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-ate and -ise Words

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-ate and -ise Words

-ate and -ise Words

Student listening to text with suffix words floating around

📚 Part 1: Listening Comprehension

Instructions: Listen carefully as your teacher reads the text. Answer the questions below based on what you hear.

1. What did the main character decide to celebrate?
2. How did the character organise the special event?
3. What problem did the character need to investigate?
4. Which character tried to criticise the plan?
5. What did the characters realise at the end of the story?

🔍 Part 2: Word Hunt

Instructions: From the text you just heard, write down all the words that end in -ate or -ise.

6. Words ending in -ate:
7. Words ending in -ise:

📝 Part 3: Parts of Speech

Instructions: For each word you found, identify what part of speech it is. Write V for verb, N for noun, or Adj for adjective.

8. Complete the table:

Word: celebrate Part of speech: _______

Word: organise Part of speech: _______

Word: investigate Part of speech: _______

Word: criticise Part of speech: _______

Word: realise Part of speech: _______

Word: appreciate Part of speech: _______

Word: demonstrate Part of speech: _______

Word: recognise Part of speech: _______

✍️ Part 4: Sentence Writing

Instructions: Choose 3 words from your list above. Write a sentence for each word that clearly shows its part of speech.

9. Word 1: ________________
10. Word 2: ________________
11. Word 3: ________________

🤔 Part 5: Reflection

12. How can recognising the suffixes -ate and -ise help you spell and understand new words?
13. Circle the correct spelling (Australian English):

organize

organise

14. Which of these words can be both a verb AND a noun? (Check all that apply)

celebrate

estimate

organise

demonstrate

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