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Spelling words of Greek origin that use 'ph' to make a /f/ sound
I can spell words that use the letters 'ph' to make a /f/ sound.
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Year 5
Spelling words of Greek origin that use 'ph' to make a /f/ sound
I can spell words that use the letters 'ph' to make a /f/ sound.
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Key learning points
- In words of Greek origin, the letter string 'ph' makes the /f/ sound
- How to spell the curriculum words: vegetable, language, library and vehicle
- Knowing which words have Greek etymology can help us to choose the correct spelling
- Most words with the 'ph' spelling are nouns
Keywords
Etymology - the study of the origin of words and the ways their meanings have changed over time
Spelling - the act of forming words by arranging letters in the correct order
Greek origin - refers to words that come from the Greek language
Common misconception
Pupils will be familiar with the 'ff' and 'gh' digraph so may spell words contain 'ph' making the /f/ sound incorrectly.
Talk about the origin of words and draw links between spellings containing the 'ph' spelling sounding like the /f/ sound and where it's most likely to go in the word.
Celebrate languages spoken in class to start to understand derivatives, origins and etymology.
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6 Questions
Q1.
Which word class is the word in bold in the following sentence? The villain in the story is a complicated character.
verb
adverb
adjective
Q2.
Identify the adjective in the following sentence: An eerie echo bounced off the walls of the cave.
echo
bounced
cave
Q3.
Identify the words that contain the /k/ sound.
chalet
Q4.
The origin of a word tells us...
what the word means.
which word class the word belongs to.
the number of syllables in the word.
Q5.
Identify the Greek derived spellings.
screech
machine
chips
Q6.
Correct the spellings in bold in this sentence. We can learn a new languag in the libry.
langauge, librery
langage, libary
languge, libery
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6 Questions
Q1.
Words containing the 'ph' spelling of the /f/ sound come from...
Hindi
French
Germany
Q2.
Identify the Greek derived spellings.
rough
fish
Q3.
Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the following sentence. The climb to the top was tuph.
touph
tuff
tuogh
Q4.
Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the following sentence: Can you come up with a catchy fraze for the poster?
frase
phraze
phraise
Q5.
Correct the spellings in bold in this sentence. The 'vearcle' sold a different 'vegeteable' every week.
veicle, vegtible
vehcle, vegetible
vehicel, vedgetable
Q6.
Correct the spelling in bold in this sentence. What langage does your Grandma speak?
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