Starter quiz
- Match the word to the suffix it contains.
- slowly⇔-ly ✓
- sunny⇔-y ✓
- tallest⇔-est ✓
- funnier⇔-er ✓
- What rule is used when 'stone' becomes 'stony' when adding the suffix -y?
- Just add -y.
- Remove the ‘e’, add -y. ✓
- Double the consonant, add -y.
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- What rule is used when 'fog' becomes 'foggy'?
- Just add -y.
- Remove the ‘e’, add -y.
- Double the consonant, add -y. ✓
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- Match the words to the rules that apply when adding the suffix -y.
- cloud - cloudy⇔Just add -y. ✓
- smoke - smoky⇔Remove the ‘e’, add -y. ✓
- mud - muddy⇔Double the consonant, add -y. ✓
- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: It is too noizy in here!
- noisey
- noisy ✓
- noizy
- noizey
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- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: Be careful on the slipy stairs.
- slippey
- slippy ✓
- slipey
- slipy
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Exit quiz
- Select the adverb in this sentence: The cat walks slowly.
- the
- cat
- walks
- slowly ✓
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- What rule is used when 'quick' becomes 'quickly' when adding the suffix -ly?
- Just add -ly. ✓
- Remove the ‘e’, add -ly.
- Remove the ‘y’, add -ily.
- Add -ally.
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- What rule is used when 'simple' becomes 'simply' when adding the suffix -ly?
- Just add -ly.
- Remove the ‘e’, add -ly. ✓
- Remove the ‘y’, add -ily.
- Add -ally.
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- What rule is used when 'happy' becomes 'happily' when adding the suffix -ly?
- Just add -ly.
- Remove the ‘e’, add -ly.
- Remove the ‘y’, add -ily. ✓
- Add -ally.
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- What rule is used when 'basic' becomes 'basically' when adding the suffix -ly?
- Just add -ly.
- Remove the ‘e’, add -ly.
- Remove the ‘y’, add -ily.
- Add -ally. ✓
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: I would like to bild a bridge.
- 'build' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- -ly is a suffix that can be used to create adverbs. For most words just add -ly.
- For words ending in 'ic' add -ally.
- For two syllablle root words ending in 'y', remove the 'y', add -ily.
- For root words ending in 'le', remove the 'le', add -ly.
- How to spell the curriculum word: build.
Common misconception
Children write words like 'basically' how they sound: 'basicly'.
Show the root words ending in 'ic' and how -ally is added. Say the words how they are spelt to help remember.
Keywords
Root word - the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes
Adverb - describes a verb
Adjective - describes a noun
Verb - a doing or being word
Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning
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