Q1.
The word ‘gilli’ has double ‘l’ in it. Similarly, the words ‘millet’ and ‘bullock’ have double ‘l’. Now write three words having each of the double letters given below.
tt · pp · ee · mm · bb · rr · nn · dd · ss · gg
Answer
Here are three words for each pair of double letters. The double letters are shown in bold so you can see them at once.
| Double letters | Word 1 | Word 2 | Word 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| tt | butter | letter | bottle |
| pp | apple | happy | puppy |
| ee | green | sweet | tree |
| mm | summer | hammer | common |
| bb | rabbit | rubber | cabbage |
| rr | carrot | mirror | sorry |
| nn | dinner | sunny | tunnel |
| dd | ladder | middle | sudden |
| ss | glass | grass | lesson |
| gg | egg | bigger | luggage |
The Note to the Teacher asks you not to stop at naming words. So here is a second set that mixes describing words, action words and manner words.
| Double letters | Describing word (adjective) | Action word (verb) | Manner word (adverb) |
|---|---|---|---|
| tt | bitter | sitting | better |
| pp | slippery | clapping | happily |
| ee | deep | sleep | freely |
| mm | common | swimming | immediately |
| bb | rubbery | rubbing | shabbily |
| rr | narrow | hurry | merrily |
| nn | sunny | running | funnily |
| dd | muddy | adding | suddenly |
| ss | glassy | passing | crossly |
| gg | foggy | jiggle | raggedly |
Why English doubles a letter: Very often the doubling keeps the vowel before it short. Say hoping and then hopping. In hoping the o is long; in hopping, with the double p, the o is short. The same happens with diner and dinner, later and latter.
Where to hunt for more: Open any page of this book and run your eye down it. Double letters are everywhere — gilli, millet, bullock, all, well, small. Keep a page in your notebook and add every new one you find.