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Lesson 143.

Words not included in the ahove rule, do not double the final
consonant.

act’ed    failed   quar’reled   ex pand’ed
land’ed   rained   bar’reled    mer’it ed
rest’ed   coaxed   trav’eled    vis’it ed

Y is sometimes changed into i; as cry, cried.

cried   dried   mar’ried   glo’ried
tried   fried   tar’ried   sto’ried
shied   spied   car’ried   wor’ried

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Teaching Affixes
Lesson 142.

In words like the following, ed is pronounced as t; and, although of two
and three syllables, the words are pronounced in one and two.

graced    fixed   es caped’     at tacked’
scraped   mixed   em braced’    con fessed’
cracked   boxed   en grossed’   op pressed’

In other words formed by the affix ed, the last letter is doubled in words
of one syllable, or in words accented on the last syllable, when they end
with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel; as, wed, wed’ded. If
the word ends in any other consonant than d or t, the e in ed becomes
silent, and the two syllables become one; as, hem, hemmed, pronounced
hemd.

jut’ted    shunned   com pelled   o mit’ted
fret’ted   tapped    e quipped’   im bed’ded
fit’ted    rubbed    de murred’   com mit’ted

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Spelling Vocabulary Word Lists – Homophones Beginning With J
jalousie, jealousy (?)

jam (-s), jamb (-s)

 jean (see gene)

 jell (see gel)

 jibe (see gibe)

jinks, jinx

 jire (see gyre)

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Affixes

Lesson 141.

Ed, as a suffix, generally signifies did. In words like the following the
e in ed is silent, and the wards, though of two and three syllables, are
pronounced in one and two.

blazed    wedged   boiled    be reaved
drained   solved   coiled    be sieged’
hailed    called   soiled    blas phemed’
lamed     hauled   bowed     ac quired’
paved     mauled   crowned   con trol1ed’
stowed    warmed   plowed    a bused’
saved     warned   roused    ac cused’
feared    warped   scoured   com muned’
flowed    proved   soured    con fused’
glued     shoved   dodged    de coyed’
begged    loved    filled    en joyed’

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Teaching Spelling – Affixes

Lesson 140.

Words ending in e silent, generally drop the e in adding ing.

mak’ing     seiz’ing   rul’ing      ex pir’ing
nam’ing     forc’ing   lin’ing      re fus’ing
plagu’ing   hedg’ing   squeez’ing   in trigu’ing
ach’ing     writ’ing   schem’ing    alleg’ing

The final e is retained when it is necessary to prevent a change of
pronunciation, or to maintain the identity of a word.

hoe’ing     shoe’ing    change’a ble
toe’ing     singe’ing   trace’able
tinge’ing   dye’ing     peace’a ble
foe’man     blue’ness   charge’a ble

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