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YEAR 3&4 Spelling sound guidance examples Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable If the last syllable of a word is stressed and ends with one consonant letter which has just one vowel letter before it, the final consonant letter is doubled before any ending beginning with a vowel letter is added. The consonant letter is not doubled if the syllable is unstressed. forgetting, forgotten, beginning, beginner, prefer, preferred gardening, gardener, limiting, limited, limitation The /ɪ/ sound spelt y elsewhere than at the end of words These words should be learnt as needed. myth, gym, Egypt, pyramid, mystery The /ʌ/ sound spelt ou These words should be learnt as needed. young, touch, double, trouble, country More prefixes Most prefixes are added to the beginning of root words without any changes in spelling, but see in–below. Like un–, the prefixes dis–and mis–have negative meanings. The prefix in–ĐaŶ ŵeaŶ ďoth ͚Ŷot͛ aŶd ͚iŶ͛/͚iŶto͛. IŶ the ǁords giǀeŶ here it ŵeaŶs ͚Ŷot͛. Before a root word starting with l, in–becomes il. Before a root word starting with m or p, in–becomes im–. Before a root word starting with r, in–becomes ir–. re–ŵeaŶs ͚agaiŶ͛ or ͚ďaĐk͛. sub–ŵeaŶs ͚uŶder͛. inter–ŵeaŶs ͚ďetǁeeŶ͛ or ͚aŵoŶg͛. super–ŵeaŶs ͚aďoǀe͛. anti–ŵeaŶs ͚agaiŶst͛. auto–ŵeaŶs ͚self͛ or ͚oǁŶ͛. dis–: disappoint, disagree, disobey mis–: misbehave, mislead, misspell (mis + spell) in–: inactive, incorrect illegal, illegible immature, immortal, impossible, impatient, imperfect irregular, irrelevant, irresponsible re–: redo, refresh, return, reappear, redecorate sub–: subdivide, subheading, submarine, submerge inter–: interact, intercity, international, interrelated (inter + related) super–: supermarket, superman, superstar anti–: antiseptic, anti-clockwise, antisocial auto–: autobiography, autograph The suffix –ation The suffix –ation is added to verbs to form nouns. The rules already learnt still apply. information, adoration, sensation, preparation, admiration The suffix –ly The suffix –ly is added to an adjective to form an adverb. The rules already learnt still apply. The suffix –ly starts with a consonant letter, so it is added straight on to most root words. sadly, completely, usually (usual + ly), finally (final + ly), comically (comical + ly) Exceptions: If the root word ends in –y with a consonant letter before it, the y is changed to i, but only if the root word has more than one syllable. If the root word ends with –le, the –le is changed to –ly. If the root word ends with –ic, –ally is added rather than just –ly, except in the word publicly. The words truly, duly, wholly. happily, angrily gently, simply, humbly, nobly basically, frantically, dramatically Words with endings sounding like or /ʒə/ The ending sounding like /ʒə/ is always spelt –sure. The ending sounding like /tʃə/ is often spelt –ture, but check that the word is not a root word ending in (t)ch with an er ending – e.g. teacher, catcher, richer, stretcher. measure, treasure, pleasure, enclosure creature, furniture, picture, nature, adventure Endings which sound like ʒ/ ən/If the ending sounds like /ʒən/, it is spelt as –sion. division, invasion, confusion, decision, collision, television The suffix –ous Sometimes the root word is obvious and the usual rules apply for adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters. Sometimes there is no obvious root word. poisonous, dangerous, mountainous, famous, various tremendous, enormous, jealous humorous, glamorous, vigorous