Starter quiz
- What word class is the word in bold in the following sentence? 'The sensible pupil packed his books into his bag carefully.'
- verb
- noun
- adjective ✓
- adverb
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- What word class is the word in bold in the following sentence? 'He packed his things away sensibly.'
- verb
- noun
- adjective
- adverb ✓
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- Match the words ending in -able to their root word.
- sustainable⇔sustain ✓
- admirable⇔admire ✓
- reasonable⇔reason ✓
- What happens when the suffix -able is added to 'admire'?
- Just add the suffix.
- Remove the ‘e’, then add the suffix. ✓
- Keep the ‘e’ and just add the suffix.
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- What happens when the suffix -able is added to 'reason'?
- Just add the suffix. ✓
- Remove the ‘e’, then add the suffix.
- Keep the ‘e’ and just add the suffix.
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- Match each word to its word class.
- consideration⇔noun ✓
- tolerable⇔adjective ✓
- adorably⇔adverb ✓
Exit quiz
- Match each word to its word class.
- response⇔noun ✓
- responsible⇔adjective ✓
- responsibly⇔adverb ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'I have a terable cold.'
- 'terrible' ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'The witch was a horibel character.'
- 'horrible' ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'The mark on the carpet was clearly vizibell.'
- 'visible' ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'There has been a defenate increase in temperature this week.'
- 'definite' ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'My teacher provided imediet feedback on the task.'
- 'immediate' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The suffix -ible is common if a complete root word cannot be heard before it, e.g. legible, invincible.
- If there is an obvious root, the suffix -ible usually follows stems ending in an 's' sound e.g. response - responsible.
- Removing the -ible suffix does not usually leave a recognisable root word in English, e.g. visible - vis.
- Adjectives ending in the suffix -ible and adverbs ending in the suffix -ibly are connected in spelling and meaning.
- How to spell the curriculum words: definite and immediate.
Common misconception
Pupils may assume all words ending in -ible do not have a root word.
Demonstrate that some words ending in '-ible', like 'sensible', are derived from recognisable English root words. However, there are also '-ible' words whose roots are not complete English words but may originate from Latin, like 'vis' to 'visible'.
Keywords
Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning
Root word - the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes
Adjective - describes a noun
Adverb - describes a verb
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