Year 5 English · Suffixes: -cious, -tial, -ant, -able and -ation · Summary
Year 5 English Suffixes: -cious, -tial, -ant, -able and -ation: summary and key words
Part of the Year 5 English suffixes: -cious, -tial, -ant, -able and -ation chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| -cious and -tious | Look at the root word. ce: drop the e, add -ious. -tion: remove -ion, add -ious. |
| -cial and -tial | Root ends in ce: -cial (official). Root ends in t or nt: -tial (partial, confidential). |
| -ant, -ance, -ancy | Adjective -ant changes to noun -ance (brilliance) or -ancy (vacancy). |
| -ent, -ence, -ency | Adjective -ent changes to noun -ence (confidence) or -ency (urgency). |
| -able, -ably, -ible, -ibly | Drop the silent e before -able; keep it after soft c or g. -able becomes -ably; -ible becomes -ibly. |
| -ation | Drop the silent e (prepare, preparation) or change -ate to -ation (create, creation). |
Can you…?
- I can use the root word to choose -cious or -tious
- I can choose -cial or -tial, and check the root word
- I can change -ant to -ance or -ancy, and -ent to -ence or -ency
- I know when to drop the e before -able, and when to keep it
- I can make an adverb ending -ably or -ibly
- I can change -e or -ate to -ation
Key terms
- root word
- the word that other words are built from, such as office in official
- suffix
- a group of letters added to the end of a word, such as -ation
- adjective
- a word that describes a noun, such as vicious
- adverb
- a word that describes a verb, such as comfortably
- noun
- a word that names a person, place, thing or idea, such as preparation
- silent e
- an e at the end of a word that is not sounded, such as the e in adore