4.3.6

State & Quality

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Acy - State

Words ending in 'acy' are generally nouns of state or quality.

Democracy

Democracy

  • A democracy has the quality of being democratic. In other words, power is held by elected officials or by the people themselves. We can use the term democracy to talk about a ruling system or country.
    • Example: There are elections every four years in the UK because it is a democracy.
    • Alternative: There are elections every four years in the UK because power is held by elected officials.
Supremacy

Supremacy

  • Supremacy is the position of being at the top or better than everyone else in terms of power or status.
    • Example: Hitler had supremacy in Nazi Germany.
    • Alternative: Hitler had total power in Nazi Germany.
Delicacy

Delicacy

  • Delicacy is the state of being or looking easily breakable or precious. In other words, the state of being delicate.
    • Example: Because of their delicacy, the vases needed to be handled carefully.
    • Alternative: Because they could break easily, the vases needed to be handled carefully.
Autocracy

Autocracy

  • An autocracy is a form of government in which one person or a group has total power. It can also mean a country with this ruling system.
    • Example: The leader wanted to have absolute power, so he turned his country into an autocracy.
    • Alternative: The leader wanted to have absolute power, so he turned his country into a one-leader state.
Privacy

Privacy

  • Privacy is the state of being alone or in private.
    • Example: After a busy week of seeing friends, Jenny longed for some privacy.
    • Alternative: After a busy week of seeing friends, Jenny longed for some alone time.

Ity - Quality Of

Words ending in 'ity' generally mean having the quality of something.

Serenity

Serenity

  • Serenity is the state of being serene (calm).
    • Example: Jacqueline experienced serenity on her yoga retreat.
    • Alternative: Jacqueline experienced total calmness on her yoga retreat.
Inactivity

Inactivity

  • Inactivity is the state of doing nothing or being inactive.
    • Example: Terence was starting to gain weight because of his inactivity.
    • Alternative: Terence was starting to gain weight because he was doing nothing.
Enormity

Enormity

  • Enormity is the great size or significance of something.
    • Example: Eugene was put off by the enormity of the task.
    • Alternative: Eugene was put off by the size of the task.
Validity

Validity

  • Validity is the quality of being true or sound.
    • Example: The psychologist confirmed that the results had validity.
    • Alternative: The psychologist confirmed that the results were true.

Ness - State of Being

Words ending in 'ness' generally indicate a certain state.

Happiness

Happiness

  • Happiness is the state of being happy.
    • Example: Shannon was in complete happiness on holiday.
    • Alternative: Shannon was in such a happy state on holiday.
Sadness

Sadness

  • Sadness is the state of being sad.
    • Example: Esme was filled with such sadness after her colleague left work that she had to leave too.
    • Alternative: Esme became so unhappy after her colleague left work that she had to leave too.
Readiness

Readiness

  • Readiness is the state of being ready.
    • Example: Gus' readiness to get married was surprising.
    • Alternative: Gus' eagerness to get married was surprising.
Rudeness

Rudeness

  • Rudeness is the act of not showing manners.
    • Example: Ben was known for his rudeness in public.
    • Alternative: Ben was known for being rude in public.
Preparedness

Preparedness

  • Preparedness is the state of being prepared.
    • Example: The German army showed great preparedness for war.
    • Alternative: The German army proved to be very prepared for war.
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Spelling

1.1

Spelling

1.1.1Hard 'U' & 'I' Sounds1.1.2Words Ending in '-sure', & '-mure'1.1.3Words Ending in '-sion'1.1.4'Ei', 'Eigh' & 'Ey' Spellings1.1.5Spelling Words with 'Ch'1.1.6Spelling Words with 'Sc'1.1.7Silent Letters1.1.8i Before e Rule1.1.9Hard & Soft 'c' Sounds1.1.10End of Topic Test - Spelling
1.2

Prefixes

1.2.1'Anti-' & 'Auto-'1.2.2Not & 'Inter-'1.2.3'Mis-', 'Dis-' & 'Re-'1.2.4'Sub-' & 'Super-'1.2.5End of Topic Test - Prefixes
1.3

Suffixes

1.3.1Vowel Suffixes1.3.2Short Vowel Suffixes1.3.3Suffixes: '-ous'1.3.4Rules for Suffixes: '-ous'1.3.5Rules for Suffixes: '-ous' 21.3.6Suffixes: '-ly'1.3.7Suffixes: '-ation'1.3.8Suffixes: '-ation' 21.3.9Spelling: '-tion' Endings1.3.10Spelling: '-sion' Endings1.3.11Spelling: '-ssion' Endings1.3.12Spelling: '-cian' Endings1.3.13End of Topic Test - Suffixes1.3.14End of Topic Test - Spelling
1.4

Making Words Plural

1.4.1Plurals1.4.2End of Topic Test - Plurals
1.5

Homophones

1.5.1Accept & Except1.5.2Affect & Effect1.5.3Ball & Bawl1.5.4Berry & Bury1.5.5Brake & Break1.5.6Fair & Fare1.5.7Grate & Great1.5.8Groan & Grown1.5.9Hear & Here1.5.10Heal, Heel & He'll1.5.11Knot & Not1.5.12Mail & Male1.5.13Main & Mane1.5.14Meat & Meet1.5.15Medal & Meddle1.5.16Missed & Mist1.5.17Peace & Piece1.5.18Plain & Plane1.5.19Rain & Reign & Rein1.5.20Scene & Seen1.5.21Weather & Whether1.5.22Whose & Who's1.5.23End of Topic Test - Homophones1.5.24End of Topic Test - Homophones 21.5.25End of Topic Test - Homophones 3
1.6

Word Meanings

1.6.1Homonyms1.6.2End of Topic Test - Homonyms
2

Punctuation

2.1

Punctuation

2.1.1Full Stops2.1.2Capital Letters2.1.3Commas2.1.4Commas 22.1.5Using Apostrophes with Regular Plurals2.1.6Using Apostrophes with Irregular Plurals2.1.7Question Marks & Exclamation Marks2.1.8Brackets2.1.9Dashes2.1.10Colon2.1.11Semi-Colon2.1.12Direct Speech2.1.13Indirect Speech2.1.14Hyphens2.1.15Ellipses2.1.16End of Topic Test - Punctuation2.1.17End of Topic Test - Punctuation 2
2.2

Writing Structure

2.2.1Paragraphs2.2.2Headings & Subheadings2.2.3Columns2.2.4Bullets2.2.5Tables2.2.6End of Topic Test - Writing Structure
3

Grammar

3.1

Word Classes

3.1.1Nouns3.1.2Pronouns3.1.3Verbs3.1.4Adjectives & Adverbs3.1.5Qualifiers & Quantifiers3.1.6Determiners3.1.7Prepositions3.1.8Synonyms & Antonyms3.1.9End of Topic Test - Word Classes
3.2

Conjunctions

3.2.1Coordinating Conjunctions3.2.2Subordinating Conjunctions3.2.3End of Topic Test - Conjunctions
3.3

Writing Coherently

3.3.1Building Cohesion in Writing3.3.2Avoiding Ambiguity in Writing3.3.3End of Topic Test - Cohesion
3.4

Verbs

3.4.1Subject-verb Agreement3.4.2End of Topic Test - Subject-verb
3.5

Modal Verbs

3.5.1Modal Verbs3.5.2Can & Could3.5.3May & Might3.5.4Should & Shall3.5.5Will & Would3.5.6Must & Have To3.5.7End of Topic Test - Modals
3.6

Phrasal Verbs

3.6.1Phrasal Verbs3.6.2End of Topic Test - Phrasal Verbs
3.7

Subjunctive Verbs

3.7.1Subjunctive Verbs3.7.2End of Topic Test - Verbs
3.8

Sentences

3.8.1Subject of a Sentence3.8.2Object of a Sentence3.8.3Main & Subordinate Clauses3.8.4Simple Sentences & Compound Sentences3.8.5Complex Sentences3.8.6Relative Clauses3.8.7Relative Clauses Without Relative Pronouns3.8.8Participle Clauses3.8.9Run-on Sentences3.8.10Sentence Functions3.8.11End of Topic Test - Sentences
3.9

Tenses

3.9.1Present Tense3.9.2Past Tense3.9.3Past Tense Using Have3.9.4Future Tense3.9.5Present vs Past vs Future3.9.6Continuity of Tenses3.9.7End of Topic Test - Tenses
3.10

Adverbials

3.10.1Adverbial3.10.2Saying Where & When3.10.3Saying How Often3.10.4Saying How & Why3.10.5Using Commas for Fronted Adverbials3.10.6End of Topic Test - Adverbials
3.11

Language Techniques

3.11.1Figurative & Emotive Language3.11.2Active & Passive Voice3.11.3Idiomatic Expressions3.11.4End of Topic Test - Language Techniques
4

Decoding Words

4.1

Common Word Roots

4.1.1Saving4.1.2Certainty & Clarity4.1.3New & Alone4.1.4Believing & Thinking4.1.5Carrying & Leading4.1.6Shape & Place4.1.7Doing & Making4.1.8Climbing & Going4.1.9End of Topic Test - Common Root Words4.1.10End of Topic Test - Common Root Words 2
4.2

Common Prefixes

4.2.1For & Against4.2.2All & Same4.2.3Away & Far4.2.4Colour & Shape4.2.5Back & Down4.2.6Numbers4.2.7Across & Through4.2.8Life & Earth4.2.9Empty & Broken4.2.10Great & Greater4.2.11Hearing & Speaking4.2.12Apart & Together4.2.13Over & Under4.2.14In4.2.15Less & Smaller4.2.16Before & After4.2.17End of Topic Test - Common Prefixes 24.2.18End of Topic Test - Common Prefixes
4.3

Common Suffixes

4.3.1Characterised By4.3.2Disease4.3.3Lover & Lacking4.3.4Belief & Study4.3.5People4.3.6State & Quality4.3.7Sound & Colour4.3.8Capable & Relating4.3.9End of Topic Test - Common Suffixes4.3.10End of Topic Test - Common Suffixes 2
5

Reading & Writing

5.1

Reading Formats

5.1.1Speeches5.1.2Famous Letters5.1.3Diary Entries5.1.4Autobiographical Text5.1.5Opinion News Articles5.1.6Literary Non-Fiction5.1.7Creative Fiction Methods5.1.8Newspaper Articles5.1.9Personal & Formal Letters5.1.10Famous Diaries5.1.11End of Topic Test - Reading Formats
5.2

Writing Formats

5.2.1Features of a Script5.2.2Poems Structure5.2.3Writing a Poem5.2.4Writing an Informational Article5.2.5Writing an Opinion Article5.2.6Writing a Formal Letter5.2.7Writing Personal Letters5.2.8Poetry5.2.9Features of a Speech5.2.10Writing a Script5.2.11End of Topic Test - Writing Formats

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  1. 1
    What does the suffix 'acy' generally mean?Multiple choice
  2. 2
    Norman was not very social. He craved __being alone__ a lot of the time.<br>Which word ending in 'acy' could replace 'being alone' in this sentence?Multiple choice
  3. 3
    What does the suffix 'ity' generally mean?Multiple choice
  4. 4
    What does the suffix 'ness' mean?Multiple choice
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