Year 4 spelling revision - Al Arqam Academy



Year 4 spelling revisionTerm 1Suffixes ‘ment’ and ‘ness’Spelling ListSadness, Silliness, Drowsiness, KindnessHappiness, Darkness, Hardness AgreementMerriment, Entertainment, GovernmentEndearment, Engagement, Enjoyment, AppointmentSuffixes ‘al, ic, and ary’.Some words can have suffixes added to the end to make new words. For example, we can add the suffix al to the word season to make the word seasonal. Spelling List: Music, Picnic, LogicFantastic, Library, DictionaryContrary, Literally, MedicalHospital, Chemical, Seasonal, Traditional. HomophonesHomophones are words that sound the same when pronounced but have different meanings. These words sound the same but are spelt differently because they have entirely different meanings.Spelling listTo, Two, TooThere, They’re, TheirNight, KnightPear, PairAte, EightStare, StairSee, SeaSuffixes ‘ship’ and ‘hood’.What is a suffix? A suffix is a group of letters we add to the end of a word. Suffixes change the meaning or purpose of a word.For example: Kind + ness = Kindness.Suffixes: ‘Ship’ and ‘hood’Suffix ‘hood’:The suffix hood is used with nouns to make nouns refer to a particular state or period of time in someone’s life.e.g.: ‘Child + hood = Childhood (a period in time when you are a child). Mother + hood= Motherhood (a period of time when you are a mother).Suffix ‘Ship’:The suffix ‘ship’ refers to a certain position held by a person. e.g. hard + ship= hardshipFriend+ ship= friendshipSpelling words: Brotherhood, Livelihood, Childhood, FriendshipRelationship, Companionship, WorkmanshipKnighthood, Neighbourhood, Falsehood, Membership, Hardship, Partnership, Craftsmanship, OwnershipWeek 7 – ‘Regular verb endings’When a verb ends in a consonant with a vowel in front of it, we double the last letter when adding ‘ing’ or ‘ed’. If one of them end in ‘y’. You must change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ when adding s or ed. Spelling listLook, LooksLooked, LookingStay, StaysStayed, StayingRush, RushesRushed, RushingWash, WashesWashed, WashingUsing ‘ed’ to change verb into the past tenseWhen we write in the past tense, we add ‘ed’ to most verbs. Spelling list: Stop, Stopped Hop, Hopped Drag, Dragged Talk, Talked Pour, Poured Play, Played Walk, Walked Push, PushedIrregular tense changes.Irregular verbs are verbs that do not form their past tense by adding -d or -ed. Irregular verbs change when they move from present to past tense.Examples: Write → wrote, bite → bit, and run → ran. These verbs changed from present to past tense, but they do not have the -ed at the end.Spelling listGo, WentBuy, BroughtBring, Brought Eat, AteRun, RanWrite, WroteThink, ThoughtFling, FlungIrregular tense changes.Spelling list Shoot, ShotCatch, CaughtFight, FoughtHear, HeardShake, ShookWear, WoreCreep, CreptBreak, BrokeIrregular tense changes.Spelling listWrite, WroteSwim, SwamSting, StungFly, FlewLeap, LeaptBuy, BroughtShoot, ShotHear, Heard ................
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