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Unit 6 Common endings

33 Common endings: ‘-ough’, ‘-ought’, ‘-aught’

Activity

Write these words in the correct circle according to how they sound.

Rhymes with:

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34 Common endings: ‘-ous’

Activity

Complete this article by writing the correct -ous words in the spaces provided.

Choose your words from the list below the article.

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35 Common endings: ‘-ious’

Activity 1

These -ious words all make the shus sound at the end of the word:

atrocious
cautious
delicious / ferocious
vicious
obnoxious / gracious
anxious
vivacious / precious
noxious
ungracious / spacious
luscious
conscientious / suspicious
ambitious
conscious

Complete these clues using words from the list above:

1 very careful

2 aggressive and fierce

3 valuable and rare

4 keen to get on in a career

5 tasty and desirable

6 hard working

7 worried and concerned

Activity 2

In these -ious words the i can be heard as a syllable on its own:

curious
dubious
serious / delirious
envious
various / hilarious
furious
glorious / notorious
obvious
amphibious / previous
tedious
odious

Complete these clues using words from the list above:

1 extremely funny

2 jealous of another

3 very angry

4 boring and repetitive

5 underwater creature or vehicle

6 wonderful and celebrated

7 keen to know more

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36 Common endings: ‘-eous’

Activity

Can you find where the words below fit into this word grid? When you have completed the puzzle, a hidden word will be revealed on the winning line. One letter of the word has already been given to you.

hideous piteous beauteous bounteous gorgeous plenteous

spontaneous outrageous simultaneous miscellaneous nauseous

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37 Common endings: ‘-tion’

Activity

Write the words you have found in the table below according to which part of the rule they follow:

Long vowel before shun sound / Consonant before the shun sound / Short i or e before the shun sound where the word doesn’t end in - mission

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38 Common endings: ‘-ssion’

Activity

Circle the words ending -ssion in this article. Fit them into the word strips below.

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1 / E / R / S / S / I / O / N
2 / D / I / S / S / I / O / N
3 / O / E / S / S / I / O / N
4 / P / O / S / S / I / O / N
5 / P / R / S / S / I / O / N
6 / G / S / S / I / O / N
7 / M / S / S / I / O / N
8 / S / S / I / O / N
9 / C / E / S / S / I / O / N
10 / O / F / E / S / S / I / O / N

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39 Common endings: ‘-cian’

Activity

Fill in the correct words on these vans.

They all belong to people with a particular profession and they all end with -cian.

Create your own van designs for two of the following professions:

magician technician politician physician mathematician musician

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40 Common endings: ‘-sion’

Activity

Find the words ending in –sion in this brochure for a holiday retreat.

Place the words you have found in this table according to whether the ending sounds like zhun as in revision or shun as in permission.

zhun as in revision / shun as in permission

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41 Common endings: ‘-le’

Activity 1

Circle the words ending with -le in these headlines.

Activity 2

Use the word bank below to compose some headlines of your own. Use as many words ending with -le as you can.

bn

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42 Common endings: ‘-el’ and ‘-al’

Activity

Read this report. Unscramble the words in bold. They all end with either -el or -al. Write them into the table below the article.

Words found ending with -al / Words found ending with -el

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43 Common endings: ‘-able’ and ‘-ible’

-able endings

Activity

These words are all hidden in the puzzle below. Put them in the correct place and reveal a hidden word on the winning line.

advisable mistakable agreeable predictable admirable

desirable fashionable probable noticeable valuable

The hidden word is .

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44 Common endings: ‘-ical’, ‘-icle’ and ‘-acle’

Activity

All the answers in this quiz end in either -ical, -icle or -acle. Choose your answers from the word bank and write the correct answers into the spaces provided.

1 Another name for a story in a newspaper

2 The opposite of horizontal

3 An exceptional event that defies belief

4 A spike of ice which forms in freezing weather

5 Something funny which makes a person laugh

6 A type of show which contains songs as part of the story

7 Something which gets in the way is an…

8 To do with doctors and hospitals

9 To do with numbers and sums

10 To do with the world and its places

11 A limpet type creature which hangs on to rocks

12 The opposite of vertical

13 Something involving reason and scientific proof

14 A word describing myths and legends

15 Magical wizardry

16 Cord joining mother to baby in the womb

17 All knowing person who answers questions

18 Long limb of an octopus

19 Private area in a changing room

20 A written record of historical events

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45 Common endings: ‘-ence’ and ‘-ance’, ‘-ate’ and ‘-ite’

Activity 1

Find four -ance and five -ence words in this review. Place each word in the correct column in the table.

Words ending with -ance / Words ending with -ence

Activity 2

The words in the box below all end in -ate or -ite. Copy each word into the correct column in the table. Use a dictionary to check the meaning of any word you do not know.

-ate ending / -ite ending with long vowel i / -ite ending with short vowel i

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