Starter quiz
- What is the missing word in the following sentence? 'A __________ is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word.'
- prefix
- suffix ✓
- noun
- syllable
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- What are the missing words in the following sentence? 'A prefix is a letter or group of letters added to __________ of a word to change its meaning.'
- the middle
- the end
- the start ✓
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- Match the words with the number of syllables they contain.
- flap⇔1 ✓
- jumper⇔2 ✓
- greenery⇔3 ✓
- Match the word pairs.
- welly⇔boots ✓
- play⇔time ✓
- fish⇔tank ✓
- living⇔room ✓
- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the following sentence. 'The parque was crowded due to the sunny weather.'
- parc
- parck
- pargue
- park ✓
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- Correct the spelling of the word in the following sentence. 'There was an increes in numbers.'
- 'increase' ✓
Exit quiz
- What are compound words?
- words that sound the same but are spelt differently
- two words combined to form a new word ✓
- the beat in words that contain vowel sounds
- something added to the beginning of a word
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- Select the compound words.
- ice cream
- eyeball ✓
- unwise
- waterfall ✓
- water
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- Match the pairs of words that could be joined together to create compound words.
- down⇔stairs ✓
- sea⇔side ✓
- bee⇔keeper ✓
- star⇔fish ✓
- Choose the correct spelling of the missing compound word to complete the following sentence. 'They looked at the __________ in the hive.'
- honey comb
- honeycom
- honeycomb ✓
- honycombe
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- Correct the spelling of the compound word in bold in the following sentence. 'My glasses are sumwear over there.'
- 'somewhere' ✓
- Tick the sentences where the words in bold are spelt correctly.
- There wasn't enuogh cake for everybody.
- There wasn't enough cake for everybody. ✓
- Their new puppy was very norty.
- Their new puppy was very naughty. ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Compound words are two or three existing words that join together to make one word.
- Compound words are most often nouns.
- Compound words have a new meaning, which is often linked to the meaning of the root word.
- How to spell the curriculum words: enough, naughty and forwards.
Common misconception
Pupils might assume any combination of words they create forms a compound word.
Look at some non-examples such as 'starwhere' and 'somefish' to teach them that not every combination makes a compound word.
Keywords
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Compound word - two or more words joined together
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