Derivatives

One-Syllable Words - Part B

You are still working for 100% accuracy in the spelling of words formed from words of one syllable that end with one consonant.

Read again the guiding rule from the previous lesson. A one-syllable word that ends with two consonants does not fulfil condition (2) of the guiding rule; therefore, such a word does not double the final consonant when any termination is added. Study the examples.

Termination to be Added Derived Word

A one-syllable word that ends with a consonant preceded by two vowels does not fulfil condition (3) of the guiding rule; therefore, such a word does not double the final consonant when any termination is added.

Termination to be Added Derived Word

The letter x is equivalent to the letters ks; therefore, one-syllable words that end with x do not double the x when any termination is added.

Termination to be Added Derived Word

The letter u following q, when pronounced, has the sound of w, a consonant; therefore, a word such as quit has only one sounded vowel before the final consonant. That final consonant is doubled when a termination beginning with a vowel is added.

Termination to be Added Derived Word

When the termination ness is to be added to a one-syllable word that ends with n, both n's are retained in the derivatives.

Termination to be Added Derived Word

As you study the words in the first three columns, ask yourself why each word is spelled as it is. Does the word in the last column end with two consonants? Is it a word in which the last consonant is preceded by two vowels? What termination is added to form each word?