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Year 4

French-derived spellings: 'gue' (g) and 'que' (k)

I can spell /g/ and /k/ sounds using the French derived spellings 'gue' and 'que'.

New
New
Year 4

French-derived spellings: 'gue' (g) and 'que' (k)

I can spell /g/ and /k/ sounds using the French derived spellings 'gue' and 'que'.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Words that contain the /g/ sound spelt 'gue' often come from the French language.
  2. Words that contain the /k/ sound spelt 'que' often come from the French language.
  3. How to spell the curriculum words: increase, extreme and surprise.

Common misconception

Pupils will be more familiar with 'g' and 'ck' at the end of words so may spell words incorrectly.

Talk about the origin of words drawing links between words containing the 'gue' and 'que' spelling.

Keywords

  • Definition - a clear and precise explanation of the meaning of a word or term

  • Adjective - describes a noun

  • Noun - a naming word for a person, place or thing

  • Origin - the source or beginning of something like the place, time or history of a word or idea

  • Etymology - the study of the origin of words and the ways their meanings have changed over time

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 famous actor walked down the red carpet.'
verb
adverb
Correct answer: adjective
noun
Q2.
Identify the noun in the following sentence. 'The poisonous snake attacked.'
poisonous
Correct answer: snake
attacked
speed
Q3.
Identify the words that contain the /k/ sound.
Correct answer: stick
special
Correct answer: flake
flash
Q4.
What does the origin of a word tell us?
what the word means
Correct answer: where the word originally came from
which word class the word belongs to
the number of syllables in the word
Q5.
Identify the French derived spellings.
screech
Correct answer: machine
stretch
Correct answer: brioche
Q6.
Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the following sentence. 'I am sertan you are correct.'
certin
sertain
Correct answer: certain
certan

6 Questions

Q1.
What does the origin of a word tell us?
the number of syllables in the word
Correct answer: where the word originally came from
which word class the word belongs to
what the word means
Q2.
Words containing the 'gue' spelling of the /g/ sound and the 'que' spelling of the /k/ sound come from...
German
Correct answer: French
Japanese
English
Q3.
Identify the French derived spellings.
slack
jog
Correct answer: dialogue
Correct answer: unique
talk
Q4.
Choose the correct spelling for the word in bold in the following sentence. 'I tried to kique the ball.'
kik
kic
Correct answer: kick
cick
Q5.
Choose the correct spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence. 'They showed no signs of fateeg.'
fatig
fateegue
Correct answer: fatigue
fateag
Q6.
Tick the sentences where the words in bold are spelt correctly.
I was shocked by the suprize.
Correct answer: I was shocked by the surprise
Correct answer: It went from one extreme to the other.
It went from one exstreem to the other.

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