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Adding 'ment', 'er' and 'ness' Teaching PPT

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Use this engaging Year 2 Adding 'ment', 'er' and 'ness' Teaching PPT to teach your children all about how we add these suffixes to root words to create new nouns. It also covers the spelling rules around possible changes to some root words before we can add the suffix. The PowerPoint includes important teaching points and examples of varied fluency, reasoning and application questions. The answers are also provided for you to discuss with your class.

This easy to use PowerPoint follows a clear structure to teach how to add the suffixes 'ment', 'er' and 'ness' and it can be delivered by teachers and support staff. Suitable for use with the whole class or with small groups of children.


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