Seven clues make up this two-page Year 5 crossword on words ending in -able or -ible. Each clue says which ending the answer takes and how many letters it has, such as 'Hard to believe; amazing (ends in -ible) (10)'. Only two of the answers use -able. It follows the England National Curriculum objective on suffixes, and the answer key lists all seven words.
Spelling
“Use further prefixes and suffixes and understand the guidance for adding them”
Every answer adds -able or -ible, such as adorable, sensible and possible.
Spelling
“Use knowledge of morphology and etymology in spelling and understand that the spelling of some words needs to be learnt specifically, as listed in English Appendix 1”
Terrible, horrible and incredible all take -ible, a spelling pupils have to learn because it cannot be heard.
Two clues, one for an eight-letter word meaning extremely cute and one for a word meaning good judgement and common sense.
Five clues, including a ten-letter -ible word meaning hard to believe and an -able word meaning able to be trusted.
Suffix lesson plenary
Use it at the end of a lesson on -able and -ible to check the endings have gone in.
Paired race
Let pairs race to finish, then compare which clues slowed them down.
Light homework
It is short enough to set the night after a spelling test.
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