Title: SUFFIXES AND WORDS THAT END IN EE OR OE
1SUFFIXES AND WORDS THAT END IN EE OR OE
If a word ends with ee or oe AND the suffix
begins with a vowel, KEEP THE E !!!
2Canoe ing canoeing Agree ing
agreeing Agree able agreeable
3IF the root word ends with SILENT E
love and the suffix begins with a CONSONANT
, K E E P the E ! love ly lovely
4Oops! Exceptions !
Argue ment Argument Awe ful awful
5If Word ends with silent E or l plus silent
E
The suffix begins with a vowel or y
AND
Drop the E !!!
Terrible ly terribly Shine ing
shining Nose y nosy
6Shine ing shiningnose y nosy
Usually drop the E !!!
Oops!!! Exceptions Dye ing dyeing Mile age
mileage
7IF THE WORD ENDS WITH CE OR GE AND THE SUFFIX
BEGINS WITH A OR O, You KEEP THE E_!
KNOWLEDGE ABLE KNOWLEDGEABLE
8SUFFIXES AND CE OR GE
Knowledge able knowledgeable
Keeping the e makes the soft c (s) or soft g (j).
9If a word ends in a consonant Y
Change y to i
Fry ed fried
Deny es denies Deny ed denied
UNLESS
10UNLESS
THE SUFFIX BEGINS WITH I
Cry ing crying
OR
The root word ends in a vowel y
Relay ed relayed
11Do you remember this rule? I before E except
after C, the sound of long A As in
neighbor and weigh the sound of long I as
in height?
OR
OR
12Believe, chief, grieve
Put i before e
Receive, deceit, receipt
Except after c
and when sounded like a
Neighbor, weigh, Eight, weight, veil, freight
Or in long i
height
13Put i before e
and when sounded like a as in neighbor
Except after c
Or the sound of long i as in height.
EXCEPTIONS.
Leisure, either, neither, species, weird, seize,
efficient