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The /shun/ suffixes, including -ssion
I can spell words using the suffix -ssion.
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Year 4
The /shun/ suffixes, including -ssion
I can spell words using the suffix -ssion.
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Key learning points
- The /shun/ suffix can be spelt -tion, -sion, -ssion or -cian.
- Words spelt with -ssion often have a root word ending in ‘ss’ or ‘mit’.
- Words ending in the suffix suffix -ssion are nouns.
- How to spell the curriculum words: century, famous and imagine.
Keywords
Noun - a naming word for a person, place or thing
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
Pupils miss out letters in 'century' because they cannot hear all the sounds.
Say the word slowly, as it is spelt, in order to empahsise all the letters: cen -tur -y.
Play a matching game with root words and words ending in the /shun/ suffixes covered so far in order to reinforce connections between the root word spelling and new spelling.
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Starter quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
Match the word ending in -sion to the root word.
collide
revise
explode
Q2.
Words spelt with -sion often have root words ending in which letters?
c
t
Q3.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold: I will complete my revishun before the exam.
refishun
rivision
Q4.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold: Will you make a disishun about who is in the play soon?
disision
desishun
Q5.
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence: I would love to visit a tropical ighland.
Q6.
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence: The month after January is Febree.
Exit quiz
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6 Questions
Q1.
Match the word to the spelling of the /shun/ suffix it contains.
ssion
tion
sion
Q2.
Words spelt with -ssion often have a root word ending in which letters?
d
s
de
Q3.
Match the spelling of the /shun/ suffix to the letters that the root word usually ends in.
root words end in t or te
root words end in d, de or se
root words end in ss or mit
Q4.
Write the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: That was an interesting discushon.
Q5.
Write the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: You need purmishon to come on this trip.
Q6.
Write the correct spelling of the word in bold in this sentence: There are one hundred years in a sentree.
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