Use the Suffix -ation

We can use prefixes and suffixes to change the meaning of some words.  

We call the original word a root word.

 

Prefixes go at the start of words. 

For example: un + kind = unkind. 

The prefix un means not.  When we add it to the root word kind we create its opposite.

 

Suffixes go at the end of words.

For example: cheer + ful = cheerful

The suffix ful turns a noun (naming word) into an adjective (describing word).

 

 

In this activity, we will look at the use of the suffix -ation.

 

This suffix turns a verb (doing word) into a noun (naming word). 

For example: inform (verb) becomes information (noun).

 

Sometimes, we have to make a change to the root word before we add -ation.

 

If the root word ends in re, ve, ne, se we remove the final e before adding -ation.

For example: adore (noun) becomes adoration (verb). 

Did you spot the missing e?

 

 

Here are some examples of words that use this suffix that we will practise in this activity.  Some need us to remove the final e before adding the suffix:

information

consideration

adoration

sensation

preparation

admiration

 

You can listen to them here:

 

You can break the words up into the root word and the suffix to help you to spell them:

inform ation

consider ation

ador ation

sens ation

prepar ation

admir ation

 

You could also use Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check to practise spelling them a few times before we begin the activity.