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Unit 9: Adding the suffix -ion

 

Remember to say shun on the final syllable.

After three: one, two, three... Go!

education

collection

invention

attraction

celebration

action

exaggeration

 

The suffix is -i-o-n, un, but when we add -ion to verbs ending in t or te, the new ending sounds like shun and is spelt -tion. Let’s find out more.

 

Lots of verbs end in t or te.

 

Let's do My turn/Your turn and say these verbs:

collect

invent

exaggerate

concentrate

 

If the verb ends in the letter t we just add -ion:

collect + ion = collection

 

Here's an example sentence I made up using this word.

Who wants to see my football card collection?

 

But if the verb ends in te we must drop the e before adding -ion:

concentrate + ion = concentration

 

Here's another example sentence:

Let me concentrate while I count my football cards. 467... or is it 468? Oh, I’ve lost my concentration!

 

Let's see some word building:

 

root word root word + suffix -ion OR drop the e before adding -ion

correct correction

attract attraction

construct construction

locate location

concentrate concentration

exaggerate exaggeration

 

Exaggerating the sounds of the trickiest part of a word can help you to spell it. Like this: a-c-ti-o-n.

 

Remember:

When you say words aloud ending in -tion say shun.

When you spell words ending in -tion say the sounds ti o n in an exaggerated way.

 

 

Unit 8: Words with the sh sound spelt ch

 

In the French language, the sh sound is almost always spelt with the letters ch.

There are quite a lot of English words that have been borrowed from the French language and have kept the French spelling.

 

Of course, not all words with the sh sound spelt ch are from France.

Let’s check out the sh sound box. Say the sounds with me. Go!

sh

sh

ti

ci

ch

 

Now let’s look at words with the sound sh spelt ch. Let’s do My turn/Your turn. I'll say the words, then you say them. After three: one, two, three…

chef

chalet

chandelier

chute

machine

brochure

moustache

parachute

 

Some of these words are not used very often. Let’s see their meanings. Can you guess which words will go next to the definitions? Turn your brains on! Remember that ch in these words makes the sh sound.

 

 

 

chalet chandelier chute brochure

 

definition words with sh sound spelt ch

something to slide down chute

a booklet containing information brochure

a small wooden cabin chalet

a large hanging light with branches chandelier

 

 

 

Unit 7: Words with the c sound spelt ch

 

Did you know that the letters ch made the c sound in the Greek language.

Say the sounds. Go!

c

c

k

ck

ch

 

Now let’s look at words with the c sound spelt ch. Let’s do My turn/Your turn. I'll say the words first, then you say them. After three: one, two, three…

character

chaos

chemist

chorus

school

echo

mechanic

stomach

Here are our words with the c sound spelt as ch again:

character

chaos

chemist

chorus

school

echo

mechanic

stomach

 

Can you spot one of our c sound words spelt as ch hiding inside this word: alchemist?

 

 

 

Unit 6: Adding -ation to verbs to form nouns

 

Did you know that many words end in -a-t-i-o-n, ation

-ation is an ending that can be added to lots of words. It sounds like ay and shun, doesn’t it? Now you say -ation.

 

We can add -ation to some verbs to change them into nouns.

If the verb ends in a consonant we just add the suffix:

inform + ation          information 

Here is an example sentence I made up using these words. Ahem!

You must inform the police at once! Give them all the information you have.

 

But if the verb ends in e we must drop the e before adding -ation:

adore + ation = adoration   

Here they are in a sentence:

I adore my new puppy, and he looks at me with adoration, too.

 

Let’s see some word building. Keep a look out for any changes to root words.

 

root word

root word + suffix

-ation OR drop the e before adding -ation

inform

information

limit 

limitation

sense 

sensation  

admire  

admiration

prepare  

preparation

 

Oh, a Weird Word Warning!

 

Weird Word Warning! There are some words that contain -ation as part of the root word and not as a suffix.

For example:

station

nation

 

 

 

Unit 5: Words ending in -ture

Exciting, isn’t it? Back to the present now, though, for some spelling.

Did you notice that President Alpha’s message contained lots of words with endings that sound like chuh spelt -t-u-r-e?                                                                                                                             Let’s have a closer look at them.

 

The ending that sounds like chuh can be spelt -ture.

                                                                                                                                  Let's do My turn/Your turn. I'll say the words first, then you say them. Remember to say chuh on the final syllable.

adventure   

picture

capture    

temperature

furniture   

future

creature

nature  

mixture

Well done, fellow Star Spellers.

 

Shall we have a vocabulary check on the word ‘nature’?

nature: noun  

everything in the world that was not made by people, for example, mountains, rivers, animals, and plants

 

Hold on! I’ve just heard that an important Weird Word Warning is on its way. Here it comes:

Weird Word Warning

Beware! Some words have endings that sound like chuh but are root words ending in tch or ch and the suffix -er:

catcher     teacher     richer

They are not -ture words.

 

 

Unit 4: Adding the suffix -ly

 

Did you know that I am particularly fond of adverbs? In fact, I have just used one! The word particularly is an adverb. They are as easy to make as lunar cakes. We can just add the suffix -l-y, ly, to some adjectives. 

Can you spot any in the captain's log below?

Log: 036:252856 hours

 

Pilot Sigma: Asteroid alert, Captain. Looks like this is a seriously big asteroid!

 

Captain: We need to think carefully about this, Sigma.

 

Pilot Sigma: It appeared on the screen quite suddenly, Captain.

 

Captain: That is because it is moving so speedily.

 

Pilot Sigma: Er... yes it is. I’m pressing the emergency swerve button. We need to act immediately.

 

Captain: This could go horribly wrong, Sigma.

 

Pilot Sigma: Look! It has disappeared completely from the screen.

 

Captain: Ah. Good job you acted so quickly. Well done, Sigma!

 

 

 

Sometimes we can just add -ly straight on to the root word. Let's do some word building:

 

root word         root word + suffix -ly

 

serious              seriously

final                   finally

rude                    rudely

nice                    nicely

comical              comically

 

It’s different if the root word ends in le. Then we swap the le for ly.

humble + ly = humbly

 

Here are some more words where we need to swap the le for ly:

 

root word swap the le for -ly

horrible                    horribly

gentle                        gently

simple                       simply

feeble                       feebly

Special focus

This week the children will be looking at Orange words: Proceed with caution! These are common words that even some adults find tricky to spell. We have to work extra hard to learn them.

 

answer

island

February

length

strength

business

 

 

Unit 3: Adding the suffix -ous

 

 

This week we will be learning all about adding  -o-u-s, ous. Words ending in -ous are the words in our spelling challenge this week.

Let’s get spelling!

Let’s do My turn/Your turn to say all of these words. Repeat them after me.

dangerous        

poisonous         

mountainous    

famous    

 

After three, tell me what the letters -ous sound like in these words: one, two, three...

That’s right! The letters -ous sound like us.

 

-ous, ous, is a suffix. Here are the root words:

danger    

poison   

mountain    

fame

 

Say all of the root words. Go!

 

When we add the suffix -ous we might need to change the root word.

Say our suffix rhyme together, after three: one, two, three...

Is there a letter I need to swap?

Is there a letter to double or drop?

Let’s take a look...

 

danger         

poison          

mountain           

hazard

 

We can just add -ous to these words.

 

dangerous     

poisonous     

mountainous     

hazardous

 

So nothing at all to swap, double or drop.

Hold on though! We also have a root word that ends in a vowel: fame.

Is there a letter I need to swap?

Is there a letter to double or drop?

If the word ends with an e, we have to drop the e before adding -ous.

fame + ous       famous

 

Now let’s do some word building:

 

root word

root word + suffix

-ous OR drop the e before adding -ous

danger

dangerous

mountain

mountainous

poison

poisonous

hazard

hazardous  

fame

famous  

 

Oh, an alert has just come through! It’s a synonym alert. Of course – the words dangerous and hazardous are synonyms. They share the same meaning. I’m going to try to use the word hazardous sometimes instead of dangerous.

 

Here are some special -ous words. Let’s do My turn/Your turn.

 

 

enormous

tremendous

jealous

 

Why are they special? Watch what happens if we take away -ous:

enormous     enorm 

tremendous tremend

jealous          jeal

 

They are not complete root words, are they? So -ous is just part of the root word.

Say the words together for me one more time:

enormous   

tremendous

jealous     

 

                                        All of our words ending in -ous are describing words. What are they called? Choose from this list:

nouns     

verbs     

adjectives     

adverbs

Turn to your partner and then tell me. One, two, three... tell me!

 

                                        That’s right; they are all adjectives. Well, you’ve been fabulous. See you next time!

 

Unit 2: Adding im- to root words beginning with m or p

 

 

Antonyms are words that mean the opposite of another word.

 

Sometimes we use different words, like this:

 

word

antonym

 

hot

cold

good

bad

tiny

huge

         

Sometimes we can add a prefix that means ‘not’ or ‘opposite’ to a root word to make an antonym, like this:

 

root word

prefix in-, un-, or dis-,

+ root word

sure

unsure

like

dislike

correct

incorrect

 

                                        If a root word begins with the letter m or p, the prefix i-n-, in, changes to i-m-, im.

 

Ask your adult to say the words and you copy.

mature         

mortal         

 

mobile      

possible        

 

patient    

polite  

 

Well done!

 

im- can be added to the root words to make their opposites. Let’s do My turn/Your turn again with your adult:

mature          immature

mortal           immortal        

mobile          immobile    

possible        impossible       

patient          impatient   

polite            impolite   

 

Now say them together with your adult. After three: one, two, three...   

mature          immature

mortal           immortal        

mobile          immobile     

possible        impossible      

patient          impatient   

polite            impolite   

 

Don’t forget that we can also add the suffix -ly to the end of some words that start with im-. Let’s do My turn/Your turn. I’ll say the words, then you say them.

perfect          imperfect      imperfectly

patient          impatient      impatiently

polite            impolite        impolitely

 

Turn to your adult and say:

Prefix, root word, suffix, too,

I build words, and so can you.

 

Well done! It would have been impossible to do that any better. Now, I don’t wish to be impolite but I really must go now. Goodbye!

 

Unit 1: Adding the prefixes dis- and in-

 

Prefixes are very clever little groups of letters that we can add to the front of a word to change its meaning.

                                        We know that the prefix u-n-, un, means ‘not’ or the opposite of something. Well here’s a surprise for you: the prefixes d-i-s-, dis, and i-n-, in, share almost the same meaning as un-.

                                       

                                        Some root words use un- and others use dis- or in- and we just have to learn them as we say, read and spell them.

                                       

                                        We can add the prefix dis- to the front of these words to change their meaning:

                                        like   

                                        agree   

                                        obey   

                                        connect   

                                        appear   

                                        approve

 

root word

prefix dis-

+ root word

like

dislike

agree 

disagree   

obey                                  

disobey

connect 

disconnect

appear 

disappear

approve

disapprove

                                              

                                        Now let’s look at adding the prefix in-.

                                       

                                        

                                        action

                                        visible

                                        human

                                        capable

                                        complete

                                       

                                        The prefix in- can be added to them to make their opposites. Watch this! Let's build some words with our new prefix in-:

                                                 

root word

prefix in-

+ root word

action

inaction 

visible

invisible 

human

inhuman

capable 

incapable 

complete

incomplete

                                         

                                                 

                                                 

                                       Now practise using the prefixes un-, dis- and in- to build and change more words. Remember that each of these prefixes means ‘not’ or the opposite of something.

                                       

root word

prefix in-

+ root word

complete

incomplete

visible

invisible

happy

unhappy  

dress

undress

like

dislike 

obey

disobey

 

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