Starter quiz
- When the word 'joy' becomes 'joyous' 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 'vigour' becomes 'vigorous' 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.
- mountain - mountainous⇔Just add -ous. ✓
- fame - famous⇔Remove the ‘e’, add -ous. ✓
- fury - furious⇔Remove the ‘y’, add -ious. ✓
- rigour - rigorous⇔Change ‘our’ to ‘or’, add -ous. ✓
- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the following sentence. I felt jelus because it was my brother's birthday.
- jelus
- jealus
- jealous ✓
- jelous
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- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the following sentence. My fayvrit animal is the seal.
- favrite
- faverite
- favourite ✓
- favourit
- favouret
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. The knight was very coraygeus.
- 'courageous' ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the word to its root word.
- joyous⇔joy ✓
- jealous⇔no obvious root word ✓
- famous⇔fame ✓
- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the following sentence. I felt envyus that day and I didn't like it.
- envous
- envyous
- envious ✓
- envius
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- Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the following sentence. My teacher looked very seerys.
- sereous
- serious ✓
- seeryous
- seeryus
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- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. Are you curyus about what is behind this door?
- 'curious' ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. Please lern to spell my name correctly.
- 'learn' ✓
- Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. Which groop of children shall we play with?
- 'group' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The suffix -ous often turns nouns into adjectives and often means 'full of'.
- There are four key rules when adding the suffix -ous to a root word.
- When you hear the ‘ee’ sound before -ous, the most likely spelling is an ‘i’, but it is sometimes an ‘e’.
- How to spell the curriculum words: learn, group and earth.
Common misconception
You can hear the 'ee' in all words ending in -ious and -eous.
You cannot hear the 'ee' in words ending -geous, like 'courageous' (the 'e' is making the 'soft g' sound) or words with 'xi' or 'ti'.
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
Pronunciation - the way a word is spoken
Adjective - describes a noun
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