Starter quiz
- Match the word to the suffix it contains.
- assistant⇔-ant ✓
- assistance⇔-ance ✓
- excellent⇔-ent ✓
- toleration⇔-ation ✓
- Select the correct spelling of the word.
- reliant ✓
- relient
- relyant
- relyent
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- Select the correct spelling of the word.
- defyiant
- defyant
- defiant ✓
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- Select the correct spelling of the word.
- arogant
- arrogant ✓
- arrogent
- arogent
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. Don't be too hezitent or shy as everyone will be welcoming.
- 'hesitant' ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. Martin Luther King was a signiffikent figure in history.
- 'significant' ✓
Exit quiz
- Select the correct spelling of the word.
- potint
- potunt
- potent ✓
- potant
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- Select the correct spelling of the word.
- acidant
- acident
- accidant
- accident ✓
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- Select the correct spelling of the word.
- frequint
- frequent ✓
- frequant
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- Select the words with a 'soft g'.
- intelligent ✓
- elegant
- urgently ✓
- arrogantly
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. This is egselint work.
- 'excellent' ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. Do you have the correct equiptment.
- 'equipment' ✓
Worksheet
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Words that end with suffixes -ant and -ent can sound like ‘unt’ when we speak.
- The -ent spelling may be found after a ‘soft c’, ‘soft ‘g’ or ‘qu’.
- Words ending in -ent sometimes have related words where the ‘e’ vowel sound is clearer, like resident - residential.
- The letters ‘ent’ can also be found in the noun suffix -ment.
- How to spell the curriculum words: different, excellent, experiment and equipment.
Common misconception
Some pupils may think all words ending in -ent are the same word class.
Whilst the suffixes -ent and -ence can change word class, not all words ending in -ent are the same word class. Give examples in a sentence to demonstrate, using the words contentment, (to) frequent, and silent.
Keywords
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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