Spelling – UKS2 Creating Verbs by Adding Suffixes Bundle

Ideal for use in Year 5 when this objective is introduced or consolidation in Year 6.

• Matching cards for children to match nouns and adjectives to a range of suffixes. Ideal for use in small groups or pairs.
• ‘Ise’ activity sheets with three levels of differentiation allowing children to add suffixes using the correct spelling rule and using them in sentences.
• ‘Ate’ activity sheets with three levels of differentiation allowing children to add suffixes using the correct spelling rule and using them in sentences.
• ‘Ify’ activity sheets with three levels of differentiation allowing children to add suffixes using the correct spelling rule and using them in sentences.
• ‘En’ activity sheet allowing children to add suffixes using the correct spelling rule and using them in sentences.

National Curriculum

Year 5 Statutory content to be introduced – Converting nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffixes [for example, –ate; –ise; –ify]

Years 5 and 6 – Pupils should be taught to use further prefixes and suffixes and understand the guidance for adding them.

Adding suffixes when no changes need to be made to the root word or when ‘e’ needs to be removed.

Adding suffixes when no changes need to be made to the root word, when ‘e’ needs to be removed and removing
‘y’ when adding ‘ify’.

Adding suffixes when no changes need to be made to the root word, when ‘e’ needs to be removed, removing ‘y’, ‘ation’, ‘able’ to add the suffix and exceptions to the rule.