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YEAR 5 HOMEWORK Consonant suffix ‘ly’ Vowels are the letters ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, ‘u’, all other letters are consonants. Vowels can make a short sound (‘a’ as in ‘tap’) or a long sound (‘a’ as in ‘tape’). A suffix is a letter or letters added to the end of a word to make another word. The suffix ‘ly’ means ‘in this way’. It turns an adjective into an adverb. Adjectives are ‘describing’ words (tall, thin, old etc). Verbs are ‘doing’ or action words (run, jump, shout). Adverbs help describe verbs (run quickly, shout loudly). (list 3:7) Spelling tip: Practise 1 Practise 2 Can spell word (copy into space) (fold and hide) (check and correct) The suffix ‘ly’ can be simply added to most root words. It turns an adjective into an adverb. sadly neatly blindly loudly glumly Spelling tip: ‘ly’ can be simply added to root words that end with ‘e’ (but not to those ending ‘le’). bravely completely nicely politely rudely Spelling tip: carefully helpfully finally normally The suffix ‘ly’ can be simply added to adjectives ending ‘l’, making adverbs with a double ‘l’ (ll). YEAR 5 HOMEWORK Suffix ‘ous’ A suffix is a letter or letters added to the end of a word to make another word. The suffix ‘ous’ turns nouns and verbs into adjectives. ‘ous’ means ‘having’, ‘full of’ or ‘possessing’. Nouns are ‘naming’ words (boy, dog, chair). Verbs are ‘doing’ words or actions (run, skip, jump, shout). Adjectives are ‘describing’ words (big, cool, old). Copy each word then try to write it without copying. Use the final column to correct any mistakes or to test each group of words. Spelling tip: (list 4:7) Some root words are obvious and the suffix ‘ous’ is just added (danger - dangerous). Practise 1 Practise 2 Can spell word (copy into space) (fold and hide) (check and correct) dangerous treasonous poisonous ponderous murderous Spelling tip: ‘ous’ is just added to words ending ‘ge’ if the soft ‘g’ sound is kept. Very few of these words. courageous outrageous gorgeous uncourageous advantageous Spelling tip: glamorous splendorous vigorous odorous Words ending ‘our’ change to ‘or’ when adding ‘ous’ (glamour - glamorous). YEAR 5 HOMEWORK Suffix or word ending ‘ence’ The word endings ‘ence’ and ‘ance’ can sound the same and are often confused. These words all end with ‘ence’ and follow the rules given below. A suffix is a letter or letters added to the end of a word to make another word. Nouns are naming words (boy, dog, chair). Verbs are doing or action words (run, jump, shout). Syllables are the beats in a word: do (1 beat), do-ing (2 beats), un-do-ing (3 beats). Every syllable must have a vowel or a ‘y’: un-do-ing. The letter ‘c’ can be hard (cat) or soft (cell). The letter ‘g’ can be hard (get) or soft (gent). (list 5:7) Spelling tip: Practise 1 Practise 2 (copy into space) (fold and hide) If the suffix follows a soft ‘c’, a soft ‘g’ or ‘qu’ it is ‘ence’. Can spell word (check and correct) intelligence innocence emergence translucence consequence Spelling tip: Words with the syllables ‘cid, fid, sid, vid’ before the ending the suffix is ‘ence’. incidence coincidence confidence residence evidence Spelling tip: reference (refer) preference (prefer) conference (confer) adherence (adhere) If the word is formed from a verb ending in a stressed ‘er’ or ‘ere’ the suffix will be ‘ence’.