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Testing - Rules for Suffixes

English: Year 3 & 4 National Curriculum, topic 1.3.4

Recap: Rules for Adding 'ous'

Adding 'ous' to the ends of nouns turns them into adjectives. Let's recap the rules for adding 'ous'...

Nouns ending in 'e'

Nouns ending in 'e'

  • When you add 'ous' to a noun ending in 'e', you need to drop the 'e' at the end of the word.
Nouns ending in 'y'

Nouns ending in 'y'

  • When you add 'ous' to a noun ending in 'y', you need to change the 'y' at the end of the word to an 'i'.
Nouns ending in 'our'

Nouns ending in 'our'

  • When you add 'ous' to a noun ending in 'our', you need to drop the 'our' and add 'orous'.

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