Elementary Spelling Lessons & Tests - My Schoolhouse

4-24 Spelling Tip

Suffixes.
Word endings are called suffixes.
To add a suffix to a word ending in a consonant you double the consonant before adding the suffix.
stop - stopped
forget - forgetting
big - bigger

Words		Definitions
1.	controlling	have power over.
2.	snuggest	1. warm; safe. 2. fitting closely.
3.	flatten	smooth and level; even.
4.	cheerfully	in a cheerful and happy way.
5.	finally	at the end; at last.
6.	jammed	1. press or squeeze lightly. 2. fill or block the way by crowding: Trucks jammed the street.
7.	hopped	spring, or move by springing: He hopped over the basket.
8.	maddest	1. out of head; crazy. 2. angry.
9.	nodding	bow the head a little bit and raise it again quickly.
10.	plotting	a secret plan, usually to do something bad: The men were plotting to rob the bank.