Spelling words with the suffix "-ed", using alternative rules | English

Starter quiz

What tense is the following sentence in? 'He jumped up and down.'
- past ✓
- present
- future
Match the verbs to their past tense forms.
- jump
  
  ⇔
  
  jumped ✓
- call
  
  ⇔
  
  called ✓
- smile
  
  ⇔
  
  smiled ✓
- bake
  
  ⇔
  
  baked ✓
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: 'He drew a sercull for the face.'
- sircle
- circel
- circle ✓
- curcle
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: 'I slist the cake.'
- sliceed
- slist
- sliced ✓
- slised
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: 'I baykt the cake.'
- bakt
- bayked
- bakeed
- baked ✓
- bakd
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: 'I corld my friend on the phone.'
- calld
- corled
- called ✓
- caled

When do we 'remove the 'y' and add -ied' when using the suffix -ed?
- when the root word ends in 'y' after a consonant ✓
- when the root word ends in 'e'
- when the root word ends in two consonant letters
- when the root word is a single syllable with a short vowel
When do we 'double the consonant, then add -ed' when using the suffix -ed?
- when the root word ends in 'y' after a consonant
- when the root word ends in 'e'
- when the root word ends in two consonant letters
- when the root word is a single syllable with a short vowel ✓
- when the root word has two syllables with a stressed final syllable ✓
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: 'He tride to open the door.'
- tryed
- tried ✓
- tryd
- tride
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: 'She careed her sister all the way home.'
- carryd
- carried ✓
- caried
- caryed
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: 'They clapt loudly at the end of the show.'
- claped
- clapt
- clapped ✓
- clappt
- klapped
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: 'She prefferd to use a pen to write with.'
- preffered
- prefered
- preferd
- preferred ✓

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A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word.
-ed is a suffix that can be used to create the past tense.
If the verb has a short vowel, double the consonant and add -ed.
Change 'y' to 'i' and add –ed (common rule – unless vowel before ‘y’, e.g. enjoy-enjoyed).
How to spell the curriculum word: busy.

Pupils can think that all verbs ending in 'y' follow the rule remove the 'y' and add -ied.

Look at examples that add -ed and remove the 'y' and add -ied. Focus on the sound the 'y' is making and see if it is part of a digraph.

Suffix - a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word
Past tense - tells the reader the action happened before now
Root word - the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes
Verb - a doing or being word
Consonant - a sound that is made by blocking air in the mouth with the teeth, tongue, lips or palate