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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 today.

With you today, you'll need to bring your looking eyes, your listening ears, and your thinking brains, obviously, as well as something to write with and write on, which will be really, really helpful and useful.

Right, let's not waste any more time, and let's get into today's spelling lesson.

In this spelling lesson, we're going to be spelling words with the A-B-L-E suffix.

The outcome will be, "I can spell words with the suffix A-B-L-E and A-B-L-Y." Here are the keywords for today's learning.

My turn, your turn: suffix, root word, adjective, adverb.

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

Today we are adding the A-B-L-E and A-B-L-Y suffixes to root words.

A root word, remember, is the base word from which other words are formed often by adding those prefixes or suffixes, An adjective describes a noun, and an adverb describes a verb.

Remember that by adding certain types of suffix we can change the word class of words.

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

We're spelling words with the A-B-L-E suffix, and we're gonna begin by using that in our first learning cycle.

And then we're going to link the A-T-I-O-N, A-B-L-E and the A-B-L-Y suffix together and look at some rules.

And we're gonna finish out by spelling some curriculum words.

So let's have a look at using the suffix A-B-L-E then.

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

Unlike prefixes, that we add to the beginning, suffixes often change the word's tense or word class.

Here we have the word "adore".

I add my A-B-L-E suffix.

Oh, I've removed the E and I've created the word "adorable".

"Reason" becomes "reasonable".

Notice the spelling there.

That root word didn't have to change.

"Adore" becomes "adorably".

Notice there that we've removed the E again to create the adverb "adorably".

There are lots of different types of suffix, and different suffixes can create words with different word classes, remember? And there are certain rules around what happens to those root words when we add suffixes too.

I'm gonna be looking at those in today's lesson, around the A-B-L-E and the A-B-L-Y suffixes.

So let's read some words.

Consider what they have in common: adorable, comfortable, tolerable, horrible, visible, terrible.

Well, I've noticed that they're all adjectives ending in either the suffix I-B-L-E or A-B-L-E, that focus suffix for us today.

The suffixes I-B-L-E and A-B-L-E can sound really similar, can't they? So it can be hard to choose the correct spelling when you hear them in a word.

And we're going to look today and focus in this learning cycle on the A-B-L-E suffix.

The suffixes I-B-L-E and A-B-L-E usually mean "capable of being or doing something".

So something that is adorable is able to be loved.

Something that's tolerable is able to be tolerated or put up with.

So the A-B-L-E spelling is the most common.

We see it all the time.

Comfortable, reasonable, reliable, admirable, enjoyable, valuable, sustainable.

Words ending in A-B-L-E are more likely to have a root word that we can recognise in English.

So, comfort is the root word of comfortable.

Reason is the root word of reasonable.

Rely is the root word of reliable.

Notice there that my Y has changed to an I.

We're gonna look at some of the rules around adding this suffix in just a moment.

Admirable, admire.

Enjoy for enjoyable.

Value for valuable.

Remove the E.

And sustain for sustainable.

So A-B-L-E is the most common suffix when you hear that sound, and it often has very clear root words that we can recognise in English.

There are some words ending in A-B-L-E that do not have recognisable root words though, for instance: vulnerable, available, capable.

These are exceptions and are words that we just need to learn.

Some new words use the A-B-L-E ending as well.

Emailable, textable, hackable, printable.

Language evolves to reflect new technologies and the ways that we live our lives.

And we've added these A-B-L-E to the end of these modern root words.

So words using the A-B-L-E suffix: Choose the correct answers.

Off you go.

Great.

"Usually have a root word that we can recognise." Well, yes they do most of the time.

There are a few exceptions like vulnerable, remember? But they mostly do have clear and obvious root words.

"Do not usually have a recognisable root word." No.

They usually do.

"Are more modern words." Yes! We'll think about those words we just looked at: "Printable", "hackable", "emailable".

Yes.

So the suffix A-B-L-E follows some familiar spelling rules when adding the suffix to the root word.

The root word ends in a consonant, we can just add the suffix.

Comfort becomes comfortable.

The root word ends in an E, we remove the E and then add the suffix.

Value becomes valuable.

We don't want that E-A together.

It could be confusing.

So we chop off the E.

However, the E at the end of a word may sometimes be kept in order to maintain a soft G, "juh", or soft C, "ss" sound.

Notice, noticeable.

I haven't removed the E here.

This helps me to maintain that C-E "ss".

Manage becomes manageable.

I haven't removed the E.

This helps me to maintain the "juh", that soft G before adding my suffix.

Words ending in C-E or G-E, keep the E and just add the suffix.

Root words ending in a Y can follow two patterns.

If the root word ends in a vowel and a Y, you can just add the suffix.

But that Y is part of a vowel diagraph.

"Enjoyable".

The root word ends in a consonant and a Y, then we chop off that Y and replace it with an I before adding our A-B-L-E suffix.

Rely becomes reliable.

Notice here that my Y, whoosh, gone and I've added I-A-B-L-E.

So what I'd like to give me here is to put the root words you can see below into the correct column to show what will happen when we add our A-B-L-E suffix.

Will you just add the suffix or you will need to remove an E and then add the suffix? Pause the video, sort 'em now.

Off you go.

Great.

Let's see how you've done then.

Reason became reasonable.

Change became changeable and managed became manageable.

We kept the E in both change and manage 'cause they're helping to make that soft G.

Whereas admirable, valuable and desirable, there's root words of admire, value and desire.

We could remove the E and then add our A-B-L-E suffix.

Reason became reasonable.

We could just add the A-B-L-E there.

So for our practise task at the end of this learning cycle, we're now going to have a go at spelling some words that contain our suffix A-B-L-E.

Please remember to sound it out.

Think of a root word if there is an obvious one.

Think of the spelling rules that we've looked at.

If you know that root word, how you add the suffix, and then read the word and check.

The first word is "vulnerable".

Vulnerable.

Number two is "comfortable".

"He sat in a comfortable chair." Number three is "manageable".

"It was a manageable situation." Number four is "valuable".

And number five is "reliable".

"He was a reliable member of the team." So I'll say this one more time.

Vulnerable, comfortable, manageable, valuable, reliable.

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

Off you go.

Excellent job, team.

Really impressed with your application of the rules you've looked at for adding this suffix.

Really careful handwriting as well, which has really impressed me.

The first word was "vulnerable".

This doesn't have an obvious root word.

It's one of those exceptions.

So it's one that we just need to learn.

It is our A-B-L-E and it has a couple of naughty bits about it.

It's V-U-L-N-E-R, vulner and then A-B-L-E.

Vulnerable.

This is the correct spelling.

The next one was "comfortable".

For this one, we can just add the A-B-L-E.

It ends in that consonant letter.

Then we have "manageable".

Now we need to keep the E here because it's helping to make that soft G sound.

So it's E-A-B-L-E.

Then we had "valuable".

Our root red is value here, ending in an E.

That's where we, whoosh, chop off that E 'cause it's not helping make a soft C or soft G and then add our A-B-L-E.

And then we have "reliable".

Our root word here is rely, that ends in a Y.

I've gotta remove the Y and then add my I-A-B-L-E.

Reliable.

Great job.

How did you do? Check your learning.

Make any corrections.

Off you go.

So onto our next learning cycle then, which is building on the learning we've done in the previous learning cycle by linking our A-T-I-O-N, A-B-L-E and A-B-L-Y suffixes.

So, the A-B-L-E ending is used if there is a related word ending in A-T-I-O-N, even when there isn't an obvious root word.

Application, applicable, consideration, considerable, adoration, adorable.

And it helps you 'cause you can clearly hear the A there in "application", "consideration", "adoration", to know that you're using that A-B-L-E spelling.

Toleration is tolerable.

The words are connected in both meaning and spelling.

It's A-T-I-O-N.

So it's A-B-L-E.

Adjectives ending in A-B-L-E can often be turned into adverbs by adding the A-B-L-Y suffix.

Applicable becomes applicably, considerable becomes considerably, adorable is linked with adorably, tolerable is linked with tolerably.

Again, these words are linked.

Although different in word class, they're linked by the meaning and their spelling.

So what I'd like you to do for me here is to put the words into word families, linked by meaning and spelling under the root word heading.

So we had the root words "tolerate", "consider", "adore".

I'd like you to read the words below and put them into the correct word families.

Off you go.

Brilliant job.

So, we have here, "tolerate", which we can clearly hear that "A" sounding, can't we? So we know it's going to be toleration, tolerable and tolerably.

Knowing that there's tolerate and toleration there, with that A, means we know it's A-B-L-E and A-B-L-Y.

Then we have "consider", which is linked to consideration, considerable and considerably then.

In that word "consideration", we can clearly hear that A, can't we? So I know it's going to be my A-B-L-E and my A-B-L-Y.

Then we have "adore".

We've removed the E and created "adoration" where we can clearly hear that A again.

So we know it's going to be A-B-L-E and A-B-L-Y in adorable and adorably.

Great job.

Remember, words can be linked in both meaning and spelling.

So for our practise task now, I'd like you to select the correct version from the words below to make this text make sense.

Read it out loud to help you.

So we have the words below, We have: adoration, adorable, adorably, consideration, considerable, considerably, toleration, and tolerable, tolerably.

Consider word class.

Consider their position in the sentence.

Read through this paragraph now and add in the correct words.

Reading it aloud will really help you.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

So, "As the sun went down, the campfire glowed and the children played happily in the park as their parents watched with hmm.

before long, the evening chill settled in and people felt, mm cooler.

Those who found the temperature less mm headed back, but most people had come prepared, so they hunkered down together and sang campfire songs." What a lovely scene.

So the correct words that we are using here are: adoration, considerably and tolerable.

"As the sun went down, the campfire glowed and the children played happily in the park as their parents watched with adoration." So there's that abstract noun of adoration there, of deep love and respect.

"Before long, the evening chill settled in and people felt considerably cooler." So there's our adverb there, they're feeling much cooler.

"Those who found the temperature less tolerable headed back, but most people had come prepared so they hunkered down together and they sang campfire songs." So we were looking for "adoration" "considerably" and "tolerable" there.

If something's tolerable, it can be put up with.

Great job.

Check now, make sure you've got the right words there.

Onto then, our final learning cycle, which is spelling curriculum words.

Let's read some curriculum words first of all: privilege.

"It has been a privilege teaching you today." System.

"The computer system went down." What do you notice about these spellings? Say them again.

Look at how they're spelled compared to how they sound.

Do you know anything maybe tricky about them? Pause the video and have a think.

Brilliant.

So, "privilege" and "system".

I've noticed a couple of things.

That "I" in "privilege" can sound different depending on your pronunciation.

You might not hear it at all, "priv-lege", or you might, "priv-i-lege".

So you might hear a slight "I" there or you might not hear at all dependent on pronunciation.

Also, the E-G-E ending is not as common as an ending as the E-D-G-E, "edge".

So we have to learn it and remember it.

"Privilege." "System" has a "Y" making an "I" sound at the start, like "symbol" or "pyramid".

So be careful with that.

Let's take a snapshot of these words now.

"Privilege" and "system".

(mimics shutter snap) Are you paying attention? Because I'm about to test you.

So which of these are spelled correctly then? Point now to the correct spelling of privilege.

Brilliant.

Remember this is tricky because of pronunciation in particular and that strange ending, but it's here.

There's a second "I" and it's the E-G-E for that "edge" at the end, not the E-D-G-E you might expect to see.

Point now to the correct spelling of "system".

Great, I can see you can all remember it's that "Y" making that "I" sound, "sys-tem" and T-E-M at the end there.

So because these are curriculum words, it's really important that we learn how to spell them so we can use them confidently.

We are gonna use a strategy now for the "look, cover, write, check" strategy to practise them.

This is where you look carefully at a spelling.

So if I look at "privilege", I consider what's difficult about it, or that "I" and that E-G-E at the end.

I put it to memory and I cover it up.

And then from my memory, in my neatest handwriting, have a go at writing it, just like so.

Then I check back and see how I did.

So we've done the look, we did the cover, we've done the writing, we've done the checking.

I spelled it correctly, but just because I spelled it correctly first time doesn't mean I only do it once.

I should do it a number of times to really embed that spelling into my long term memory.

I'd like you to give that strategy a go now for both of these curriculum words, "privilege" and "system", looking carefully at what is difficult about them, putting them into your long term memories.

Off you go, team.

Excellent job, really impressed.

Great use of what is a really useful independent strategy.

Did you manage to spell them correctly? Check back through now and make sure to make any corrections and to really consider any mistakes you've made so you don't make them next time.

Check your learning now.

Off you go.

Great job in spelling today, team.

We've been spelling words with the A-B-L-E suffix.

The suffixes I-B-L-E and A-B-L-E create adjectives.

Most words in English with A-B-L-E or I-B-L-E suffix will use A-B-L-E.

Removing the A-B-L-E suffix generally leaves a recognisable word.

For instance, "agree" and "agreeable".

Words in word families using the suffixes A-T-I-O-N, A-B-L-E and A-B-L-Y are connected in both spelling and meaning.

We can drop the final E of the root word before adding the suffix, A-B-L-E, unless the words end in C-E or G-E, when we keep the E to help maintain that soft C or soft G.

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