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Using and spelling suffixes: -ment and -ness
I can spell words using the suffixes -ment and -ness.
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Year 2
Using and spelling suffixes: -ment and -ness
I can spell words using the suffixes -ment and -ness.
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Key learning points
- A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word.
- If the suffix starts with a consonant letter, it is usually added without any change to the root word.
- If a root word has more than one syllable and ends in a consonant + 'y', then 'y' is replaced by 'i' before the suffix.
Keywords
Root word - the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes
Noun - a naming word for people, places or things
Suffix - a group of letters added to the end of a root word
Common misconception
Children may struggle to generate a sentence with these nouns in, such as improvement or darkness.
Model all the focus words simply and clearly in sentences to help demonstrate the meaning and their place within a sentence.
Many words containing the -ness and -ment suffixes are multisyllabic. Support the children to notice the similarities between the root word and new word to support their spelling. Break the words down into syllables.
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6 Questions
Q1.
Select the three words that contain the suffix '-less'.
happily
joyful
Q2.
Match the words with their word roots.
fearless
playing
harmless
Q3.
Select the nouns.
barked
run
Q4.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: He was very cairless.
careles
cairless
Q5.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: She felt hopeles when they lost the match.
hopless
hopeles
hoples
Q6.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: She was feerles and jumped off the high wall.
fearles
feerles
feerless
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6 Questions
Q1.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: He brort his muddy shoes into the house.
brout
bought
brort
Q2.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: She said goodbye to evryone before leaving.
everywon
evereeone
Q3.
Match the word to the suffix it contains.
ment
ness
ed
Q4.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: The darknes was all around them.
darcknes
darknes
Q5.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: The apoyntment was at 9am.
apointment
appointiment
Q6.
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: The happynes spread around the team after they won the game.
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