Spellings WC: 16th October 2017

WC 16/10/17	WALT convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffixes – ate, -ise, -ify
A noun is the name given to a person, place or thing. There are different types of nouns, such as common nouns (like table, chair, boy, girl, building etc), and proper nouns, which are the names of specific people, places or things and need capital letters (like Bert or Sutton Park Primary School or Paris for example).   A verb is a doing word, like walk, jump, go, say etc.   A noun can be converted in to a verb by using the suffixes: -ate -ise -ify   Below are some spelling rules to help you spell this week’s words correctly…
Do nothing:  pollen + ate = pollenate
Drop the y:  category + ise = categorise
Drop the ‘e’:  pure + ify = purify
As with most rules in the English language, there are exceptions to the rules. Children will need to learn if any words do not follow these patterns.   Below are a number of words that you can practise/ explore adding the different suffixes to... Can you think of any more?   Your child may be tested on any of these words at the end of the week so please support them in exploring which rules to apply to transform each word so they are prepared and ready for anything!   Many thanks,   Miss Barrell
Root words Category, critic, familiar, symbol, assassin, author, class, advert, pure, computer, equal, personal, active, real, glory, intense, hospital, false, motive, terror, simple, note, central, material, legal, pressure.