Homeworkandspellings29.11.16
Suffix‘tion’,‘cian’
• Asuffixisaletterorlettersaddedtotheendofawordtomakeanotherword.
• Nounsare‘naming’words(boy,dog,chair).Verbsare‘doing’wordsoractions
(run,skip,jump,shout).
• Adjectivesare‘describing’words(big,cool,old).
• Adding‘tion’or‘cian’toaverboradjectivemakesanoun:‘educate’(verb),
‘education’(noun).
• Thesuffix‘tion’and‘cian’soundlike‘shun’.
• Thesuffix‘tion’isfarmorecommonthanthesuffix‘cian’.
Spellings
Group1
Timestables
3and4mixed
Group2
Action
Invention
Relation
Rotation
Duration
Direction
Magician
Optician
Technician
Beautician
7,8,mixedwith
division
Group3
Direction
Injection
Eruption
Adoration
Inspiration
Rotation
Mathematician
Electrician
Beautician
Politician
87x4
53x8
73x5
73x9
92x6
72x3
45x7
98x9
Maths-usinglastweeksadditionandsubtractionscanyoudotheinverseto
yoursumstochecktheyarecorrect?
Stage4
SkillCheck3
‘GrammarHammer’ 1.Underlinetheprefixwhichmeans‘below’.
non
2.Underlinethesuffixwhich,whenadded,formsanoun.
pre
sub
cook
3.Underlinethecorrecthomophonetouseinthis
sentence.
ing
er
4.Underlinethecorrecthomophonetouseinthis
sentence.
Thecarwas(towed/toad)tothegarage. I(rowed/road)myboatacrosstheriver.
5.Underlinethewordwiththecorrectspelling.
various
varius
6.Underlinethewordwiththecorrectspelling.
varios
direcshun
direcsion
direction
7-8.Numberthesewordstoshowtheiralphabeticalorder.
pram
proud
prune
prince
9.Underlinethewordswhichhaveasimilarmeaningtothewordinbold(synonyms).
wash
chase
clean
10.Underlinetheadverbinthesentencebelow.
scrub
wipe
11.Circletheconnectiveinthesentencebelow.
Hecarefullyrockedthebabybecauseshewascrying..
12-13.Underlinetwoconnectivesthatcanbeusedtosignaladdition(oraresynonymouswiththeword‘and’).
whatismore
probably
ofcourse
moreover
allofasudden
14-15.Underlinethepropernounsorpronounsinthissentencetoavoidrepetition.
Cautiously,(Sam/he)peeredaroundhim,realised(Sam/he)hadn’tbeenseenand
quicklymade(his/Sam’s)move.
16-17.Underlinetwofrontedadverbialsthatmighthelpsignaltimeandsequence.
Frighteningly,
Firstly,
18.Underlinethecorrectwordtocompletethesentence.
Haveyou(done/did)yourhomework?
Despitethis,
Finally,
19.Underlinethecorrectwordtocompletethesentence.
Youshouldhave(knew/known)that.
20-21.Underlinethefrontedadverbial.Punctuatethissentenceusingcommas.
Afterbreakfastmakesureyoucleanyourteethwashyourhandsandfindyourbag.
22-23.Punctuatethesentencesusingtheapostrophe(’)toshowsingularorpluralpossession.
Thebabysnappyneededchanging.
Thebabiesnappiesneededchanging.
24-25.Punctuatethesesentencesusinginvertedcommas(“”),commas(,)andanyotherpunctuationneeded..
WhatwouldyoulikeforteaaskedDad
PastawouldbegreatansweredMax