Topic: Word structure

These resources cover the internal structure of words, including how words can be built up from smaller meaningful parts, and ways in which words can change their form in order to mark grammatical distinctions.

Spelling - Eliminating 'e': Activity 5

Spelling - Eliminating 'e': Activity 4

Sort the examples into two groups

Spelling - Eliminating 'e': Activity 2

Compound word creation: Activity 2

See how many compound words you can create from a given word.

For each word, see how many compounds you can think of which include the word.

Compound word creation: Activity 1

An interactive activity to explore how compounds are made

Noun endings: Activity

Derived nouns and composition: Activity 1

Complete the examples with nouns which are derived from the highlighted adjectives. The first answer is provided for you.

Anna was late. It annoyed me. → Anna's lateness annoyed me.

Jeff is shy. I didn’t notice this until the party. → I didn’t notice Jeff’s ___ until the party. I didn’t notice Jeff’s shyness until the party.

Building words: Activity

In this activity, explore how words are built out of a prefix, base form and a suffix.

What meanings do different prefixes and suffixes have? Can any base form take any prefix or suffix? How can you manipulate language to create new forms? For example, deread is not an English word. What might it mean?

Contractions: Activity

Contractions

Words like I'm, don't, and should've, which involve two words being joined together, are often called contractions. This lesson explores the many different types of words in this category, and the similarities and differences between them.

Goals

Describe examples of contractions.
Categorise a set of contractions.
Identify the differences between categories of contractions.

Lesson Plan

The teacher explains that today, we will study contractions.

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