1. What do all of these words have in common?
poisonous
famous
dangerous
various
tremendous
They all end with the –ous suffix!

2. LO: To spell words that use the –ous suffix Tuesday 25th April

3. 2 minutes to think of as many words as you can that end in the –ous suffix. FOR EXAMPLE! “dangerous” or “various”

4. Is there a rule? Yes (finally!)
Firstly, adding –ous usually changes a noun to an adjective. Danger (noun) -> Dangerous (adjective)
If the root word ends in –e, drop the e when you add –ous. Fame -> Famous
If the root word ends in –ge, you keep the e.
Advantage -> Advantageous
If the root word ends in –y, change the y to an i and add –ous. Vary -> Various

5. Shmangman We’re going to play a game similar to ‘hangman’
The difference is that you must guess the letters in order before you can move on.
When do you think the game will be hardest? When do you think it will be easiest?

6. Spllngs wtht vwls
Your teacher will give you some words to spell on your white boards.
The difference is, you need to spell the words without using any vowels.
In case you forgot, vowels are a, e, i, o, u

7. Seriously Strange Spellings
This is a game to play in pairs!
One player will pick a word from this week’s spelling list.
They then write the word on their whiteboard, but with the letters in a mixed up order.
Your partner then has to work out what the word is. If they get it, they win a point. If they don’t you do! However, if you have misspelled the word, they get a point.
Look at your spelling list if you need help thinking of a word to use.

8. Silly Sentences
Try using some of these –ous suffix words in a sentence. How many can you fit into one?
various
dangerous
jealous
adventurous
envious
Can you add any more that aren’t on this list?

9. Can you create any words with the –ous suffix from the grid below
Can you create any words with the –ous suffix from the grid below? You can use each letter more than once! E J U L O A F S M

10. Use your knowledge of the –ous suffux to identify whether these are right or wrong.
dangerous – right
envyous - ????
ridiculeous - ????
famous - ????
adventureous - ????
jealous - ????

11. Use your knowledge of the –ous suffux to identify whether these are right or wrong.
dangerous – right
envyous - wrong
ridiculeous - wrong
famous - right
adventureous - wrong
jealous - right

12. Group 1 Spellings dangerous famous adventurous ridiculous envious
jealous
complete
consider
experiment
guide

13. Group 2 Spellings Adding –ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter
patting
humming
dropped
tummy
saddest
runner
complete
consider
experiment
guide

14. Tuesday 28th March Assembly
Adding –ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter
Here’s the rule:
The last consonant letter of the root word is doubled
For example –
Drop -> Double the ‘p’ in Dropped
Can you think of some examples?
Let’s try this rule in a few activities!

15. Can you create any words with ‘ed’, ‘est’, ‘er’ or ‘ing’ ?P A R

16. Use your knowledge of our new spelling rule to identify whether these are right or wrong.
patting – wrong
droped - ????
huming - ????
running - ????
sadest - ????
happiest - ????

17. Use your knowledge of our new spelling rule to identify whether these are right or wrong.
patting – right
droped – wrong
huming - wrong
running - right
sadest - wrong
happiest - right

18. Use your knowledge of our new spelling rule to identify whether these are right or wrong.
copyer – wrong
happyer - wrong
replied - right
copiing - wrong
cried - right
replying - right