Y2

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Adding 'ment', 'er' and 'ness' Application

Worksheet
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Challenge your children's knowledge and understanding of suffixes with this fun and engaging Year 2 Adding 'ment', 'er' and 'ness' worksheet.

Florence is really struggling with her homework and needs some help! Using the given root words and suffixes, children must help her to write sentences including each suffix at least once.

Ideal for independent, paired or work as part of a small group, this resource is versatile in its uses and comes with a modelled answer to help get the conversations started!


Curriculum Objectives

  • Formation of nouns using suffixes such as –ness, –er and by compounding [for example, whiteboard, superman] / Formation of adjectives using suffixes such as –ful, –less (A fuller list of suffixes can be found in the year 2 spelling section in English Appendix 1) / Use of the suffixes –er, –est in adjectives / Terminology for pupils: compound / Terminology for pupils: suffix