Starter quiz
- Match the words to their ending.
- literature⇔-ture ✓
- stretcher⇔-tcher ✓
- pleasure⇔-sure ✓
- Match the words to their ending.
- richer⇔-cher ✓
- measure⇔-sure ✓
- structure⇔-ture ✓
- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the sentence. It gave me great pleshuh to see you today.
- plesure
- pleasure ✓
- pleshure
- pleashure
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- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the sentence. The pikchuh on the wall is very beautiful.
- pikchuh
- pictchure
- picture ✓
- pikture
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- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the sentence. This king is ritchuh than that queen.
- ritcher
- richure
- riture
- richer ✓
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. I would like to visit France in the fuchuh.
- 'future' ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the words to their ending.
- catcher⇔-tcher ✓
- nature⇔-ture ✓
- closure⇔-sure ✓
- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the sentence. Did the pirate find the treshuh?
- treshuh
- tresure
- treasure ✓
- treashure
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- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the sentence. I love to walk in nachuh outside.
- nachure
- natchure
- nature ✓
- nasure
- nacher
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. The library closhuh was announced in the newspaper.
- 'closure' ✓
- Correct the spelling for the word in bold in the sentence. The struchuh of the building is very strong.
- 'structure' ✓
- Correct the spelling for the word in bold in the sentence. I like learning about grammer.
- 'grammar' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The pronunciation of a word helps to identify if it is spelt with -sure or -ture.
- The -ture ending to a word can be confused with a root word ending in '(t)ch+er', such as 'teacher' or 'richer'.
- 'Colour blocking' is a useful practice strategy.
- How to spell the curriculum word: grammar.
Common misconception
All words with a suffix will have a recognisable root word.
Show that not all words with suffixes or common word endings will necessarily have a root word that we can recognise.
Keywords
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
Pronunciation - the way in which a word is spoken
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