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Hello and welcome to today's spelling lesson.

I'm Mr. Moss.

I love spelling and I can't wait to teach you.

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

As well as that something to write with and write on would be great, and having something or someone to talk to would also be excellent.

All right then, let's crack on with today's lesson.

In today's spelling lesson, we're going to be turning nouns and adjectives into verbs using two suffixes, the suffixes, -ify and -ise.

And that's exactly what our outcome is.

I can spell words using the suffixes -ify and -ise.

Here are the keywords for today's lesson.

My turn, your turn, suffix, root word, adjective, noun, verb.

Brilliant.

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

A root word is the base word from which other words are formed often 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.

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

We today are going to be turning nouns and adjectives into verbs using the suffixes -ify and -ise.

Here's the outline for today's lesson.

We are gonna be adding the suffix -ify then we're gonna look at adding the suffix -ise and finally we're gonna apply the spellings that we've been looking at today within a sentence.

Let's get on then with adding the suffix -ify to words.

Remember that a suffix is a letter or group of letters that we add to the end of a word.

And unlike prefixes, which can come at the beginning suffixes often change the words tense or word class.

Here we have the root word wide.

I add my -en suffix and it creates the verb widen.

Here I have the root word elastic.

I add -ate as my suffix, and it creates the word elasticate.

A new word where the word class has changed.

Here we have the root word, joy.

I add my -ful suffix.

It creates the new word joyful.

There are lots of different types of suffix and different suffixes can create words with different word classes.

The suffixes, which create adjectives include <v ->er, -est and -ous.

</v> Let's look at some of these in action quickly.

The greener apples are the sweetest.

He is a famous actor.

In these sentences, these words are adjectives, greener being a comparative adjective, sweetest being superlative, and famous being an adjective that's describing the noun actor.

The suffixes which create verbs include <v ->en, -ate, -ify and -ise.

</v> And this is what we are going to be looking at today.

When you thicken the soup, so that action of making something thicker, it will intensify the flavour, make the flavour more intense.

Please clarify.

So make clear the action of making clear the instructions before we finalise the plan.

And suffixes which create nouns include <v ->tion, -ity and -ness.

</v> The celebration brought happiness to the community.

Each word there is a noun.

The charity were grateful for the large donation.

So with those suffixes in mind, could you match the words to the word class? Remember to look carefully at the suffixes.

They will help you.

Our words are, my turn your turn.

Luxurious, happiness, formulate, flatten.

Remember, a noun is a PPT, person, place or thing.

A verb is a doing, being or having word.

And an adjective describes a noun.

Match these words now to their word class.

Pause the video.

Good job.

So luxurious.

I wore a luxurious coat.

Oh, well luxurious there is describing the coat, isn't it? It's the -ous, it's an adjective.

Happiness, -ness, is a noun.

Formulate.

I need to formulate a plan.

It's an action word, isn't it? It's the action of coming up with formulating a plan.

So it's a verb and flatten, I have to flatten something.

It's another action word, isn't it? It's a doing word.

Flatten, the action of making something flat.

So it's a verb.

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.

So our root word there is active, has a very clear root word Soften is to make something soft.

Again, we have a very clear root word there, don't we? Beautify is to make something beautiful and energise from the root word energy is to become more energetic.

They are linked in meaning.

Look at how the meaning of these words are connected for me.

Simple means easy to understand, not complicated.

Simplify is to make something easier to understand or less complex.

They are linked in meaning.

The root word is simple.

I've added my -ify suffix to create the word simplify.

The -ify suffix turns nouns or adjectives into verbs.

The instructions were simple.

The word simple here is an adjective.

It is describing the instructions.

She needed to simplify the plan.

The word simplify here is a verb, it's a doing word.

It is the action of making something more simple.

So here we've gone from having a word, which is an adjective.

We've added our -ify suffix and we have created a verb.

They are linked to meaning still though, aren't they? Read these sentences for me.

What word class are beauty and beautify in these sentences? Are they linked in meaning? Pause the video, have a think.

The word beauty here is a thing, it's a noun.

And the word beautify refers to the action of making something more beautiful.

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

Adding our -ify suffix has changed the word class here, but the words are still linked in meaning.

The suffix -ify begins with a vowel, the vowel "i" and follows some similar spelling patterns when we add other verb suffixes like -ate or -en.

Have a look at what happens to these root words when we add the suffix -ify.

Simple becomes simplify.

Note becomes notify.

The action of letting someone know something.

Here our final vowel "e" is removed before the suffix is added because our suffix already begins a vowel.

These root words end in a vowel.

So our rule here is remove the final vowel before adding the suffix.

Let's look closely at a new pattern.

What happens to this root word when the suffix -ify is added? See what you spot.

Beauty becomes beautify.

Hmm, what's changed with my root word there? The "y" here is removed before the suffix is added on.

The root word ends in a consonant and a "y" so we remove the "y" before adding -ify our suffix.

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

What will the spelling of these words be when -ify verb suffix is added? Glory will become glorify.

Pure will become purify.

How will we spell these words? Pause the video and have a think.

Great.

Remember to look carefully at the root word.

So the rule we just looked at a moment ago was if it ends in a consonant, in a "y" remove the "y" before adding our -ify suffix.

Pure, we need to remove the "e" and then add -ify to create the word purify, the act of making something pure.

Here we remove the final vowel before adding our suffix.

The spelling of the root word helps us to spell the new verb.

The spellings and meanings are also connected remember.

Some verbs ending in -ify do not have an obvious root word.

Verify, for instance is to confirm the truth of something.

Identify is to determine the identity of someone or something, is linked there to the word identity.

Specify is to state or describe in precise detail.

It links to the word specific and quantify is to measure or express something in numerical terms. It links to the word quantity or amount.

I'm gonna show you some words now, some root words and I want you to add either the suffix -ate, -en or -ify to the root word to create a verb and then match it to the spelling rule that it follows.

Either just add the suffix, either remove the "y" then add the suffix, remove the "e" and then add the suffix or double the consonant and then add the suffix.

You should be aware of all of these rules from your learning now.

Here we want to create the word madden, to make more mad.

Which rule are you going to use? Pause the video.

Have a go at spelling the word madden.

Great job.

Madden.

Ah-ah, short vowel sound of a single consonant.

We need to double the consonant and add -en to make our new verb madden.

So our rule is D.

The next word is pollen.

How am I gonna spell the word pollinate? Pause the video.

Which rule are you going to use? Great, this is where we just have to add the suffix, but something naughty happens here as well.

The "e" in the word pollen turns to an "i" for our verb pollinate.

So A was our rule.

The next one, diverse.

We want to create the verb, diversify the action of making more diverse.

Our root word here is diverse and we want to create the verb diversify.

How will I spell diversify and which rule will I use? Pause the video now.

Excellent job team.

So it ends in an "e" which is a vowel.

I have to remove that vowel before adding my -ify suffix.

So here it's remove the "e" and then add the suffix.

Here we have the root word beauty.

How would I create the verb beautify by adding my -ify suffix? How would it be spelled? Which rule will I use? Pause the video.

Great, absolutely.

I have to remove the "y" and then add my -ify suffix to create my verb beautify.

So it's B.

We are now going to do our practise task, which is going to be to spell some words that use the suffix -ify.

Remember please to sound out the words, think of the root word if there is a clear one, think of our spelling rules that we've looked at for adding our suffixes.

And remember to read the word and to check it back and see if you think it looks right.

Just listen to me say the words first of all.

The first word is simplify.

Can you please simplify the equation for me? The second word is specify.

Will you please specify the details? Number three is purify, the act of making something pure.

Number four is beautify, the act of making something beautiful.

And number five, solidify making something solid.

So I'll say this one more time for you.

Simplify, specify, purify, beautify, solidify.

Off you go.

Great job team.

Incredible application of our -ify suffix there.

Really, really good job.

It's a beautiful handwriting as well.

So the first word was simplify.

Our root word here is simple, S-I-M-P-L-E because it ends in an "e" we need to remove the "e" and add our -ify suffix.

The next word was specify.

Specific here is a linked word, but it's not specificify, it's specify.

So there's no clear obvious root word here, so be careful with this one.

Specify.

So S-P-E and it's a soft C spec, I-F-Y, specify.

The next one was purify.

Our root word here is pure ending in an "e", we know we need to remove that vowel and then add -ify, purify.

Be careful with that one 'cause it looks like it could be puriffy, but it's purify.

We still keep that pure in there.

And then beautify.

Beauty here is our root word.

We have to remove the "y" and then add -ify, beautify.

Solidify, solid here is our root word, solidify.

We just add -ify, solidify.

Brilliant.

How did you do there? Do you have any corrections to make? Share your learning and make those corrections now.

Onto our next learning cycle then, which is adding the suffix -ise to words.

Let's look at how the meaning of these words are connected.

Energy is the ability to do work or cause change.

Energise is to give more energy or vitality to someone or something.

Our root word here is energy.

We've added our -ise suffix to create the word energise.

The -ise suffix turns nouns or adjectives into verbs.

Let's have a look at this in action.

After a long day at school, she had no energy left.

The word energy here is a noun.

It's a thing, a feeling of vitality.

A good night's sleep can energise you for the day ahead.

The word energise here is a verb, it is a doing word.

The action of giving more energy to someone.

So we've taken our root word here, energy.

We've added our -ise suffix to create the word energise.

It's changed it's word class where it was a noun.

It is now a verb.

What word class are sympathy and sympathise in these two sentences? Pause the video and see if you can figure it out.

Great job.

He expressed sympathy to his friend who was sad.

Sympathy here is a thing, it is a noun.

She could sympathise with her friend because she had faced similar challenges.

The word sympathise refers to the action of understanding and sharing the feelings of someone else.

So it is a verb, it's an action word.

The suffix -ise begins with a vowel and follows some similar spelling patterns when we add other verb suffixes like -ate, -en or the one we've already looked at in this lesson -ify.

What happens to these root words when we add the suffix then? Standard becomes standardise.

The act of making something standard or conform.

Real becomes realise.

The root word here hasn't changed when we've added the suffix.

So our root rule here is often we just have to add the suffix and notice how each of our root words here at the end ends in a consonant.

What happens to these words when the suffix -ise is added? Energy becomes energise.

Oh, what letter there has been removed from my root word? Memory becomes memorise, the act of putting something to memory.

The "y" here is removed before the suffix is added on.

The root word ends in a consonant and a "y." So our rule here is remove the "y" then add the suffix -ise.

You may see the suffix -ise spelt -ize.

The American English spelling is -ize, but the British English spelling is -ise.

So we are going to use -ise.

I live in America and I spell it as prioritise says this person.

But this person over here lives in Scotland, so they spell it prioritise, -ise.

We are going to stick with the -ise spelling.

What will the spelling of these words be when the suffix -ise is added then? Apology becoming apologise, special becoming specialise.

Pause the video and have a think.

How will our verbs apologise and specialise be spelt? Great job team.

Really good application of the rules we've been looking at.

Apologise, we have to remove the "y" before adding our -ise suffix.

So remove the "y" then add the suffix and specialise we just have to add -ise.

We can just add our suffix.

The spelling of the root word here helps us to spell the new verb.

The spellings and meanings are also connected.

Apology and apologise are linked.

Special and specialise are linked.

Some verbs ending in -ise do not have obvious root words.

Organise means to arrange or plan things systematically.

Recognise is to identify someone or something as familiar or known.

And to exercise means to engage in physical activity.

So what you are going to do for me now is I'm going to show you some root words and I'd like you to add a suffix to the end of them and consider which rule is being used.

Here, I'd like you to add -ise.

How will I spell standardise? Pause the video and select the rule.

Great job team.

I just have to add -ise here.

So my rule is just adding the suffix.

The next word is note.

How will I spell notify? That verb, the act of letting someone know something.

Notify.

Think about the spelling of the root word.

Which rule would I use? Great job.

I have to remove the "e" before adding my suffix.

So I'm using C.

The next one is memory.

How will I spell the verb memorise? Which rule would I use? Off you go.

Great job team.

Of course I have to remove the "y" before adding -ise.

And remember using that -ise spelling.

So rule B.

And finally, priority.

How will I spell the word prioritise? Which rule will I use? Off you go.

Great job.

I have to remove the "y" before adding my suffix.

So I will be using rule B.

We are now going to have a go at spelling some words that you use -ise suffix.

Remember to sound it out.

Think of the root word if there is a clear one.

Think of the spelling rules we've looked at for adding suffixes and read the word and check and see if you think it makes sense.

So let me read the words to you now.

The first word is realise.

It was at that moment I was able to realise the answer.

Number two, specialise.

Number three, apologise.

If you do something wrong, you should make sure you apologise.

Number four, energise, a good night's sleep will energise me for the morning ahead.

And number five, sympathise.

I was able to sympathise with my friend who had had a bad experience.

So those words are, realise, specialise, apologise, energise, sympathise, all ending in that -ise suffix.

Off you go.

Excellent work team.

So let's have a look and see how you've done.

Realise.

Well, we have the word real here in it, R-E-A-L.

And it's that -ise isn't it? Realise, that's our spelling there.

Remember, not -ize.

We're using the British English spelling.

The next word was specialise.

My root word here is special with that cial spelled C-I-A-L, cial at the end, it ends in that consonant I just have to add my suffix -ise.

Apologise was the next word.

Apology here is our root word ending in a "y." I have to remove the "y" and then add -ise, apologise.

The next one is energise.

Energy here is our root word ending in a "y" you need to remove the "y" and then add -ise, energise and finally sympathise.

Sympathy here is our root word again, ending in a "y" so we remove the "y" and add -ise sympathise.

Great job.

Do you have any corrections to make there? Make them now.

Onto our final learning cycle then, which is going to be applying spellings within a sentence.

Let's read some curriculum words first.

My turn your turn.

Exercise, criticise, consider.

Have a look at these words again for me.

What do you notice about their spellings? Is there something difficult about their spellings? Consider how they're spelt to how they sound.

Have a think.

Brilliant.

I've noticed a few things.

Exercise begins with an ex.

It is unlike the words except and excite though, which have a C directly after the ex.

There is no C after the ex here and it has a soft C before the -ise at the end.

Exercise.

Watch out for that soft C in particular.

In the word criticise, you can see here that we have the word critic, which is the root word before we add our -ise to create the verb criticise to be critical of someone.

But the C becomes a soft C.

And then we add our suffix -ise so it's no longer criticise, its criticise.

And consider has three syllables that are simple to spell, consider.

With that in mind, which of these words that we've just read is spelt correctly? Speed round.

Point to the correct spelling of exercise.

Great.

Exercise, it's that E-X-E-R and then our soft C-I-S-E.

Criticise.

Remember I have our root word critic here.

Point to the correct spelling of criticise now.

Brilliant.

Criticise that C in critic becomes a soft C before we add our suffix, criticise and consider.

Consider, point to it now.

Brilliant.

Consider, C-O-N, con, sid, S-I-D, sid, E-R.

Consider with those three syllables.

So you're gonna listen to me say a sentence now just listen really carefully.

After she completed her morning exercise, she felt energised and ready to organise her busy day.

After she completed her morning exercise, she felt energised and ready to organise her busy day.

We're gonna use some strategies to help us remember this.

The first one is to repeat it several times out loud.

After she completed her morning exercise, she felt energised and ready to organise her busy day.

After she completed her morning exercise, she felt energised and ready to organise her busy day.

The next one is to picture in your head what is happening.

After she completed her morning exercise, she felt energised and ready to organise her day.

And finally we can count how many words there are.

After she completed her morning exercise, she felt energised and ready to organise her busy day.

Brilliant.

So remember to sound out each word, look out for those common exception words and curriculum words.

Consider the rules we've been looking at today for adding our suffixes and don't forget to check your sentence punctuation.

I'll say the sentence one more time.

After she completed her morning exercise, she felt energised and ready to organise her busy day.

Pause the video and write that sentence now.

Off you go.

Excellent job team.

Amazing application of the rules we've been looking at today.

Really careful consideration of the curriculum words and great punctuating.

So let's check our work and make any corrections as we go along.

After she completed her morning exercise, oh, that was one of those curriculum words that we looked at, E-X, exer and size with that soft C and our -ise suffix and we have to have a comma here to separate our subordinate adverbial clause.

After she completed our morning exercise, from now our main clause, she felt energised.

Ah, our root word here is energy, isn't it? We removed the "y" and added our -ise suffix before adding our D for the word energised and ready.

Watch out for the EA there to organise.

There's no obvious root word here, although I can see the word organ in it.

It's that -ise suffix, her busy.

Be careful there.

U-S-Y, day and of course the full stop.

What did you learn there? How did you do particularly with our words, exercise, energised and organise? Do you have any corrections to make or magical mistakes? Share those now with me and make those corrections.

Off you go.

Great job in spelling today team, we've been looking at the suffixes -ise and -ify today, which often turn adjectives and nouns into verbs.

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

When the root word ends in a "y" we have to remove the "y" before adding the suffix.

And when the root word ends in a vowel, we remove the final vowel and add the suffix.

Keep up the great spelling team and I'll see you again soon.