, then add ‘-ed’.

If a word ends in ‘e’ then just add ‘d’.

lap

p

ed

back

ed

hope

d

look

ed

If a word ends in a consonant followed by a  ‘y’, then change the ‘y’ to an ‘i’ and add ‘-ed’.

carr

i

ed

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What is the Rule?

Talk with a partner to decide which rule to use.

leak

add ‘-ed’

double the consonant and add ‘-ed’

drop the ‘y’ and add ‘i’ before adding ‘-ed’

add ‘d’

add ‘-ed’

Well done!

Try again!

Try again!

Try again!

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What is the Rule?

Talk with a partner to decide which rule to use.

tap

add ‘-ed’

double the consonant and add ‘-ed’

drop the ‘y’ and add ‘i’ before adding ‘-ed’

add ‘d’

double the consonant and add ‘-ed’

Well done!

Try again!

Try again!

Try again!

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What is the Rule?

Talk with a partner to decide which rule to use.

copy

add ‘-ed’

double the consonant and add ‘-ed’

drop the ‘y’ and add ‘i’ before adding ‘-ed’

add ‘d’

drop the ‘y’ and add ‘i’ before adding ‘-ed’

Well done!

Try again!

Try again!

Try again!

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What is the Rule?

Talk with a partner to decide which rule to use.

pile

add ‘-ed’

double the consonant and add ‘-ed’

drop the ‘y’ and add ‘i’ before adding ‘-ed’

add ‘d’

Try again!

Try again!

Try again!

Add ‘d’

Well done!

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What is the Rule?

Talk with a partner to decide which rule to use.

list

add ‘-ed’

double the consonant and add ‘-ed’

drop the ‘y’ and add ‘i’ before adding ‘-ed’

add ‘d’

add ‘-ed’

Well done!

Try again!

Try again!

Try again!

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Click on a word to check

Sort these words into the grid below:

add ‘-ed’

double the consonant and add ‘-ed’

drop the ‘y’ and add ‘i’ before adding ‘-ed’

add ‘d’

melt

snow

fan

skipped

paint

cope

hurry

tune

chat

try

time

melted

snowed

painted

fanned

skipped

chatted

hurried

worried

tried

coped

tuned

timed

worry

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