Suffixes (age 7+)
Spell words using productive suffixes (-ation, -ly, -ous) and less common sound-spelling correspondences (/ɪ/ as y, /ʌ/ as ou, endings sounding like /ʒə/, /tʃə/, /ʒən/, /ʃən/) introduced in the Year 3-4 programme
Lesson
Set out your lesson
Notice several spelling patterns, then try them without the study card.
Before teaching
Use this short check, then start teaching.
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Check the learner can access these words/materials and prerequisite ideas; historical authorship is not readiness or mastery. If not, demonstrate briefly or revisit the named prerequisite.
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Learning resources
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UF Literacy Institute · Practice link — not the full lesson
Lessons 107–110 Resources
Before you open · source notes
Free UFLI Foundations toolbox materials for suffix spelling changes when endings are added. Not every irregular plural.
Free university page, no sign-in for these materials. An adult chooses the activity.
Before you openAsk the learner to spell one base word with a suffix that needs a spelling change.
Opening this link does not save learning or assess mastery.
Source, access and review notes
Public UF Literacy Institute Foundations toolbox page for Lessons 107–110 (Suffix Spelling Changes). An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this page. Printable and slide links on the page were not downloaded in this check. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. The paid UFLI Foundations manual is separate from these free toolbox materials.
UF Literacy Institute. “Lessons 107–110 Resources.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute it.
Unknown — link only
Check understanding
- Spell words with suffixes -ation (e.g., information, sensation), -ly (e.g., sadly, gently, happily), and -ous (e.g., famous, enormous, various)
- Spell words with less common vowel patterns: /ɪ/ as y (e.g., myth, gym), /ʌ/ as ou (e.g., young, touch, double)
- Spell words with endings /ʒə/ as -sure (e.g., measure, treasure), /tʃə/ as -ture (e.g., creature, furniture), /ʒən/ as -sion (e.g., division, television)
“Can your child spell words with endings like "-tion," "-ous," or "-ly" correctly — for example, "nation," "famous," or "quietly" — without needing to look them up?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Spelling & Word Study
- Age range
- Ages 7–12
Standards