Starter quiz
- Select the suffixes.
- -ed ✓
- un-
- -ves ✓
- -ful ✓
- pre-
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- Select all the words containing the suffix -ed.
- stayed ✓
- slept
- jogged ✓
- edible
- worried ✓
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- Match the root words to the corresponding verbs with the suffix -ing.
- fly⇔flying ✓
- give⇔giving ✓
- race⇔racing ✓
- study⇔studying ✓
- What happens when the noun 'tray' becomes plural?
- Just add -s. ✓
- Just add -es.
- Remove the 'y', add -ies.
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- Match the word to the suffix it contains.
- global⇔-al ✓
- careful⇔-ful ✓
- thankless⇔-less ✓
- scenic⇔-ic ✓
- Identify the words with verb suffixes.
- decorate ✓
- purify ✓
- knives
- musician
- sadden ✓
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Exit quiz
- Read these sentences. Match the words 'pollinate', 'active' and 'elastic' in each sentence to the correct word class.
- Bees can pollinate flowers.⇔verb ✓
- I will be active today.⇔adjective ✓
- This elastic is 5cm long.⇔noun ✓
- What rule is being used when the word 'deter' becomes 'deterring' when adding the suffix -ing?
- Just add -ing.
- Remove the 'e' and add -ing.
- Double the consonant and add -ing. ✓
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- Match the nouns to the rules they demonstrate when becoming plural.
- kiss - kisses⇔Just add -es. ✓
- festivity - festivities⇔Remove the ‘y’, add -ies ✓
- calf - calves⇔Remove ‘f’ or ‘fe’, add -ves ✓
- radio - radios⇔Just add -s. ✓
- Write the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'He dragd his coat along the ground.'
- 'dragged' ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. They are byootifull flowers.
- 'beautiful' ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. The coach tried to motivayt the team.
- 'motivate' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Many suffixes follow the same or similar spelling rules to create generalised rules, but there are always exceptions.
- The suffixes -ed and -ing change the tense of a word.
- The suffixes -s and -es change a noun from singular to plural.
- The suffixes -en, -ate, -ise and -ify often turn adjectives and nouns into verbs.
- The suffixes -al, -ic, -ful and -less create adjectives.
Common misconception
Pupils new to school may have missed or not secured prior learning, so will struggle to access the review lessons.
Ensure you have a grasp on the coverage of the spelling content. Depending on your pupils' acquisition of spelling, you may wish to use these lessons as a basis for re-teaching or reviewing prior learning. Use the starter quiz to inform planning.
Keywords
Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a root word
Root word - the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes
Exception - a case or situation that does not follow the usual or expected rule or pattern
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