Starter quiz
- When the word 'outrage' becomes 'outrageous' what rule is applied?
- Just add -ous. ✓
- Remove the ‘e’, add -ous.
- Remove the ‘y’, add -ious.
- Change ‘our’ to ‘or’, add -ous.
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- When the word 'rigour' becomes 'rigorous' what rule is applied?
- Just add -ous.
- Remove the ‘e’, add -ous.
- Remove the ‘y’, add -ious.
- Change ‘our’ to ‘or’, add -ous. ✓
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- When the word 'continue' becomes 'continuous' what rule is applied?
- Just add -ous.
- Remove the ‘e’, add -ous. ✓
- Remove the ‘y’, add -ious.
- Change ‘our’ to ‘or’, add -ous.
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- When the word 'fury' becomes 'furious' what rule is applied?
- Just add -ous.
- Remove the ‘e’, add -ous.
- Remove the ‘y’, add -ious. ✓
- Change ‘our’ to ‘or’, add -ous.
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- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in this sentence. Yesterday, I thort I saw you on the street.
- thort
- thaught
- thought ✓
- thoght
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- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in this sentence. What is the purpus of this text?
- purposs
- purpous
- purpose ✓
- perpose
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Exit quiz
- When the word 'hazard' becomes 'hazardous' what rule is applied?
- Just add -ous. ✓
- Remove the ‘e’, add -ous.
- Remove the ‘y’, add -ious.
- Change ‘our’ to ‘or’, add -ous.
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- When the word 'glamour' becomes 'glamorous' what rule is applied?
- Just add -ous.
- Remove the ‘e’, add -ous.
- Remove the ‘y’, add -ious.
- Change ‘our’ to ‘or’, add -ous. ✓
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- When the word 'adventure' becomes 'adventurous' what rule is applied?
- Just add -ous.
- Remove the ‘e’, add -ous. ✓
- Remove the ‘y’, add -ious.
- Change ‘our’ to ‘or’, add -ous.
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- Match the words to the rules that apply when the suffix -ous is added.
- joy - joyous⇔Just add -ous. ✓
- fame - famous⇔Remove the ‘e’, add -ous. ✓
- vary - various⇔Remove the ‘y’, add -ious. ✓
- humour - humourous⇔Change ‘our’ to ‘or’, add -ous. ✓
- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in this sentence. I promiss to go to bed straight away.
- promisse
- promiss
- promis
- promise ✓
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in this sentence. Chocolate is my fayvrit flavour of icecream.
- 'favourite' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The suffix -ous often turns nouns into adjectives and often means 'full of'.
- If the root word ends in 'ge', just add -ous.
- If the root word ends in 'e', remove the 'e', then add -ous.
- If the root word ends in 'our', change 'our' to 'or', then add -ous.
- How to spell the curriculum words: promise and favourite.
Common misconception
Children may not be able to spell the root word or stem.
Ensure to focus on all the difficult elements of the words presented, not only the -ous ending that demonstrates the spelling rule.
Keywords
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 root word
Noun - a naming word for a person, place or thing
Adjective - describes a noun
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