Flipped learning sp and gr sept 2018

2. YEAR 5
SPELLING AND GRAMMAR
REVISION
SEPT 2018

3. SPELLING PATTERNS: (AGE),
(EGE)
In English the first syllable usually has the
stress:
Eg: village, college, manage, cottage, allege,
privilege, savage, heritage, average, damage,
advantage, message, marriage, orphanage,
language, sausage, wreckage, courage
In context:
It is an advantage to speak many languages.

4. SPELLING PATTERNS: (NGE)
Eg: change, strange, challenge, orange, plunge,
sponge, exchange, arrange, lounge, fringe,
revenge, cringe, syringe, avenge, twinge, singe,
scavenge, interchange
In context:
“The fringe is singed!” exclaimed the stranger.

5. SPELLING PATTERNS: (ANCE)
Making abstract nouns from adjectives or verbs:
Eg: distance, advance, balance, entrance, chance,
acceptance, admittance, annoyance, assistance,
clearance, disturbance, fragrance, allegiance,
guidance, nuisance, hindrance, irrelevance,
acquaintance
In context:
They saw the entrance to the college in the
distance.

6. GRAMMAR: CHANGING VERB
TENSES
Verbs can be used in the past, present or future.
They can be in the simple or continuous tense.
Past Present Future
Simple Tense I looked I look I shall/will look
Continuous
Tense
I was looking I am looking I shall/will be
looking

7. GRAMMAR: CHANGING VERB
TENSES
• Remember to use the verb ‘to be’ with the Continuous
tense:
Try to write some sentences changing the verb tense and
the pronoun.
present past
I am I was
You are You were
It/he/she is It/he/she was
We are We were
They are They were

8. GRAMMAR: SUBJECTS AND
OBJECT PRONOUNS
• Personal pronouns change according to
whether they are the SUBJECT or OBJECT of a
sentence
Subject Object
I Me
You You
He/she/it Him/her/it
We Us
You (plural) You (plural)
they them

9. GRAMMAR: PLURAL SUBJECTS
AND VERBS
• Eg: The lion chases a man.
‘Chases’ is the verb
‘lion’ is the subject’
‘man’ is the object’
If we change this sentence into plural. We need
to remember to change ‘a’ to ‘the’ for plural and
to use the correct verb conjugation:
The lions chase the men.

10. GRAMMAR: COMPARATIVES AND
SUPERLATIVES
• These adjectives describe something by
making a comparison.
• We usually add ‘er’ for comparatives
• We usually add ‘est’ for superlatives
• Eg: Paul is taller than Simon. James is the
tallest.

11. GRAMMAR: COMPARATIVES AND
SUPERLATIVES
When adjectives have 3 or more syllables we use
‘more’ or ‘most’
• Eg: She was more beautiful than her sister. She was
the most beautiful.
For ‘good’ and ‘bad’ we use these comparative and
superlative adjectives:
• Good, better best
• Bad, worse, worst
• Eg: That was a better story than the last one. This
is the best story.