Starter quiz
- What word class is the word in bold in this sentence? Chen was very careful that day.
- noun
- adjective ✓
- adverb
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- Match the word to the suffix it contains.
- quickly⇔-ly ✓
- careful⇔-ful ✓
- greenest⇔-est ✓
- played⇔-ed ✓
- What rule is used when 'horrible' becomes 'horribly' 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 'greedy' becomes 'greedily' 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 'sad' becomes 'sadly' 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 the sentence. The number after seven is ate.
- 'eight' ✓
Exit quiz
- Identify all the words containing the suffix -ful.
- careful ✓
- fully
- beautiful ✓
- fuller
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- Identify all the words containing the suffix -less.
- lesson
- careless ✓
- less
- merciless ✓
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- What word class is the word 'painful' in this sentence? I had a painful cut on my arm.
- verb
- noun
- adjective ✓
- adverb
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- Match the words to the rules that apply when the suffix -less or -ful is added.
- play - playful⇔Just add -ful. ✓
- beauty - beautiful⇔Remove the ‘y’, then add -iful. ✓
- care - careless⇔Just add -less. ✓
- mercy - merciless⇔Remove the ‘y’, then add -iless. ✓
- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. Queen Elizabeth had a very long rain.
- rein
- riegn
- reign ✓
- regn
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. Across the waves they could see a beautiful illand.
- 'island' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- -ful and -less are suffixes that can be used to change the meaning of a root word.
- Some root words can use the suffixes -ful and -less.
- The -less and -ful suffixes start with a consonant, so the root word usually doesn’t change when the suffix is added.
- If the root word has more than one syllable and ends in a consonant +y, then ‘y’ is replaced by ‘i’ before the suffix.
- How to spell the curriculum words: reign and island.
Common misconception
All root words can take both suffixes -ful and -less.
Show a variety of words with suffixes -ful and -less. Choose ones familiar to the pupils and put into sentences to demonstrate the meaning.
Keywords
Root word - the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes
Adjective - describes a noun
Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning
Noun - a naming word for a person, place or thing
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