Year 4 · SPaG · Word families, prefixes and suffixes
Year 4 words ending -sure, -ture and -cher worksheet and PowerPoint
To spell words that end in -sure, -ture and -cher, and to tell the endings apart.
Endings -sure, -ture and -cher
Some word endings sound alike but are spelt differently. The ending -sure (measure, treasure, pleasure), -ture (picture, creature, adventure) and -cher (teacher, voucher, butcher) are three of them. Say the word slowly and learn which spelling goes with it.
| -sure | meaSURE, treaSURE, pleaSURE |
|---|---|
| -ture | picTURE, creaTURE, furniTURE |
| -cher | teaCHER, vouCHER, butCHER |
Examples
- The treasure was in a picture frame.
- My teacher gave me a voucher.
Key words
- ending
- the last letters of a word
- -sure
- as in measure
- -ture
- as in picture
- -cher
- as in teacher
What is on the worksheet
Every sheet for this lesson has a short teaching box and 12 questions that get gradually harder: 8 fluency questions, then 4 reasoning questions that ask pupils to explain or choose. A writing challenge follows. The questions use the same styles as the key stage 2 grammar and punctuation test (circle, underline, tick, fill the gap, add punctuation, rewrite, explain). They are written for this website, not copied from past papers.
All the answers are on the last page of the same editable Word file. New questions are made every time, so you can print a different sheet for every group or for homework. The same sheet code always gives the same sheet.
Writing challenge: Write a sentence for each of ten words that end in -sure, -ture or -cher. Check each spelling.
Pupil target: I can spell words that end in -sure, -ture and -cher.
The PowerPoint
A 20-slide lesson deck for the same lesson: a starter that revisits earlier learning, key words, an I do and a You do question on each slide with a countdown timer, answers that appear one click at a time, and a challenge. Download the words ending -sure, -ture and -cher PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 57 of 60 in the Year 4 SPaG scheme, in the block “Word families, prefixes and suffixes”.
Other lessons in this block
- Word families
- Prefixes dis-, mis- and re-
- Prefixes in-, il-, im- and ir-
- Endings -ation, -sion, -ssion, -tion and -cian
- Using suffixes
- Root words together
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