Add -ous to Make Adjectives - Grammar Poster
This bright and clear grammar poster helps students understand how to add the suffix –ous to nouns to create adjectives. The suffix –ous means “full of” or “having the qualities of,” and this poster visually demonstrates that meaning with 10 clear word examples.
Examples include:
- danger → dangerous
- joy → joyous
- poison → poisonous
- mystery → mysterious
- fame → famous
Also includes a spelling tip for when to change “y” to “i” before adding –ous.
Perfect for literacy walls, morphology lessons, and suffix strategy reference during writing.
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Learning goals
- We are learning how to use common prefixes and suffixes and to add a suffix to a base word to form a plural or past tense.
- We are learning to understand how to use letter patterns, spelling generalisations, morphological word families, affixes and word origins to spell more complex words.
- We are learning how to use common prefixes and suffixes and to add a suffix to a base word to form a plural or past tense.
- We are learning to understand how to use letter patterns, spelling generalisations, morphemic word families, prefixes, suffixes and word origins to spell more complex words.
Curriculum alignment
AC9E3LY10
9
Understand how to apply knowledge of common base words, prefixes, suffixes and generalisations for adding a suffix to a base word to read and comprehend new multimorphemic words
AC9E4LY10
9
Understand how to use knowledge of letter patterns, including double letters, spelling generalisations, morphological word families, common prefixes and suffixes, and word origins, to spell more complex words
ACELA1827
8.4
Know how to use common prefixes and suffixes, and generalisations for adding a suffix to a base word
ACELA1779
8.4
Understand how to use knowledge of letter patterns including double letters, spelling generalisations, morphemic word families, common prefixes and suffixes and word origins to spell more complex words
EN2-5A
old
Uses a range of strategies, including knowledge of letter– sound correspondences and common letter patterns, to spell familiar and some unfamiliar words
EN2-VOCAB-01
new
Builds knowledge and use of Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary through interacting, wide reading and writing, and by defining and analysing words
EN2-RECOM-01
new
Reads and comprehends texts for wide purposes using knowledge of text structures and language, and by monitoring comprehension
EN2-SPELL-01
new
Selects, applies and describes appropriate phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling in a range of contexts
EN2-REFLU-01
new
Sustains independent reading with accuracy, automaticity, rate and prosody suited to purpose, audience and meaning
VCELA250
Recognise most high-frequency words, know how to use common prefixes and suffixes, and know some homophones and generalisations for adding a suffix to a base word
VCELA295
Understand how to use spelling patterns and generalisations including syllabification, letter combinations including double letters, and morphemic knowledge to build word families
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
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