Year 4 · English
Use prefixes and suffixes in Year 4 English
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Focus on adding suffixes like -sion -tion and -ture. Start with “Add Suffixes Beginning with Vowels”, then explain the idea in your own words.
Year 4 learners practise adding suffixes like -sion -tion and -ture.
The activities include Add Suffixes Beginning with Vowels, Add the Suffix -ation, Add the Suffix -sion, and related practice. The checked support below includes teaching, interactive, video, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.
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- Add Suffixes Beginning with Vowels
- Add the Suffix -ation
- Add the Suffix -sion
- Add the Suffix -sure
- Add the Suffix -ture
- Investigate How to Add the Suffix -ation
- Know Your Prefixes and Suffixes: Forming Diminutives
- Know Your Prefixes: sub-
- Know Your Suffixes: -cian
- Practise Adding Suffixes Beginning with Vowels
- Spell Words Ending in -ly
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Oak Year 4: Doubling the consonant in polysyllabic words
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The Suffix -ation | KS2 English Concept Video
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The /shun/ suffixes, including -sion
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Words with Endings 'ture' and 'sure' | KS2 English Concept Video
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Prefixes: un- dis- mis- | KS2 English Concept Video
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Prefixes: re- sub- inter- super- anti- auto- co- | KS2 English Concept Video
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The /shun/ suffixes, including -cian
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The Suffix -ly | KS2 English Concept Video
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Oak: Verb and adjective suffixes
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Oak: Noun and adjective suffixes
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BBC Bitesize: Prefixes and suffixes
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Turtle Diary: Prefix game
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