Worksheet

Doubling Before an Ending

Grade 4 - Spelling - On Level

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  1. Which spelling correctly adds -ing to "hop"?

    • hoping
    • hop
    • hoppping
    • hopping

  2. Why is "planing" not the correct spelling?

    • It is divided into syllables.
    • It is the plural form of the word.
    • It does not follow the doubling before an ending rule.
    • It is the correctly spelled word.

  3. What base word is used to spell "trimming"?

    • trimming
    • -ing
    • triming
    • trim

  4. Why is "stopped" spelled this way?

    • It changes the prefix to a suffix.
    • Stop ends consonant-vowel-consonant, so double p before -ed.
    • It is spelled by alphabetical order.
    • It keeps every letter and adds nothing.

  5. Which sentence uses the correctly spelled word "hopping"?

    • The correct word is hoping.
    • The rabbit is hopping across the garden path.
    • The base word hop never changes.
    • hoppping is the spelling in this rule.

  6. Which spelling correctly adds -ing to "trim"?

    • trimmming
    • trimming
    • triming
    • trim

  7. Why is "spoted" not the correct spelling?

    • It is divided into syllables.
    • It does not follow the doubling before an ending rule.
    • It is the correctly spelled word.
    • It is a Greek or Latin root.

  8. What base word is used to spell "hopping"?

    • hop
    • -ing
    • prefix
    • hoping

  9. Why is "spotted" spelled this way?

    • It is a plural with no base word.
    • It is spelled by alphabetical order.
    • It changes the prefix to a suffix.
    • Spot ends consonant-vowel-consonant, so double t before -ed.

  10. Which sentence uses the correctly spelled word "spotted"?

    • Kenji spotted Orion in the winter sky.
    • The base word spot never changes.
    • The correct word is spoted.
    • spottted is the spelling in this rule.
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