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Hello and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Moss, I love spelling, and I'm really looking forward to teaching you.

With you today need to bring your looking eyes, your listening ears, and your thinking brains.

As well as something to write with and write on and someone or something to talk to would be great as well.

Well, let's get on with today's spelling lesson then.

In this spending lesson, we're going to be adding the suffix -ify to words.

The outcome will be, I can turn adjectives and nouns into verbs using the suffix -ify.

Here are the key words for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Suffix.

Root word.

Adjective.

Noun.

Verb.

Brilliant.

Let's have a little chat about what these mean then.

A suffix is a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning.

The suffix we're going to be adding today is -ify.

A root word is that base word from which other words are formed by adding prefixes or suffixes.

An adjective describes a noun, tells you what it's like.

A noun is a naming word for people, places, or things.

And a verb is a doing, being, or having word.

So, in today's lesson, we are going to be taking root words that are either adjectives or nouns and adding our suffix -ify to those root words.

Sometimes the root word will change.

And when adding that -ify, the new word will then be a verb.

So, here's the outline for today's lesson.

We're gonna have a look at some rules around adding that -ify suffix to words.

Then we're gonna practise some spellings.

And finally we're gonna have a go at applying the spellings that we've been looking at today within a sentence.

A suffix, remember, is a letter or group of letters that we add to the end of a word which creates a new word.

Unlike prefixes, suffixes can change the word class or a word's tense.

Here we have the root word wide.

I'm adding my -en suffix to make a verb, widen.

Notice how my root word has changed here.

I've removed the e from wide before adding my -en suffix.

Here we have the root word joy, and I've added the suffix -ful, F-U-L, which means to be full of something, full of joy.

Creates the word joyful.

This time the spelling of my root word has not changed.

Here we have elastic.

I'm adding the -ate suffix to make elasticate.

My root word hasn't changed, but I've created a new word, a verb, elasticate.

There are lots of different types of suffix and this is just three here, -ful, E-N or -en, and A-T-E or -ate.

Today we are looking at adding that -ify suffix remember, and there are loads of different rules as to what will happen to the root word dependent upon the suffix that we are adding.

So, let's have a read of some words.

We have activate.

My turn, your turn.

Pollinate.

So we can hear there and see the -ate suffix at the end of those words.

Here we have deepen and strengthen.

There we have our -en suffixes.

Apologise.

Modernise.

There we have -ise.

And finally, purify.

And beautify.

This -ify, I-F-Y, is the suffix that we are gonna concentrate on today.

These end with the suffixes -ate, <v ->en, -ify, and -ise.

</v> These are verb suffixes.

Can you say it for me? Verb suffixes.

Remember a verb is a being a doing or a having word.

They transform our root words here.

Transform our root words into verbs.

They often change the meaning of a word to an action or process related to the quality of that root word.

So if you think about the root word deep, if I deepen something then I'm making it deeper.

If you think about the root word modern, if I modernise something, I am making it modern.

It's the process of making it modern.

So these words are verbs.

The suffixes -ate, -en, -ify, and -ise, which are found in verbs often mean to make or to become.

Activate is to make something active.

Soften is to make something soft, our root word there is soft and we've added our -en suffix.

Beautify and this is the suffix we're concentrating on today, -ify, is to make something beautiful.

Our root where there is beauty and we've added the -ify to make beautify, which means to make beautiful.

And energise with our -ise suffix there is to become more energetic.

Our root where there is energy and we've made it energise.

I'm gonna show you some words now and I want you to really think about how the meaning of these words are connected.

Simple which means easy to understand, not complicated.

We've then added our -ify suffix here to create simplify.

Notice how the spelling of simple has changed and we're gonna get into that in just a moment.

But first of all, let's think about the meaning of this word, simplify.

If simple means easy to understand or not complicated, simplify is that action of making something easier to understand or less complicated or complex.

The -ify suffix turns nouns or adjectives into verbs.

The instructions were simple.

Here simple is an adjective.

It's being used to describe those instructions.

She needed to simplify the plan.

This is a doing word, isn't it? It's a verb.

The word simplify here is a verb.

It is a doing word, the action of making something more simple or less complex.

So, have a look at these two sentences for me.

Within them is the word beauty and the word beautify.

Have a read of the sentences.

What word class is the word beauty? What word class is the word beautify? Pause the video and see if you can figure it out now.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

The beauty of the sunrise took our breath away.

Beauty there is a noun, it's a thing.

He decided to beautify the garden by adding more colourful flowers.

Beautify here is an action, it's doing word.

The word beautify refers to the action of making something beautiful.

It's a doing word, so it's a verb.

So, we've taken our root word, beauty, which was a noun here, added our suffix to make beautify and we've changed the word class into a verb.

The suffix -ify begins to a vowel, the vow I, and follows many of the similar patterns of when we're adding other verb suffixes like -en or -ate.

Have a look at what happens to the root words here when I add my -ify suffix to create a verb.

simple becomes simplify.

Note becomes notify, the action of letting someone know.

Hmm.

The final e here is removed before the suffix is added.

So, we can see here that our e in simple and our e in note is no longer there.

We've removed it and added our -ify.

So, the rule here is if the root word ends in a vowel, then we remove that final vowel and add -ify.

Remove the final vowel and then add the suffix.

Let's look closely at a new pattern.

What happens to this root word when the suffix -ify is added? Beauty becomes beautify, which means to make beautiful.

So we can see here that the y is removed before the suffix is added.

So the root words ending in a consonant and a y, so beauty here the y is proceeded by continent t, we remove the y and add -ify.

So our rule here is remove the y, then add the suffix.

What will the spelling of these words be when we add our suffix -ify then.

Glory, pure.

So, we want to make the words glorify as a verb and purify as a verb.

They're doing words.

How am I going to spell those words? What rules am I going to follow here? Pause the video and have a think about how you'd spell those verbs.

Brilliant.

Glory ends in a y and as a consonant before that y, I need to remove the y and add -ify, glorify.

Pure ends in an e, so we need to remove the e and then add -ify.

So remember, our two rules here are remove the y then add the suffix and remove the final vowel, which was an e in this case, and then add the suffix.

Remember looking at the spelling of the root word, if there is a root word, can help us to spell the new verb.

The spellings and meanings are also connected.

Glory and glorify have a link and pure and purify have a link.

So, I'm gonna show you some words now and we're gonna look at adding our -ate, -en, and -ify suffixes because they all help to make verbs.

Have a look at the root words.

How am I going to create the verb by adding these suffixes? Which rule am I going to follow? Am I just going to add the suffix? Am I going to remove the y and add the suffix? Am I going to remove the e and add the suffix? Or am I going to double a consonant and then add our suffix? Here's flat.

Flat.

Think about the short vowel sound there.

Which rule is that going to follow? It's not one we've looked at so far today, but it's one that you should have looked at before.

How am I going to spell the word flatten? Which rule am I going to use? Pause the video, select it now and have a go at spelling flatten.

Off you go.

Great.

If you flatten something it's the act of making it flat.

It's a short vow sound, a, a, so we have to double the consonant there, the t and then add -en.

So that's rule d here.

Active.

How am I going to spell the word activate? Which rule am I going to follow to add the suffix? Pause the video, how a go at spelling it, and pick the rule now.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

I need to remove the e and then add -ate, activate.

Solid.

How am I going to spell solidify, the action of making something more solid? Pause the video.

Have a go at spelling that word now.

Which rule would I use? Brilliant.

So, solidify.

I just have to add -ify.

It's ending in a consonant.

Beauty.

How would I spell beautify, to make more beautiful? Pause the video.

Think about which rule you'd use.

Have a go at spelling it now.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

Beauty ending in a y.

The y is proceeded by consonant.

I need to remove the y and add -ify.

So it's b here.

So, what I'd like you to do now for this practise task is have a look at these root words.

We have glory, pure, beauty, and solid and I want you to have a go at taking these root words and adding the suffix, -ify.

Remember the rules that we've looked at for adding that suffix.

Sound the words out carefully as well.

I want you to spell the words, glorify, purify, beautify, and solidify, those verbs for me now.

Off you go.

Great.

So, let's see how you've done them, team.

Glorify.

Now, glory ends in a y and a consonant comes before that y.

I need to remove the y and add -ify as my suffix, glorify.

Remember we're adding the -ify suffix today.

Pure becomes purify.

Pure ends in an e.

Our rule is remove the e and add our -ify.

We're removing the final vowel of the root word, aren't we, 'cause we have a vowel at the beginning of our suffix, i.

So purify, P-U-R-I-F-Y.

Beautify, to make beautiful.

The action of doing that, a verb.

Beauty, consonant followed by a y.

Remove the y, add -ify And finally solid becoming solidify, the action of making something solid.

Just ending in a consonant, I just have to add -ify, solidify.

Great job, team.

Remember we're adding our -ify suffix.

Check and see how you did.

Make any corrections now.

Onto our next learning cycle then, which is practising some spellings.

Let's have a read of the following words.

My turn, your turn.

Mention.

Mention.

Do not mention his name.

Mention.

Position.

Position.

Early.

Early in the morning.

Have a read of these words again.

Think about what might be tricky about them.

What do you notice about the way they're spelled compared to the way they sound? Is there anything that you think is a little bit difficult? Pause the video, say them and have a think now.

Great.

I've noticed that in mention and position, there's that -tion spelled T-I-O-N.

So mention and position have the T-I-O-N, -tion suffix.

That T-I-O-N spelling is representing that shun sound.

So be careful with that.

It's not mention or position.

Mention and position.

In early there's an er sound at the beginning like in the words earth or learn, but it's that E-A-R representation of that sound, the E-A-R spelling.

So be careful with that, early.

These are all curriculum words which are going to appear a lot in our reading writing.

It's important we know how to spell them so that we can confidently use them.

So let's say them one more time.

Mention, T-I-O-N, -tion.

Position, T-I-O-N, -tion.

Early, E-A-R, er.

Brilliant.

So, with that in mind, which of these is the correct spelling of the word mention? Do not mention his name.

Mention.

Pause the video and point to it now.

Excellent.

So, mention M-E-N is fine, they all have that.

Now remember it's that shun but it's that T-I-O-N suffix, isn't it? Now, if you we know how to spell mention, then we know how to spell position.

There's a similar sound there with a similar spelling.

Position.

Pause video and point to the correct spelling now.

Great job.

So, POS there, P-O-S-I, which they all have and it's that -tion, it's a T-I-O-N suffix there.

And finally early.

Wake up early.

Which spellings are representing our er sound? Pause the video and point to the correct spelling of early.

Off you go.

Great job, team.

Early, E-A-R-L-Y, early.

Just like in learn and earth, the E-A-R is representing our er sound.

So, we are now going to practise spelling some words with the suffix -ify that don't have a clear root word.

So it's not a clear word there that we've added our suffix onto.

And there are some words that end in -ify that don't have a clear root word.

So we just need to learn how to spell them.

Look carefully at these words and think about anything special or difficult about their spellings.

You may spot a connected word with a different ending.

So we have here specify.

Specify.

If you specify something, you are stating it very clearly.

Terrify.

That's the act of striking terror into someone.

Qualify.

If you qualify, you pass an exam or a test and therefore, become qualified.

It's the act of becoming qualified.

So, have a think about these words.

Is there anything particularly interesting or unique about them that might be difficult? Do you know any other words that are links to them? Pause the video and have a think now.

Brilliant.

I thought about these.

I know the word special, terrified, and qualified, which have connections to these.

Special is linked to specify.

Terrified is linked to terrify.

And qualified if you are qualified links to qualify.

So, have a look here for me.

From the spellings that we've just looked at that don't have root words but have the -ify suffix, which of these is the correct spelling in each sentence? Find the correct spelling and complete the sentence.

Read those sentences out now.

Pause the video.

Off you go.

Great job, team.

Please specify your chosen meal.

Well, it has that soft c, doesn't it, specify.

Remember that.

So it's a c, not on s, specify.

A noise like that would terrify anyone.

Now I know the spelling of the word terror or terrified and it has double r in the middle there, so it's the same here, R-R-I-F-Y.

She had to be the fastest to qualify for the running competition.

Qualify.

Hmm, I know the word quality, Q-U-A-L-I-T-Y.

So qualify, Q-U-A-L-I-F-Y with -rify suffix there.

So, I'm gonna say some words to you now.

I'd like you to really sound them out.

Think about what might be tricky about them.

They might not have root words, remember, but they're gonna have our -ify suffix.

And then I'd also like you to really read your words back and check and see, do you think you spelled them correctly? So, the words are specify.

You must specify your reasons.

The next word is terrify.

And the final word is qualify.

So we have specify, terrify, qualify.

Remember we're adding that -ify suffix.

Pause the video and have a go writing those words now.

Off you go.

Fantastic job, team.

So the first word was specify.

Now, I know it's just my -ify suffix, I don't need a double f, and it's a soft c, isn't it? Specify, it's like the word special.

Remember that link, which is that soft c special making that sh, sh, sh, not a hard c.

So specify, S-P-E-C-I-F-Y.

The next one is terrify.

Again, I know there's links here to terrified or terror, which have a double r in the middle.

So I know we're gonna need a double r and I'm adding like my -ify, I-F-Y suffix.

Terrify, T-E-R-R-I-F-Y.

And finally, qualify.

Like did you qualify for the competition or did you qualify through passing the test? So, qualify.

Bit like the words quality or qualified.

Qual, Q-U-A-L.

And then if -ify, I-F-Y.

Qualify, Q-U-A-L-I-F-Y.

How did you do there? There's no clear root words here.

And there's a few tricky bits about these spellings.

Remember there's a few things that can help us here.

Think about words that are linked to these spellings.

Think about special or specialised or being linked to specified.

Think about terror or terrified being linked to terrify.

And think about qualified or quality being linked to qualified, qualify.

Pause the video, make any corrections now.

Onto then our final learning cycle, which is to apply some spellings within a sentence.

Remember, we've looked at a number of curriculum words and we've been looking at adding our -ify suffix today to create verbs.

So, we are going to now have a go at writing a sentence containing some of our focus spellings with our -ify suffix.

When we write the whole sentence, we have to do several things at once so this really take our time.

We're going to need to remember the whole sentence.

We're going to need to sound out each word.

Think about our spelling rules.

Remember, think about rules for adding our suffix if you know the root word and think about what's difficult about those words where we didn't know the root word.

Think about our common exception and curriculum words.

So there's words that don't follow our regular spelling patterns or words that appear a lot in our reading and writing.

And then remembering our sentence punctuation, capital letters, full stops, and any other punctuation you feel might be in the sentence.

So, I'd like you just listen to me say the sentence first of all.

Use your incredible hearing and listen out.

I'm gonna say it to you a couple of times.

I'd like you to imagine I'm interviewing you right now.

I'm gonna ask you a question.

Can you tell me your chosen position and specify two skills that would qualify you for the team? Can you tell me your chosen position and specify two skills that will qualify you for the team? So, we're gonna use some strategy now to help us remember this sentence.

The first one is repeating the sentence several times out loud.

I'll say the sentence and you can repeat it.

Can you tell me your chosen position and specify two skills that will qualify you for the team? Repeat that sentence a number of times now out loud.

Off your go.

Great.

The next one is picturing what is happening in your head.

Imagine someone interviewing you perhaps.

Can you tell me your chosen position and specify two skills that will qualify you for the team? And finally, count how many words there are.

Can you tell me your chosen position and specify two skills that will qualify you for the team? It's quite a long one so take your time there.

Pause the video and count out those words now.

Great.

So, I'm gonna say the sentence one more time and then I'd like you to really take your time, sound out the words, look out for any common exception or curriculum words.

Consider any words that have our -ify suffix and then check our sentence punctuation.

Listen to me say the sentence one more time.

Can you tell me your chosen position and specify two skills that will qualify you for the team? Pause the video and write that sentence up now.

Off you go.

Brilliant job, team.

That was such a long sentence.

You've done so well there.

Wonderful handwriting, great punctuating, and great consideration for those curriculum words and also that -ify suffix words we've been looking at.

So, check your work now and make any corrections as we go along.

Remember, mistakes are golden.

They can be corrected and you can learn from them.

Can needs a capital letter.

You tell me your chosen, C-H-O-S-E-N there, just one O.

Position.

Position.

That -tion, T-I-O-N spelling there for that -tion sound.

And specify.

Specify.

Remember, there was no here clear root word and it's that soft c.

Remember, if you know the word special or specific, we can know how to spell this word.

S-P-E-C and then -ify, specify.

Two, T-W-O.

Skills that would, oh you lucky duck, O-U-L-D.

Qualify.

Remember, again, root words not very clear here but if you know the spelling of words like qualified or quality, we know it's Q-U-A-L and then I-F-Y.

You for the team.

And I was interviewing you and I said this, didn't I? So, it was a question.

Can you tell me your chosen position and specify two skills that will qualify you for the team? So when would, oh you lucky duck, and here a question mark to demarcate someone asking this question.

What did you learn? How did you get on with our curriculum words there and the spelling rule that we've been looking at, adding that -ify suffix? Share your successes, share your magical mistakes, and make any corrections now.

Pause the video.

Off you go.

Great spelling today, everyone.

We've been looking at adding that suffix -ify to the ends of words today.

Remember, that a suffix is a letter or group of letters that we add to the end of words and it can sometimes change the word class.

In this instance, adding the suffix -ify to the ends of words turn adjectives or nouns into verbs.

When the root word ends in a consonant, we often just add the suffix.

When the root word ends in a vowel, we remove the final vowel and then add the suffix.

And when the root word ends in a y, we removed the y and then added our suffix -ify.

Keep up the great spelling, keep up the great practise, and I'll see you again soon.