Download as key, pdf, or txt
Download as key, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1of 20

Consonants and Vowels

Veronica’s Notes Veronica’s Notes

Vowels are the letters: Consonants are all the


a, e, i, o, u and other letters, such as:
sometimes y. b, d, t, s, etc.

a e i a bcd e fg
hi jklmn
o u o pqrstu
vwxyz
Adding ‘-ed’
Look at and read this word.
Listen to the vowel sound.Is it
long or short?

nod
The vowel sound is
short.
Adding ‘–ed’ to one consonant

Veronica’s Notes

If the vowel sound is:


nod
A short soundwith only
oneconsonant after
it…
to add ‘–ed’, we: nodde
d
double the consonant
in the spelling and
add ‘–ed’.
Adding ‘–ed’ to one consonant

lap sip hop

lapped sipped hoppe


d
Adding ‘–ed’ to two consonants

lift
How do we add ‘–ed’ to this word?
Adding ‘–ed’ to two consonants

lift ed
If the vowel is a short sound but has
more than one consonant after it, then
just add ‘-ed’.
Adding ‘-ed’ to two consonants

pick hand hunt

picke hande hunte


d d d
Can you think of any more words like these?
Adding ‘–ed’ to ‘e’

hoped
If a word ends in ‘e’
then just add ‘d’.
Adding ‘–ed’ to ‘e’

joke fake tune

joked faked tuned

Can you think of any more words like these?


How do you think we add ‘-ed’ tothese words?

Vericona’s Notes

chew chewed
cheat cheated These words
float floated
boil boiled have a long
sail sailed vowel sound, so
snow snowed we just add ‘-
spoon spooned
shoo shooed ed’.
Adding ‘-ed’ to words that end in ‘y’

carr
y
carried
If a word ends in a consonant followed
by a ‘y’, change the ‘y’ to an ‘i’ and add
‘-ed’.
Adding ‘-ed’ to words that end in ‘y’

reply stud suppl


y y
studie
suppli
replie
d ed
d
These are the rules for adding ‘-ed’.

Short vowel sound with one


lapp
consonant –double the consonant and add ‘-
ed’ ed
Short vowel with more than one
consonant after it –add ‘-ed’ back
ed
Ending in ‘e’ –just add
‘d’ hope
d
Long vowel sound –add ‘-ed’ chewe
d
Ends in a consonant followed carri
by a ‘y’change the ‘y’ to an ‘i’ and
add ‘-ed’. ed
Quiz
Incorrect.
Correct!Well
Trydone!
again!
How much do you remember
about adding ‘-ed’?

How do we add ‘-ed’ to the


1 word ‘cry’?

a cryyed

b cryd

c cryed

d cried
Next
Quiz
Incorrect.
Correct!Well
Trydone!
again!
How much do you remember
about adding ‘-ed’?

How do we add ‘-ed’ to the


2 word ‘wash’?

a washd

b washied

c washed

d washhed
Next
Quiz
Incorrect.
Correct!Well
Trydone!
again!
How much do you remember
about adding ‘-ed’?

How do we add ‘-ed’ to the


3 word ‘toast’?

a toastied

b toastted

c toasted

d toastd
Next
Quiz
Incorrect.
Correct!Well
Trydone!
again!
How much do you remember
about adding ‘-ed’?

How do we add ‘-ed’ to the


4 word ‘smile’?

a smiled

b smole

c smilled

d smilied
Next
Quiz
Incorrect.
Correct!Well
Trydone!
again!
How much do you remember
about adding ‘-ed’?

How do we add ‘-ed’ to the


5 word ‘hop’?

a hopped

b hoped

c hopied

d hoppied
Finish

You might also like