Working With Words

3/15/2016copyright This week’s words are… really vacation we’re countries everything

3/15/2016copyright The WWWs in ABC order… countries everything really vacation we’re

3/15/2016copyright Which WWW has a long a sound? vacation Which WWW has the long e sound? really

3/15/2016copyright Answer this question… What words have suffixes? really vacation countries

3/15/2016copyright What is the suffix? really base word- real countries base word- country vacation base word- vacate

3/15/2016copyright What does the suffix mean? countries Suffix –es means more than one. It makes something plural.

3/15/2016copyright Which looks right? countryes countries The rule is: when making a word that ends in y plural you have to change the y to an i and add –es. Why does the y change to an i?

3/15/2016copyright Can you add the suffix? Make these words plural by adding –es county counties library libraries

3/15/2016copyright Try these… city cities puppy puppies baby babies

3/15/2016copyright Answer this question… Which of this week’s words is a compound word? everything

3/15/2016copyright Answer this question… What two words make up the compound word everything? every thing

3/15/2016copyright Can you make other compound words? dog bath bird cake some house cup bow rain thing

3/15/2016copyright Compound Words doghouse birdbath cupcake something rainbow

3/15/2016copyright Answer this question… What is a contraction? A contraction is when two words are joined to make a new word. One or more of the letters are replaced with an apostrophe.

3/15/2016copyright Answer this question… What is this week’s contraction? we’re

3/15/2016copyright Answer this question… What two words make up the contraction we’re? we and are

3/15/2016copyright Answer this question… What letter does the apostrophe take the place of? the a in are

3/15/2016copyright Can you make more ‘are’ contractions? Match to pronoun to the form of be. I am you is it are he was they were

3/15/2016copyright Contractions for forms of BE I am I’m you are you’re it is it’s he is he’s they are they’re

3/15/2016copyright GREAT JOB!!!