Year 3 and 4 Spelling Patterns: Word Endings
Fill in the missing Year 3 and 4 word ending (-sure, -ture, -sion, -ation, -tion, -ssion, -cian, -ous) in the DfE example words, with an answer key.
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Year 3 and 4 Spelling Patterns: Word Endings (-sure, -ture, -sion, -ation, -tion, -ssion, -cian, -ous)
Fill in the missing ending, then write the whole word. The bracket tells you which endings to choose from.
Word bank
MeasurePictureCuriousMusicianCreatureDivisionTreasureDangerousAdventureInventionTelevisionPermissionPreparationInformation
- 1.mea blank (-sure or -ture)
- 2.trea blank (-sure or -ture)
- 3.pic blank (-sure or -ture)
- 4.crea blank (-sure or -ture)
- 5.adven blank (-sure or -ture)
- 6.divi blank (-sion)
- 7.televi blank (-sion)
- 8.inform blank (-ation)
- 9.prepar blank (-ation)
- 10.inven blank (-tion, -ssion or -cian)
- 11.permi blank (-tion, -ssion or -cian)
- 12.musi blank (-tion, -ssion or -cian)
- 13.danger blank (-ous)
- 14.curi blank (-ous)
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Accuracy and sources
These references support the historical wording and answer key on this worksheet.
- DfE, English Appendix 1: Spelling (statutory) — Statutory word lists, spelling rules and example words are reproduced verbatim from the DfE appendix under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Crown copyright).