Teacher information
Unit 17
Unit focus This unit focuses on adding the suffixes ly and ed to base words ending with y.
Teaching points • Identify the base word for each list word. • Discuss how the y changes to i in each base word when a suffix is added. • Sort the list words according to the suffixes and brainstorm to add to each list.
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List words Word building
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happy, n happier, n happiest, n happiness merry, n merrier, n merriest, n merriment, n merriness busy, n busier, n busiest, busyness worry, n worries, s worrying, n worrier marry, n marries, s marrying dirt, dirty, n dirties, s dirtying, n dirtier, n dirtiest copy, n copies, s copying study, n studied, s studying, n studious, n studiously carry, n carried, s carrying, n carrier party, n partied, s partying empty, n emptied, s emptying, n emptier, n emptiest bury, n buried, s burying
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Revision words Word building
m . u
orders, ordered, ordering, orderly boards, boarded, boarding, boarder talks, talked, talking, talker sores soars, soared, soaring walks, walked, walking, walker straws
w ww
order board talk sore soar walk straw more
(Taken from Unit 17, Book C.)
Rules
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happily merrily busily worried married dirtied copied studies carries parties empties buries
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Rule: The y at the end of base words changes to i when a suffix is added. (The y is retained in busyness, as not to confuse with business.) s Rule: The y is retained at the end of base words before adding ing to avoid ii being written. (Two exceptions are taxiing and skiing.) n
Dictation
1. Dad talks merrily as he carries more rubbish to the bin and empties it. He also buries the vegetable scraps and bits of straw in the garden bed. 2. They have been happily married for forty years. 3. To help him with his studies, he busily copied the written papers he had ordered. 4. Mum was worried that the sore on my foot wouldn’t heal if I dirtied it by having bare feet. 5. We saw a plane soar into the sky as we walked along the road to the airport. 6. The boarding school we go to will be holding several parties over the year.
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