Starter quiz
- Select all the words containing the suffix -al.
- national ✓
- walk
- personal ✓
- calling
- castle
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- Match each word to the representation of the 'l' sound it contains.
- lion⇔l ✓
- well⇔ll ✓
- apple⇔le ✓
- hotel⇔el ✓
- nostril⇔il ✓
- animal⇔al ✓
- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'Use a capitle letter at the start of a sentence.'
- capitel
- capital ✓
- capitle
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- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'I like the natchrul beauty of the countryside.'
- natureal
- natural ✓
- natchrul
- natchural
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- Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'Is it posibul to swap seats with you?'
- posible
- possibal
- possibel
- possible ✓
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'This question is very dificlt.'
- 'difficult' ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the words to the word class. The suffixes will help you!
- natural⇔adjective ✓
- education⇔noun ✓
- flatten⇔verb ✓
- What is the root word of 'seasonal'?
- son
- al
- sea
- season ✓
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- Which of these root words will 'remove ‘e’, then add the suffix, when -al is added?
- culture ✓
- profession
- arrive ✓
- nation
- globe ✓
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'She plays for the nashnul football team.'
- 'national' ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'Going to the museum is an excellent culchurul experience.'
- 'cultural' ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'Every time I turnaround, my pen seems to dissapeer!'
- 'disappear' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The suffix -al often turns nouns into adjectives.
- When the root word ends in a consonant, just add the suffix.
- When the root word ends in ‘e’, remove the ‘e’ and add the suffix.
- How to spell the curriculum words: disappear, perhaps and experience.
Common misconception
Pupils mix up the double letters in 'disappear'.
Remind pupils that 'disappear' is made of the prefix dis- and appear. That way, you know there will only be a single 's'.
Keywords
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Adjective - describes a noun
Root word - the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes
Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning
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