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Spelling rule to practise at home Year 4, Unit 7: Words ending in -ous When you add the suffix -ous you might need to change the root word. Swap, double or drop? mountain danger courage outrage mountainous dangerous courageous outrageous Nothing to change in these words! You keep the e in ‘courage’ and ‘outrage’ so that the g is soft – ‘courageous’ not ‘courageous’. We can add -ous as a suffix to these root words, too: humour glamour vigour But you do have to swap the our for or before adding the suffix -ous – like this: humour humorous glamour glamorous vigour vigorous root word courage outrage humour glamour vigour root word + suffix -ous courageous outrageous humorous glamorous vigorous The above is the spelling rule which we are learning next week. Practise applying this and find more words which use this rule. Week Commencing … Spelling rule to practise at home Year 4, Unit 7: Words ending in -ous Orange and red words to learn 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Words which I am finding tricky to spell and need to learn The above is the spelling rule which we are learning next week. Practise applying this and find more words which use this rule. Week Commencing …