Key learning points

1. The suffix -al often turns nouns into adjectives.
2. When the root word ends in ‘e’, remove the ‘e’ and add the suffix.
3. There are many ways to represent the ‘l’ sound in a word, including ‘l’, ‘ll’, ‘le’, ‘il’, ‘el’ and ‘al’.
4. How to spell the curriculum words: possible, difficult and therefore.

Keywords

• Noun - a naming word for people, places or things

• Adjective - describes a noun

• Root word - the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes

• Suffix - a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning

Common misconception