Term 2 review: words and sounds of the year
This term you learned how words change. A prefix goes at the start: un- gives unhappy, unsafe, unfriendly. Other prefixes give impossible, impolite, irregular. A suffix goes at the end: -er gives teacher and singer; -ed and -ing give bored and boring; -ous and -ive give famous and creative. You also learned sounds: f and v (fan, van), v and w (vet, wet), th (think, these) and the long sounds in go, make, boy and bike. Read the table and say each word aloud.
| Prefix / suffix | Examples |
|---|---|
| un- | unhappy, unsafe, unfriendly |
| im- / ir- | impossible, impolite, irregular |
| -er | teacher, singer, farmer |
| -ed / -ing | bored / boring, tired / tiring |
| -ous / -ive | famous, dangerous / creative, expensive |
What is the opposite of happy?
Unhappy! What is a person who farms?
A farmer! Is this film bored or boring?
It is boring. I am bored!
Word machine. Write ten base words on cards: teach, sing, happy, safe, fame, create, bore, tire, possible, polite. The child adds the right prefix or suffix and says the new word and its meaning. The grown-up checks and plays one sound pair: fan or van, vet or wet, think or these.
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