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SPELLING PROGRAMME - PART 3
Target 11: More Suffix Practice –
Making Adjectives and Adverbs
Adjectives: Adjectives are used with nouns (naming words). They are
‘describing’ words that tell us about something or someone.
e.g. fast car stormy night
(adjective) (noun) (adjective) (noun)
Some nouns can be made into adjectives by adding ‘y’ to the
end of the word.
Noun Adjective Complete this table.
dream
cloud REMEMBER TO USE THE SUFFIX
spot RULES YOU HAVE LEARNED IN
TARGETS 6, 7 and 10.
spice
sleep
Adverbs: Adverbs are usually used with verbs (doing words). They
tell us how something is done. Some words are made into adverbs by
adding ‘ly’ or ‘ily’ .
e.g. tightly closed walked quickly
(adverb) (verb) (verb) (adverb)
Word Adverb (add ‘ily’) Word Adverb (add ‘ly’)
dream soft
sleep worried
noise safe
mess happy
Choose from these words to complete the sentences:-
nervously cloudy easily specially tightly sleepily
She __________________ went to bed.
The team won _______________.
She went ________________ to the dentist.
He held on _________________ to the ladder.
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