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Change the Root

Suffixes that make the root word change

Lesson 13
Spicy
Name
Date
Chef Polpetta

Three changes to hunt: y to i, a dropped e, and -ation. Say every root before you decide.

1

Tick the right spelling

asillynesssillinessroots
binventioninventationroots
chopefulhopfulroots
dprepareationpreparationroots
2

Find the 6 mistakes

Polpetta has big plans for the herb garden. He is hopeing to win the village prize, and he has sent an invitateion to every café in town. Each morning he waters the beds happyly, admiring the plentyful basil and the beautyful rows of mint. He is even makeing a little sign for the gate. The judges expect perfection, so nothing can go wrong.
One long word ending in -ion is already right. Say every root aloud.
Write the corrections here
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Lesson 13 · Spicy · side 2

Name
3

Now you write

☆☆☆
a A sentence with a y → i word and a dropped-e word:
b An -ation noun, and the verb it was built from:
c A word where the e must stay, and say why:
4

Help Polpetta

Chef Polpetta

I found the rule: the e drops before -ful and stays before -ing. So I wrote hopful and careing on my sign. Clever, no?

Tell him why he is wrong both times, and give him one word where the e really does drop.
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