Nunsmere spellings 22.11.16 SUFFIX-­‐ ous Spelling Timestables Group 1 The Today Said Says Your They Come Some One Once 3x tables Group 2 Famous Disastrous Fabulous Gorgeous Famous Various Generous Jealous Nervous Numerous 6 and 9 x tables mixed Group 3 Miraculous mischievous Adventurous Anonymous Various Ridiculous Disastrous Tremendous Courageous Outrageous 25x9 43x2 37x3 93x2 48x7 93x8 47x6 58x4 If you think this is difficult try group 2 Suffix ‘ous’ • A suffix is a letter or letters added to the end of a word to make another word. • The suffix ‘ous’ turns nouns and verbs into adjectives. • ‘ous’ means ‘having’, ‘full of’ or ‘possessing’. • Nouns are ‘naming’ words (boy, dog, chair). Verbs are ‘doing’ words or actions (run, skip, jump, shout). • Adjectives are ‘describing’ words (big, cool, old). Literacy homework. Within class we have been doing lots of work on sentences. This week for your literacy homework use this weeks spellings for your group and write them within a sentence. (You may use a dictionary to help you) Numeracy homework