In class we looked at a range of root words and adding different suffixes. We looked for rules and patterns to help us decide if the word needed changing before adding the suffix.

These are the words for year 4, can you add –  ly, ment, ness, less, ful to these words?

apply
blog
breathe
bully
dance
describe
envy
experience
hurry
increase
joke
mad
make
pity
plod
ready
separate
shimmy
shop
shred
shrug
skid
slide
smile
steady
stroke
wave
write

These are the words for year 5, can you add – ing or ed to these words?

(stress at end)
admit
allot
confer
control
occur
refer
regret
submit
transfer
(stress at
beginning)
lengthen
happen
market
picket
profit
straighten
strengthen
ticket