Year 5 · SPaG · Prefixes and suffixes for verbs
Year 5 turning nouns and adjectives into verbs worksheet and PowerPoint
To turn nouns and adjectives into verbs by adding the suffixes -ate, -ise and -ify, and to spell the new verbs correctly.
Suffixes that make verbs
A suffix goes at the end of a word. The suffixes -ate, -ise and -ify can turn a noun or an adjective into a verb. The spelling often changes a little: a final e is dropped and a final y may change.
| -ate | active → activate, motive → motivate |
|---|---|
| -ise | modern → modernise, memory → memorise |
| -ify | pure → purify, class → classify, beauty → beautify |
| spelling | drop the e: pure → purify; change y: beauty → beautify |
Examples
- We need to simplify the rules.
- Please memorise your spellings.
Key words
- suffix
- letters added to the end of a word
- verb
- a doing or being word
- noun
- names a person, place, thing or idea
- adjective
- describes a noun
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: Make a list of eight verbs that end in -ate, -ise or -ify. Write the noun or adjective each one comes from, and use each verb in a sentence.
Pupil target: I can make verbs with -ate, -ise and -ify.
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 turning nouns and adjectives into verbs PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 38 of 43 in the Year 5 SPaG scheme, in the block “Prefixes and suffixes for verbs”.
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