Download Grammar Group: Black/Blue Date out: 21.11.16 Date in: 28.11.16

Subject: English
Focus: Grammar
Group: Black/Blue
Date out: 21.11.16
Date in: 28.11.16
YEAR 5 HOMEWORK
Plurals adding es
The rule is: If a word ends in sh, ch, ss, x, s or o,
then add es to make it more than one.
One bush, two
One watch, two
One domino, two
One witch, two
One wish, two
One kiss, two
One bus, two
One box, two
One patch, two
One class, two
Use some of the words you have made to fill in the spaces.
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The fairy gave me three _________________.
My Mum gives me lots of good night _____________.
There were lots of ___________ at the bus station.
4.
We played hide and seek and I hid in the _____________.
Max and James had a game of _____________.
There are four ___________ in year three; 3G, 3Y, 3B and 3R.
My sister has two Baby-G _____________.
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The presents were piled up in lots of colourful ___________.
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The wicked __________ turned Jonathan onto a mouse.
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Mum sewed two ____________ onto Tom’s jeans.
Now put these words into sentences of your own
1. Foxes
2. Glasses
3. churches
4. Dishes
5. Bushes
Prefix ‘un’, ‘dis’, ‘mis’
 A prefix is a letter or letters added to the start of a word to change its meaning.
 Most prefixes are added to the beginning of root words without any change in spelling.
 These prefixes all turn the root into one with the opposite meaning.
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.
(list 3:9)
Spelling tip:
Practise 1
Practise 2
Can spell word
(copy into space)
(fold and hide)
(check and correct)
‘un’ means ‘not’. When added (as a prefix) it will give the word the opposite meaning.
unhappy
unwell
unpick
unfold
unlucky
Spelling tip:
‘dis’ means ‘not’ or ‘the opposite of’. It will give the word the opposite meaning.
disagree
displease
dislike
discover
distrust
Spelling tip:
mistake
misread
misfire
miscount
‘mis’ means ‘wrong’ or ‘the opposite of’. It will give the word the opposite meaning.
YEAR 5 HOMEWORK
Subject: English
Focus: Grammar
Group: Green/Red
Date out: 21.11.16
Date in: 28.11.16
Suffix ‘tion’, ‘cian’
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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’ words or actions (run, skip, jump, shout).
Adjectives are ‘describing’ words (big, cool, old).
Adding ‘tion’ or ‘cian’ to a verb or adjective makes a noun: ‘educate’ (verb), ‘education’ (noun).
The suffix ‘tion’ and ‘cian’ sound like ‘shun’.
The suffix ‘tion’ is far more common than the suffix ‘cian’.
(list 4:9)
Spelling tip:
Practise 1
Practise 2
Can spell word
(copy into space)
(fold and hide)
(check and correct)
If the root verb ends in ‘t’ the suffix ‘ion’ forms ‘tion’ (invent – invention).
action
invention
direction
injection
eruption
Spelling tip:
A long ‘a’ sound is always followed by ‘tion’. For words ending ‘te’, drop the ‘e’ to add ‘ion’.
adoration
relation
inspiration
rotation
duration
Spelling tip:
magician
electrician
optician
politician
‘cian’ is used where base words end in ‘c’ or ‘cs’ and often relate to jobs/occupations.
Subject: English
Focus: Grammar
Group: Yellow
Date out: 21.11.16
Date in: 28.11.16
YEAR 5 HOMEWORK
Learn how to pluralise words ending in the vowel ‘o’
Rule: If a word ends in “o” and the letter before it is a vowel, then you add an “s” to make it
plural. If the word ends in an "o" and the letter before it is a consonant, you add an "es" to
make it plural. Of course, there are exceptions to that rule (piano = pianos). Also, some words
have two spellings that are correct (buffaloes and buffalos).
One radio
One tomato
Two radios
Two tomatoes
Which ending do the following words have when you make them plural? Write the new word
on the line.
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Radio ___________________
Video ___________________
Hero ____________________
Domino __________________
Kilo _____________________
Piano ____________________
Tomato __________________
Potato ___________________
Torpedo __________________
10.
Echo _________________
11.
Cameo ________________
12.
Ratio _________________
Extension: Write a short sentence which include the singular and plural
words. For example: Sally bought a radio. James has ten radios in his
bedroom. Look up any words you do not know the meaning of in a dictionary!
Suffix ‘able’, ‘ible’
The word endings ‘able’ and ‘ible’ can sound similar and are often confused.
 A suffix is a letter or letters added to the end of a word to make another word.
 The suffixes ‘able/ible’ mean ‘able to’ or ‘capable of’ and form adjectives from verbs.
 The suffix ‘able’ is much more common than ‘ible’.
 Verbs are doing or action words (run, jump, shout).
 Adjectives are describing words (tall, thin, old).
(list 5:9)
Spelling tip:
Practise 1
Practise 2
Can spell word
(copy into space)
(fold and hide)
(check and correct)
If the root word ends in ‘e’ it is often dropped before adding the suffix ‘able’ (adore/adorable).
valuable
desirable
advisable
deplorable
curable
Spelling tip:
The suffix ‘able’ often leaves a recognisable root when dropped (comfortable/comfort).
attainable
agreeable
fixable
comfortable
adjustable
Spelling tip:
fallible
sensible
visible
possible
‘ible’ is much less common than ‘able’. Dropping the suffix often only leaves a stem (visible/vis).