Subject: English
Focus: Spellings
Group: Black
Date out: 16.05.16
Date in: 23.05.16
Prefix ‘in’, ‘im’
 A prefix is a letter or letters added to the start of a word to change its meaning.
 The prefixes ‘in’ and ‘im’ have Latin roots and mean ‘not’ or ‘the opposite of’.
 Most prefixes are added to the beginning of root words without any change in spelling.
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‘in’ means ‘not’. When added as a prefix it will give the word the opposite meaning.
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inactive
incredible
invisible
incorrect
inaccurate
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When the root word starts with a ‘p’ ‘in’ becomes ‘im’ .
impractical
imperfect
impossible
important
impure
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immature
immigrate
immoral
immortal
immobile
When the root word starts with an ‘m’ ‘in’ becomes ‘im’ giving a double ‘m’.
Subject: English
Focus: Spellings
Group: Green and Blue
Date out: 16.05.16
Date in: 23.05.16
Suffix or word ending ‘ent’
The word endings ‘ent’ and ‘ant’ can sound the same and are often confused.
These words all end with ‘ent’ and follow the rules given below.
 A suffix is a letter or letters added to the end of a word to make another word.
 Syllables are the beats in a word: do (1 beat), do-ing (2 beats), un-do-ing (3 beats).
 Every syllable must have a vowel or a ‘y’: un-do-ing.
 The letter ‘c’ can be hard (cat) or soft (cell). The letter ‘g’ can be hard (get) or soft (gent).
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If the suffix follows a soft ‘c’ or ‘g’ or a ‘qu’ it is ‘ent’.
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agent
recent
intelligent
innocent
frequent
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Words with the syllables ‘cid, fid, sid, vid’ before the ending the suffix is ‘ent’.
accident
incident
confident
resident
evident
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payment
agreement
shipment
employment
argument
If the word ends with the suffix ‘ment’ it is always spelt ‘ent’.
Subject: English
Focus: Spellings
Group: Yellow and Red
Date out: 16.05.16
Date in: 23.05.16
Unstressed vowels
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Vowels are the letters ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, ‘u’, all other letters are consonants.
Syllables are the beats in word: do (1 beat), do-ing (2 beats), un-do-ing (3 beats).
Every syllable must contain a vowel or a ‘y’: un-do-ing.
Sometimes the vowel in a particular syllable is not heard or stressed.
An affix is a letter or letters added to the start or end of a word to change its meaning.
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Vowels are sometimes said quickly or quietly, or the ‘beat’ falls elsewhere so they are not heard.
chocolate
Wednesday
parliament
history
describe
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Adding an affix can result in an unstressed vowel as it changes the ‘beat’ (frighten/frightening).
different
prosperous
memorable
stationary
generously
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frightening
fattening
deafening
difference
reference
Many words with unstressed vowels contain the ‘en’, ‘er’ patterns.