Spellings & pronunciation

Question 1

say - 
cloth
cloths
clothe
clothes

Answer 1

cloth/clothe

cloth + s / clothe+s

Question 2

morning

suffix?

Answer 2

morn+ing (suffix)

Question 3

mitochondria

syllabify

Answer 3

5 syl = mi/to/chon/dri/a

Question 4

respiration

Answer 4

res/pir/a/tion re (prefix) spire (root) tion (suffix)

Question 5

open or closed syllables

Answer 5

be (open syllable long vowel) or bed (closed syllable / short vowel)

Question 6

spelt ea but says short e (4 easy, 4 words with blends - can you recall the picture?)

Answer 6

head, read, dead, lead
bread, dread, spread, thread
i dread putting the green spread on the bread

Question 7

g can say j

Answer 7

if next letter is an e, i, y eg. giraff

Question 8

membrane / membrain

what is the memory sentence

Answer 8

membrane is not the brain of the cell

Question 9

nucleus - how do you say it to spell it

Answer 9

nu/cle/us

Question 10

synthesis -
sylabify
say it to remember how to spell it
which letter is easily confused

Answer 10

syn/the/sis

y not i

Question 11

chloroplast - what is easy to forget?
why is it easy to forget?
memory sentence

Answer 11

silent H e.g school - at school I learnt that chloroplasts are only in plants

Question 12

exterior, how do you say it to spell it
opposite words
hardest letter to remember

Answer 12

ex/te/ri/or,
in/te/ri/or,
-sound ‘re = ri

Question 13

MoY - seasons

Answer 13

Spring - March, April, May (Mum’s March 1st, Dad 18/5 Zara dog 19/5}
summer - June, July, August (Abbie: July 20th Gran july 19th)
Autumn - September, October, November (Archie: Sept 14)
Winter - December, January, February

Question 14

units
cm - m
mm - m
mm - cm

ml - l
mins - hour
hours a day
days in a year

Answer 14

100 cm in a metre
1000mm in a m
10mm in a cm

1000ml in a l
60 mins in an hour
24 hours in a day
365 days in a non leap year

Question 15

Alphabet 1st 1/4 (7)

Answer 15

abcdefg

Question 16

alphabet 2nd 1/4 (6)

Answer 16

hijklm

Question 17

alphabet 3rd 1/4 (7)

Answer 17

nopqrst

Question 18

alphabet 4th 1/4 (6)

Answer 18

uvwxyz

Question 19

near
other words in the family d, f, g, h, n, r, s, t, y

memory sentence
‘ly’ is a ……
say it to spell it

Answer 19

(ear, dear, fear, gear, hear, near, rear, sear, tear, year)
oh dear, come near, I cant hear you.
n-ear-ly

Question 20

long and short sounds for the vowels

Answer 20

a, e, i, o, u

Question 21

big + est
root word?
suffix?
long or short vowel in big

Answer 21

root - big
est - suffix
suffix begins with a vowel
short vowel in big
biggest

Question 22

adding a suffix

1. remove an e at the end

Answer 22

have + ing = having
smile + ing = smiling (long vowel root words)
excite + ed = excited (long vowel root words)
arrive + ed = arrived (long vowel root words)

Question 23

adding a suffix

2. no change

Answer 23

suffix starting with a consonant, 
near + ly
long vowels or vowel digraphs
look +ed = looked
enjoy + ed =enjoyed
try + ing = trying
go+ing = going
eat+en = eaten

Question 24

adding a suffix

3 double / not double

Answer 24

park + ing (don’t double - 2 consonants)
small+ est = smallest (don’t double - already 2 consonants)
press + ed
sit + ing = sitting (double because the vowel is short)
big+est = biggest

Question 25

adding a suffix

4. if the suffix begins with a consonant no need to do anything

Answer 25

quick + ly = quickly