Doubling in Two-Syllable Words

Say each two-syllable word aloud so students hear the stress. Have students circle yes or no before writing the new word.

Add suffixes to 16 two-syllable words like prefer and visit and decide when to double. The directions on the page read: Read the rule box. The stressed syllable of each word is in bold. Add the suffix, write the new word, and circle yes if you doubled the final consonant or no if you did not. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade spelling, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with double consonants. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

If a word has 1 syllable, 1 vowel and ends in 1 consonant, double the final consonant before a suffix that starts with a vowel, so sit becomes sitting.

Do not double when the word has two vowels in a row, like reading, ends in two consonants, like helped, or ends in w, x or y, like snowed.

Double when the last syllable is stressed, so admit becomes admitted. When the first syllable is stressed, do not double, so limit becomes limited.