Week 9 IT 30
Adjectives
•This teacher led activity aims to introduce suffixes which, when added to
nouns or verbs, make adjectives
•There are 3 suffixes for the children to choose between -able’ ‘- al’ and –y’.
•The child’s task is to look at the sentence that appears on screen and look
at the word highlighted. They have to decide which suffix to put on the end
of the word to make it into an adjective.
•They are not expected to know before they start the reasons for choosing
particular endings, but through doing the exercise they will be asked what
they notice about when a certain ending is correct. They will start to see
that if the word is a verb then to make it into an adjective, they add ‘able’
e.g. ‘enjoyable’.
if the word is a noun, they add either the suffix ‘y’, or the suffix ‘al’ to
make it into an adjective,
e.g. ‘hairy’, ‘musical’.
•The next 2 slides are an answer sheet for each child to go along with the IT
presentation, and should be printed, and distributed to the children before
you start.
• Children should write in the chosen suffix on their answer sheet when the
pencil symbol appears on screen and then discuss ‘why’ with the teacher/class
the reasons when they receive correct feedback on screen.
Week 9 IT 30
Suffixes
Answer sheet
Page 1
-able, -al,
-y
e.g. 1. I wash my jumper. It is a wash………… jumper.
e.g 2. The box plays music. It is a music………… box.
1. I like Suzy. She is a like…………… girl.
2. The shoes are covered in dirt. They are dirt……… shoes.
3.The boy made a mess. He is a very mess……… boy.
4. I enjoy books. Books are enjoy………………… .
5. The trick was magic. It was a magic…………… trick.
6. I love my bear. He is a love………… bear.
Name………………………
Date ………………………
Week 9 IT 30
Suffixes
Answer sheet
Page 2
-able, -al,
Name………………………
Date ………………………
-y
7. I hate rain. Today is a rain………… day.
8. ‘Cinderella’ is fiction. She is a fiction……… character.
9. The dog has lots of hair. He is a hair…………… dog.
10. We must not break the eggs. The are very break……… eggs.
11. The room was full of dust. It was a dust…… room .
12. I collect stamps. I have lots of collect…………… stamps.
13. The clover brings me luck. It is a luck………… clover .
14. It is Autumn. These are autumn ……………….. trees.
15. The car went over a bump. It was a bump…………road.
e.g.1
-y
-able
I wash my jumper.
It is a wash___
able jumper.
What kind of word is ‘wash’ ?
-al
e.g.2
-y
-able
The box plays music.
It is a music__box.
al
What kind of word is ‘music ’?
-al
1.
-y
-able
-al
I like Suzy.
She is a like____
able girl.
Why?
2.
-y
-able
-al
.
The shoes are covered in dirt.
They are dirt_
Y shoes.
Why?
3.
-y
-able
The boy made a mess.
y boy.
He is a very mess__
-al
4.
-y
-able
-al
I enjoy books.
Books are enjoy___.
able
Why?
5.
-y
-able
The trick was magic.
al trick.
It was a magic___
Why?
-al
6.
-y
-able
-al
I love my bear.
He is a love____
able bear.
7.
-y
-able
I hate rain.
Today is a rain__
y day.
-al
8.
-y
-able
-al
‘Cinderella’ is fiction.
Cinderella is a fiction___
al character.
Why?
9.
-y
-able
-al
The dog has lots of hair.
He is a very hair__
y dog.
10.
-y
-able
-al
We must not break the eggs.
They are very break____
able eggs.
Why?
11.
-y
-able
-al
The room was full of dust.
It was a dust__
y room.
12.
-y
-able
-al
I collect stamps.
I have lots of collect_____
able stamps.
Why?
13.
-y
-able
-al
The clover brings me luck.
It is a luck__
y clover.
14.
-y
-able
-al
It is Autumn.
These are autumn___
al trees.
Why?
15.
-y
-able
-al
The car went over a bump.
It was a bump__
y road.
What have you noticed?
To make an adjective
able
If the word is a verb you add ………….
al or y
If the word is a noun you add ………………
Well done, you have finished!