Starter quiz
- Match the words to the correct word class.
- digging⇔verb ✓
- bright⇔adjective ✓
- Birmingham⇔noun ✓
- rapidly⇔adverb ✓
- Identify the adjective in the following sentence. The mysterious cat slipped out of sight.
- mysterious ✓
- cat
- slipped
- sight
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- Match the word to the suffix it contains.
- simplify⇔-ify ✓
- organise⇔-ise ✓
- fitness⇔-ness ✓
- heroic⇔-ic ✓
- Tick the suffixes which often create adjectives when added to words.
- -er ✓
- -tion
- -ise
- -est ✓
- -ic ✓
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- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in this sentence. I had a metalick taste in my mouth.
- metalik
- metallic ✓
- metalic
- metallik
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- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in this sentence. Historyk buildings lined the streets.
- Historyc
- Historick
- Historic ✓
- Hystoric
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Exit quiz
- When the word 'vision' becomes 'visionary' what rule is applied?
- Just add -ary. ✓
- Remove the 'e', then add -ary.
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- When the word 'imagine' becomes 'imaginary' what rule is applied?
- Just add -ary.
- Remove the 'e', then add -ary. ✓
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- Match the words to the rules that apply when the suffix -ary is added.
- bound - boundary⇔Just add -ary. ✓
- prime - primary⇔Remove the 'e', then add -ary. ✓
- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the following sentence: You must compleat your home learning every week.
- compleet
- complete ✓
- complet
- compleate
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- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the following sentence: I bileave you can do it if you try your best.
- beleive
- beleav
- beleave
- believe ✓
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: Follow the star, it will be your gide.
- 'guide' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The suffix -ary often turns words into nouns or adjectives.
- Some words end in -ary with no clear root word.
- Thinking about word families can help with understanding meanings and spelling.
- When the root word ends in 'e', remove the 'e' and add the suffix -ary.
- How to spell the curriculum words: believe, complete and guide.
Common misconception
Children may not understand the difference on where you can and cannot find a root word.
Show examples of where an obvious root word can support spelling. Words without an obvious root word need to be practised.
Keywords
Noun - a naming word for a person, place or thing
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
Word family - a group of words common in feature, pattern or meaning.
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