Starter quiz
- Match the word class to its definition.
- verb⇔doing, being or having word ✓
- adjective⇔describes a noun ✓
- noun⇔a naming word of a person, place or thing ✓
- adverb⇔a word that describes or gives more information about a verb ✓
- Which word class is the word in bold in the following sentence? I climbed a colossal beanstalk.
- adjective ✓
- noun
- verb
- adverb
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- Match the word to the suffix it contains.
- hopeful⇔-ful ✓
- kindness⇔-ness ✓
- equality⇔-ity ✓
- Correct the spelling in bold in the following sentence. It was their birthday, so they had a celebrashun.
- celebrayshun
- celebraition
- celebration ✓
- celebratetion
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. She climbed a tree to save the cat and everyone said she was a herow.
- heroe
- hearo
- hero ✓
- heero
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- Which suffixes create verbs when added to the end of a root word?
- -en ✓
- -ate ✓
- -tion
- -ness
- -ify ✓
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Exit quiz
- When the word 'acid' becomes 'acidic' what rule is applied?
- Just add -ic. ✓
- Remove the 'e', then add -ic.
- Remove the 'y', then add -ic.
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- When the word 'athlete' becomes 'athletic' what rule is applied?
- Just add -ic.
- Remove the 'e', then add -ic. ✓
- Remove the 'y', then add -ic.
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- When the word 'allergy' becomes 'allergic' what rule is applied?
- Just add -ic.
- Remove the 'e', then add -ic.
- Remove the 'y', then add -ic. ✓
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- Match the words to the rules that apply when the suffix -ic is added.
- base - basic⇔Remove the 'e', then add -ic. ✓
- specify - specific⇔Remove the 'y', then add -ic. ✓
- artist - artistic⇔Just add -ic. ✓
- Tick the sentences where the words in bold are spelt correctly.
- A sentense must always begin with a capital letter.
- A sentence must always begin with a capital letter. ✓
- We did an experiment to see what happens when mixing colours. ✓
- We did an experament to see what happens when mixing colours.
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in this sentence. Jun raised his hand to ask a queschun.
- 'question' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The suffix -ic often turns nouns into adjectives.
- When the root word ends in 'e', remove the 'e' and add the suffix -ic.
- When the root word ends in 'y', remove the 'y' and add the suffix -ic.
- When the root word does not end in 'e' or 'y', just add the suffix -ic.
- How to spell the curriculum words: sentence, experiment and question.
Common misconception
Pupils will be used to the 'ck' representing the 'c' phoneme when at the end of the word.
Explain that in most words where the 'c' is at the end, it is represented as 'ck'. As this is a suffix, it doesn't follow usual rules.
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
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