Berry & Bury

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Berry and Bury

Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings or spellings. Let's look at an example...

Berry

I ate a berry.
- A berry is a type of fruit.

Bury

I had to bury treasure.
- To bury is to put underground.

Reading

1.1

Root Words

1.1.1Understanding New Words 1.1.2Exception Words

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 - Root Words & Prefixes

1.3

Suffixes

1.3.1Vowel Suffixes 1.3.2Suffixes: '-ous'1.3.3Rules for Suffixes: '-ous'1.3.4Testing - Rules for Suffixes 1.3.5Suffixes: '-ly'1.3.6Suffixes: '-ation'1.3.7Rules for Suffixes: '-ation'1.3.8Spelling: '-tion' Endings 1.3.9Spelling: '-sion' Endings 1.3.10Spelling: '-ssion' Endings 1.3.11Spelling: '-cian' Endings 1.3.12End of Topic Test - Suffixes

Writing

2.1

Composition

2.1.1Effective Writing 2.1.2Planning 2.1.3Drafting 2.1.4Editing 2.1.5End of Topic Test - Writing Composition

2.2

Conjunctions

2.2.1Simple Sentences & Compound Sentences 2.2.2Complex Sentences 2.2.3Coordinating Conjunctions 2.2.4Subordinating Conjunctions 2.2.5End of Topic Test - Conjunctions

2.3

Present Perfect Tense

2.3.1Present Perfect Tense 2.3.2Uses of the Present Perfect Tense

2.4

Nouns

2.4.1Using Nouns & Pronouns Properly 2.4.2End of Topic Test - Present Perfect & Nouns

2.5

Fronted Adverbials

2.5.1Saying Where, When & How Often 2.5.2Saying How & Why 2.5.3Using Commas

2.6

Direct Speech

2.6.1Direct Speech 2.6.2End of Topic Test - Fronted Adverbials & Speech

2.7

Homophones

2.8

Spelling Rules

2.8.1Hard 'U' & 'I' Sounds 2.8.2Words Ending in '-Sure', '-Mure' & '-Sion'2.8.3'Ei', 'Eigh' & 'Ey' Spellings 2.8.4Words Ending in 'G' & 'K' Sounds 2.8.5Spelling Words with 'Ch' & 'Sc'2.8.6Silent Letters 2.8.7End of Topic Test - Spelling Rules

2.9

Using Apostrophes

2.9.1Using Apostrophes with Regular Plurals 2.9.2Using Apostrophes with Irregular Plurals

2.10

Using a Dictionary

2.10.1Using a Dictionary 2.10.2End of Topic Test - Apostrophes & Dictionaries

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