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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 for the spelling lesson, you need to bring your looking eyes, your listening ears, and your thinking brains, as well as having something to write on and write with would also be excellent.

And having something or some one to talk to would also be really helpful.

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

In today's spelling lesson, we're going to be spelling words with the -ible suffix.

The outcome will be, I can spell words with the suffix -ible and -ibly.

Here are the keywords for today's learning.

My turn, your turn.

Suffix, root word, adjective, adverb.

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

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

And we're looking today using the -ible and the -ibly suffixes.

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

often by adding prefixes or suffixes.

An adjective describes a noun, and an adverb describes a verb.

So here is the outline for today's lesson.

We're going to be spelling words with the -ible suffix.

We're gonna begin by using that suffix and then we're going to link the -ible and the -ibly suffixes.

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

Let's get on with using the suffix -ible then.

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

Unlike prefixes which we would add to the beginning, suffixes can change the word's tense or its word class.

Let's look at some examples.

Here we have the word reverse and our -ible suffix.

It creates the word reversible.

Here we have reason and our -able suffix, which sounds very similar to our -ible suffix.

It creates reasonable.

Adore and -ably.

Adorably.

Notice there that the spelling of reverse and adore in each instance has also changed.

We've removed the E before adding our suffix.

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

Let's read some words that contain some of the key suffixes that we're looking at today.

Consider what they have in common as we read them.

Reasonable, sustainable, valuable, invisible, responsible, incredible.

Well, you may have noticed that they are all adjectives, so words that we can use to describe nouns, and they all end in either the -ible or the -able suffix.

The suffixes -ible and -able can sound the same, so it can be really hard to choose the correct spelling when you hear them in a word.

The suffixes -ible and -able usually mean capable of being or doing something.

Something that's reasonable is full of reason.

Invisible is not able to be seen.

The -able spelling is the most common.

So it's more common than our -ible that we're concentrating on today.

Words ending in -able are most likely also to have a root word that we can recognise in English, so a word onto which the suffix has been added.

For instance here, comfortable, reasonable, enjoyable.

You can clearly see here that we have comfort, reason, and enjoy as our root words onto which our -able suffix has been added to create an adjective.

There are some exceptions to this though, such as the words vulnerable, available, and capable, which don't have clear and obvious root words.

All newer words use the -able ending as well, like emailable or printable or hackable, that's developed due to new technologies.

So with the learning we've just done in mind, words using the suffix -able usually have a root word we can recognise, do not usually have a recognisable root word, or are more modern words? Pick the answers you think are correct.

Off you go.

Brilliant job, team.

Well, they usually have a root word that we can recognise.

Well, there's some exceptions to this, remember words like vulnerable, and they are also often more modern words, things like emailable, printable, hackable.

Words ending in our -ible suffix and that we're concentrating on today don't always have a recognisable root word.

For instance, the word visible, the word horrible, the word terrible, and the word possible.

Legible also, which means something that can be read.

Our root invisible is vis, in horrible is horr, in terrible terr, possible, poss, and in leg, L-E-G, not leg.

So they often have Latin roots such as visibilis, meaning to see.

So that links, doesn't it, with the word visible, which is to be able to be seen, or horribilis meaning something that causes fear or dread, something that's horrible.

So you don't have clear and obvious root words in modern English, but etymologically from the past, they are rooted in Latin.

There are some words ending in -ible that do have recognisable root words though, responsible, for instance, sensible, accessible, and forcible.

These are exceptions for our -ible spelling.

These root words often end in an S sound.

And you could notice our root words here are response, sense, access, and force.

And with response sense and force, we've clearly removed the E from that root word before adding our -ible suffix.

With the word access, we've just been able to add -ible.

When there is an obvious root word, the word often ends in an S or "ss" sound.

These follow familiar spelling rules when adding the suffix to the root word.

If the root word ends in an E, we obviously, whoosh, remove that E and then add the suffix.

Response becomes responsible.

Notice how the E has been removed before adding our -ible suffix.

Sense becomes sensible.

Notice how the E has been removed before adding our -ible suffix.

And force has become forcible.

Again, the E has been removed before we've added our -ible suffix.

Key thing here to remember as well, response, sense, and force all have that "ss" sound.

Can you choose the correct spelling for reversible? Off you go.

Good job, team.

So let's have a look at these then.

Well, I've got a clear root word, haven't I, reverse? But I need to do something to that root word before adding my -ible suffix and turn into an adjective.

I need to, whoosh, remove the E and then add my -ible suffix.

Remember, the root word reverse ends in an E, so we remove it and then add our suffix.

Words using the -ible suffix always have a root word you can recognise, do not always have a recognisable root word, or may have a root word sometimes ending in the S sound? Select your correct answer or answers now.

Off you go.

Brilliant.

Do not always have a recognisable root word and may have root words ending in the S or "ss" sound.

Which rules would help us to spell this word? So we have four rules here.

It might be more than one.

Notice how my question here says rules.

So there's two rules that can help us here.

ABLE words have recognisable root words and -ible often don't.

IBLE may have a root word ending in an S sound.

New words are -able words, or it's an exception.

Emailable.

Which two rules would help us with this word? Pause the video and select them now.

Excellent.

It's -able words have recognisable root words.

We can see that here.

Email is a clear and obvious root word, and it's a newer word.

Ready for the next one? Which rule now? So just one rule.

Which rule will help us to spell the word invisible? Great job.

It's this one here.

We don't have a clearly recognisable root word.

We have invis and we know that this is linked and rooted in Latin visibilis.

Invisibilis.

Next one.

Which rule would help us to spell comfortable? Off you go.

Brilliant.

Absolutely it's this one here.

We have a clear and obvious root word and we have our -able ending.

Which rule would help us with this word? Off you go.

Brilliant.

This word is accessible.

It's an interesting one.

It's not going to be that -ible, doesn't have a recognisable root word here.

It is going to be -ible may have a root word with that S sound, access, before our -ible.

And which will help us with this word here, available? Off you go.

Brilliant job.

This one is an exception.

It's that -able where we normally expect it to be a recognisable root word, but it doesn't have a clear and obvious one here.

This word is forcible.

Which rule would help us here? Off you go.

Excellent job.

This one here is -ible may have a root word ending with an S sound.

Our root word here is force.

That "ss" sound.

We need to remove the E from that root word before adding our -ible.

So for our practise task right now, what I like us to do is to spell some words that use our -ible suffix.

Remember to sound out the words, think of the root word.

Think of spelling rules that we've looked at so far today to help you.

And then read the word and check.

So just listen to me say the words, first of all.

That first word is invisible.

So it could not be seen, invisible.

Number two is terrible.

What a terrible thing to say.

Number three is forcible.

Forcible, with force.

Number four, visible.

So the opposite of invisible, visible.

And number five, sensible.

What a sensible idea.

So I'll say these one more time.

Invisible, terrible, forcible, visible, sensible.

Pause the video.

Off you go.

Fantastic job, team.

Really impressed.

Great, you've clearly been paying attention to those rules that we've been looking at so far today.

So the first word was invisible.

Invisible.

Now remember that this didn't have a clear and obvious root word, did it? Invisible.

Now I know this is going to be my -ible, invisible.

It doesn't have a clear and obvious root word.

We have a root in Latin here from visibilis.

Then terrible, same again.

We don't have a clear and obvious root word here, terr and then -ible, terrible.

Then we have forcible.

Now, this is one of those words that did have a root word that we could help and it ended in that "ss" sound.

Force is spelled F-O-R-C-E.

I need to remove the E and then add my -ible suffix.

And then visible, similar to invisible, just without the prefix -in.

So this one here, V-I-S-I-B-L-E.

And sensible, we do have a clear and obvious root word here, sense.

That word ends in that "ss" sound and an E, so I need to remove the E before adding my -ible suffix.

Sensible.

How did you do there, team? Share your learning and make any corrections now.

Off you go Onto our next learning cycle then, which is linking -ible and -ibly.

Many adjectives ending in -ible have a related adverb, which ends in -ibly.

Sensible and sensibly.

Notice how they're using -ible and -ibly.

They're linked in both meaning and spelling.

Visible and visibly.

Incredible and incredibly.

Possible and possibly.

So you can see here that these words are connected by their meaning and also in their spelling.

They use either the -ible or the -ibly.

We simply change that E to a Y to turn it from an adjective into an adverb, a word that describes a verb.

This means the rules that helped us in the previous learning cycle to spell ible words can also help us to identify -ibly words.

There often isn't an easily recognisable root word in English, just like there wasn't with -ible.

So visible and visibly, incredible and incredibly, possible and possibly.

Remember, we had that linked word in Latin, root in Latin visibilis, which is where we get visible and visibly from, but not a clear and obvious recognisable root word in English.

And if there is a root word, it ends in an S sound.

Sense and sensibly and sensible.

Here we go.

So we can see we have that "ss", that S sound.

We've removed the E and then added our -ible or our -ibly.

So I'd like you to write the new words ending in -ibly into the table.

Use the spelling of the -ible word to help you.

How will I spell visibly, incredibly, sensibly, and flexibly? Pause the video and have a think.

Great job, team.

So quite straightforward, isn't it? We know it's going to be our -ibly.

I just need to remove the E in each instance and then add the Y to turn it from an adjective into an adverb, a word that describes a verb.

So we have visibly, incredibly, sensibly, and flexibly.

For our practise task now, what we're going to have a go at doing is to make some clear links between our -ible and -ibly suffixes.

Remember, our -ible often creates adjectives and our -ibly adverbs.

What I'd like you to do is to look at the words below.

We have impossible, impossibly, sensible and sensibly.

Incredible, incredibly, possible and possibly, I'd like you to select the correct words below to make this text make sense.

You notice there's four gaps.

So you're considering whether it's an adjective or an adverb that's going to go into them.

Read through the sentences and try the different ways to see which you think will make sense.

Pause the video.

Off you go.

Brilliant job, team.

So the stormy weather made it mm to play in the garden today.

The wind was mm strong, whistling through the windows and many trees on our street came down.

Inside, we tried to stay calm and came up with mm ways to pass the time.

Mum said we could not mm go outside until the wind had died down significantly.

So let's have a look.

The stormy weather made it impossible to play in the garden today.

It wouldn't be impossibly to play in the garden today.

The wind was, I wouldn't say incredible strong, I'd say incredibly strong, whistling through the windows and many trees on our street came down.

Inside, we tried to stay calm and came up with sensible ways, so not sensibly ways, to pass the time.

Mum said we could not possibly go outside until the wind had died down significantly.

So we had impossible, incredibly, sensible, and possibly being used there.

How did you do? Check, see if you managed to put in the correct words.

Off you go.

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

Let's read the following words.

Definite.

I need a definite answer.

Immediate.

What do you notice about these spellings? Do you notice anything interesting about the way that they are spoke compared to how they sound? There are perhaps tricky letters in them.

Anything you think might be difficult to remember about how they're spelled.

Have a think.

Lovely, some great thinking going on there, team.

So I've noticed a couple of things.

Definite is a linked word with finite and finish.

This can help us to remember the spelling of the unstressed vowels.

We know we have those two I's.

I also find saying the word how it is spelled can be really helpful here too.

Def-i-nite.

Definite.

Def-i-nite helps me to remember.

The word immediate has the prefix -im, but the etymology, so where the word, has come from is really complex and so it's not clear how the prefix means not.

However, this does help us to remember that we have a double M.

So remember it is immediate and we know we got that I double M.

So with that in mind, which of these are spelled correctly? Point now to the correct spelling of definite.

Brilliant.

Remember def-i-nite and it has that two I's in it like finite and finish.

So it's this one here.

Point now to the correct spelling of immediate.

Brilliant.

Immediate.

Remember that prefix M is in it, so double M, immediate.

Excellent.

Don't forget that E at the end as well.

So because these are curriculum words, we're gonna use a strategy now to help us remember them.

We're gonna use the look, cover, write, check strategy.

This is where you look carefully at the word and consider what's difficult about it.

So if I look carefully at definite, I know I've got that double I in there, def-i-nite.

I then cover it up and from memory have a go at writing it in my neatest handwriting.

I then check back, oh, I managed to spell it correctly.

I've got nothing wrong with it there, but I'm not going to do it just once.

I want to embed it into my long term memory.

So just 'cause I got it right first time doesn't mean I'm gonna stop there.

I'm gonna do it a number of times.

So look, cover, write, check.

use this strategy now to write out definite and immediate a number of times and put them into your memory.

Off you go.

Fantastic job, team.

So I'm hoping you've got definite and immediate written out a number of times like this.

Did you manage to spell them correctly? How did you find using that really great independent practise strategy? Check now and share your learning.

Off you go.

Great job in spelling today, team.

We've been looking at spelling words with the -ible suffix.

The suffix -ible is common if a complete root word cannot be heard before it, such as visible and possible.

There are exceptions to this rule where the root words can be heard such as sense and sensible, access and accessible.

When there's an obvious root word, the suffix -ible usually follows stems that end in that "ss" or S sound.

Adjectives ending in the suffix -ible and adverbs ending in the suffix -ibly are connected in spelling and meaning.

Sensible and sensibly, for instance.

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