HPA and GSMS Grade Eight LA

Add a suffix that starts with a vowel (your choice of –ing, -ed, or –er) to each of the words below, doubling consonants as appropriate.

 

 

big                                                     embed

knot                                                   omit

whip                                                   begin

lap                                                     admit

grab                                                   prefer

hope                                                  control         

skin                                                    reform

step                                                   deter

dim                                                    worship

trap                                                    commit

blur                                                    forget

shop                                                  gossip

blot                                                    confer

rope                                                   deposit

stop                                                   forbid

treat                                                   gallop

wrap                                                  travel

come                                                 refer

jam                                                    upset

read                                                   transfer

 

 

© 2002 by Nancie Atwell from

Lessons That Change Writers

(Portsmouth, NH:Hainemann)