Revising spelling patterns linked to etymology | English

Starter quiz

Select all the words containing the 'sh' sound.
- machine ✓
- ship ✓
- cheese
- social ✓
- city
Select all the words containing the 's' sound.
- hiss ✓
- mission
- scent ✓
- city ✓
- island
Select all the words containing the 'ch' sound.
- cello ✓
- machine
- rich ✓
- watch ✓
- scheme
Select all the words containing the 'f' sound.
- pirate
- tough ✓
- fish ✓
- high
- elephant ✓
What does the origin of a word tell us?
- what the word means
- where the word originally came from ✓
- which word class the word belongs to
- the number of syllables in the word
Match each word to its meaning.
- chalet
  
  ⇔
  
  a wooden house found in the mountains ✓
- mosque
  
  ⇔
  
  a Muslim place of worship ✓
- fatigue
  
  ⇔
  
  the condition of being tired ✓

Identify the French-derived spellings.
- league ✓
- match
- chalet ✓
- unique ✓
- talk
Identify the Latin-derived spellings.
- school
- scene ✓
- fascinate ✓
- scab
Identify the Greek-derived spellings.
- chef
- chorus ✓
- pink
- photograph ✓
- fussy
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'They had posted a broscure through the letterbox.'
- brosure
- brohcure
- broshure
- brochure ✓
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'The voice was an ekow in the distance.'
- eco
- ecow
- ecko
- echo ✓
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'A doctor rushed to the seene to provide help.'
- 'scene' ✓

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In words of French origin, the 'sh' sound is generally spelt 'ch', the 'g' sound is 'gue' and the 'k' sound is 'que'.
In words of Latin origin, the 's' sound is generally spelt 'sc'.
In words of Greek origin, the 'k' sound is generally spelt 'ch' and the 'f' sound is 'ph'.
How to spell the curriculum words: interfere, signature.

Pupils may not know the meaning of words or root words.

Spend time in the lesson discussing the meanings and links you can make between words and languages.

Etymology - the study of the origin of words and the ways their meanings have changed over time
Origin - the source or beginning of something like the place, time or history of a word or idea