YEAR 5 HOMEWORK
Subject: English
Focus: Grammar
Group: Black/Blue
Date out: 10.10.16
Date in: 17.10.16
Vowel suffix ‘er’
These words are changed by adding the suffix ‘er’.
 Vowels are the letters ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, ‘u’, all other letters are consonants.
 Vowels can make a short sound (‘a’ as in ‘tap’) or a long sound (‘a’ as in ‘tape’).
 Verbs are ‘doing’ words or actions (run, skip, jump). Nouns are ‘naming words’ (boy, dog, chair).
 The suffix ‘er’ changes a verb into a noun (jump/jumper).
 Syllables are the beats in a word: ‘do’ (1 beat), ‘do-ing’ (2 beats), ‘un-do-ing’ (3 beats).
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One syllable words with a short vowel followed by two or more consonants: just add ‘er’ (send/sender).
washer
sender
thinker
blinker
jumper
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One syllable words with a short vowel followed by a final consonant: double the final letter (run/runner).
planner
stepper
slipper
shopper
rubber
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waiter
dreamer
boiler
bowler
One syllable words with long vowel sounds or two vowels followed by a final consonant: just add ‘er’.
YEAR 5 HOMEWORK
Subject: English
Focus: Grammar
Group: Red/Green
Date out: 10.10.16
Date in: 17.10.16
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.
Copy each word then try to write it without copying. Use the final column to correct any mistakes or to test each
group of words.
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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
When the root word starts with an ‘m’ ‘in’ becomes ‘im’ giving a double ‘m’.
YEAR 5 HOMEWORK
Subject: English
Focus: Grammar
Group: Yellow
Date out: 10.10.16
Date in: 17.10.16
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
If the word ends with the suffix ‘ment’ it is always spelt ‘ent’.