What is the mnemonic for the I before E rule? - answerI before E except after C or when sounding
like A as in neighbor and weigh.
Exceptions to the I Before mnemonic include? - answercaffeine
neither
weird
"He was relieved when he found he wieghed the same after his week-long cruise."
What word is spelled incorrectly in the sentence? Explain/what rule. - answerwieghed sounds like
A, which means I goes AFTER E
Drop the final E rule - answerwhen adding a suffix to a word ending in E, the general rule is to
drop the E if the suffix begins with a vowel, but to keep the E if the suffix begins with a consonant.
ex: ride + ing= riding
Words that apply to the Drop the final E rule where the suffix beginning in a vowel - answerguide
+ ance= guideance
hide + ing= hiding
irritate + ing = irritating
Words that ignore the drop the final E rule since the suffix begins with a consonant -
answerarrange + ment = arrangement
like + ly = likely
like + ness= likeness
Exceptions to the Drop the E rule - answerdue + ly = duly
peace+ able = peaceable
true +ly = truely
"The senators negotiated until an arrangment could be agreed upon."
What word is incorrect and why? - answerarrange ends with an E but the suffix -ment begins with
a consonant so the E should not be dropped and the word should become arrangement
Double the final consonant - answerwhen adding a suffix to a root that ends in a single consonant,
double the consonant if a single vowel precedes the consonant and the consonant ends an
accented syllable or one-syllable word.
ex: admit + ed = admitted
Using the double the final consonant rule, a word like light would become lighted when the suffix
-ed is added. Why? - answerlight does not have a vowel before the consonant T, which would
become lighted when the suffix is added
Which words are correct:
travel+ing= traveling or travelling
cancel+ed= canceled or cancelled
why? - answerthey are all correct; there is few cases where there isn't a definite spelling for a word
(in relation to the double the final consonant rule).
What are the exceptions to the double the final consonant rule?
loop+ ing= __________
light + ed =__________
visit + ed= _____________ - answerlooping (vs loopping)
lighted (vs lightted)
visited (vs visitted)
The conditions are met to which rule?
permit + ed= permitted
bat + ed = batted
stop + ing = stopping - answerdouble the final consonant rule
Change the Y to an I rule? - answerwhen you add a suffix to a word ending in Y preceded by a
consonant, you change the Y to I unless the suffix begins with I.
ex: beauty+ ful = beautiful but fray + ed = frayed (word ends with a vowel before y)
consonant - answera letter that is not a vowel
According to the Y before I rule,
merry + ment= _________
pacify + ed = _____________ - answermerriment
pacified
there is a consonant before the Y so you change the y to an I
According to change the final y to I rule..
annoy + ance = _________ - answerannoyance;
there is a vowel before y
According to change the final y to I rule..
lay + ing = _________ - answerlaying
there is a vowel before y
According to change the final y to I rule..
stay + ed = _________ - answerstayed
there is a vowel before y
According to change the final y to I rule..
apply + ing - answerapplying
suffix begins in I
According to change the final y to I rule..
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