Spelling List – Set 4 Summer 2
Can I investigate and learn spelling rules for adding suffixes to words ending in –e, words ending in –
y and words containing ie?
Week 1 W/C 2/6/14
Can I add a suffix to a word ending in –e?
Root Word
-ing
-ed
Adjective endings
-ly or –ful
lively
hopeful
careful
shameful
lovely
Adjective endings
-less
lifeless
hopeless
careless
shameless
loveless
live
living
lived
hope
hoping
hoped
care
caring
cared
shame
shaming
shamed
love
loving
loved
Practise all of the words from the grid.
Rule: If the suffix starts with a vowel (-ing or –ed), drop the –e from the root word and add the suffix.
If the suffix starts with a consonant (-ly, -ful, -less), add the suffix.
Week 2 9/6/14
Can I add a suffix to a word ending in –y?
Root Word
-ness
-er
-est
-ly
happy
happiness
happier
happiest
happily
pretty
prettiness
prettier
prettiest
prettily
lazy
laziness
lazier
laziest
lazily
windy
windiness
windier
windiest
windily
empty
emptiness
emptier
emptiest
emptily
Practise all of the words from the grid.
Rule: If the root word has a consonant before the –y, change the –y to –i and add the suffix.
Week 3 16/6/14
Can I add a suffix to a word ending in –y?
Root Word
-ing
-ed
Other suffix
supply
supplying
supplied
supplier
carry
carrying
carried
carrier
marry
marrying
married
marriage
vary
varying
varied
variable
Practise all of the words from the grid.
Rule: if the root word has a consonant before the –y, change the –y to –i and add the suffix, except
for when adding –ing. In this case, to avoid a double –i in the word, retain the –y.
Week 4 23/6/14
Can I spell words with the suffix –ous?
Infectious
marvellous
Previous
beauteous
Obvious
continuous
Gaseous
wondrous
Week 5 30/6/14
Can I identify words that have the same word root?
prove
electric
assist
medic
approval
electricity
assistant
medical
disapprove
electrical
assistance
medicine
Week 6 7/7/14
Can I identify words that have the same word root?
light
lightening
delighted
cover
discover
discovery
prison
imprisoned
imprisonment
hero
heroic
heroism