Key learning points

1. The suffix -ise often turns adjectives and nouns into verbs.
2. When the root word ends in a consonant, we often just add the suffix.
3. When the root word ends in a ‘y’, we remove the ‘y’ and add the suffix.
4. A suffix is a letter or group of letters at the end of a word which creates another word and can change the word class.
5. How to spell the curriculum words: probably, occasion and occasionally.

Keywords

• 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

• Adjective - describes a noun

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

• Verb - a doing, being or having word

Common misconception