Year 2 Suffixes worksheet

“The shun sound: tion” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 2 English unit “Suffixes”, for children aged 6 to 7, and takes about 22 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 12 to 15 of the year, 18 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

The shun sound: tion

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 2 · English · about 22 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can spell words ending with the 'shun' sound as tion.

A Look back3 min

1.
Which mark ends a question? Circle one.
?.!
2.
Write each word in the right column.
dogruntreejump
Naming word Action word
3.
sun + flower = which word? Circle one.
sunflowerflowersunsunfloor

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ola has the word collect. She adds the ending ion to make a new word. What new word does she make?

Watch me

collect ends in t.

The t joins with i-o-n, and t-i-o-n says 'shun'.

collect + ion = collection.

Now you

1.
Join act and ion. Which spelling is right? Circle one.
actionactoinacshun

C Your turn7 min

Read each word aloud. Listen for the 'shun' sound at the end.

A school corridor with a row of coats on hooks by a bright window

1.
Which word ends with the 'shun' sound? Circle one.
sectionsunnybunchshout
2.
Which word is spelled right? Circle one.
fracshunfractoinfractionfractian
3.
The class had a big ___ of shells. Which word fits? Circle one.
collectioncollecshuncollectoncollektion
4.
Which spelling is right? It is made from the root word add.
additionaditionadisionaddishun

Say it out loud: Say the words aloud. Where do you hear 'shun'? Which four letters make that sound at the end?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A plain whiteboard with a blue pen tray underneath

Kit says: “Addition only needs one d, because you only hear one d.”

1.
Which spelling is right? Circle one.
additionaditionaddision

E Think deeper3 min

1.
Ali writes 'nashun' for nation. Explain how you would check the spelling.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

The shun sound: tion · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. ?

2. Action word: run, jump · Naming word: dog, tree

3. sunflower If they circle 'flowersun', they have put the parts in the wrong order. Say the first part, then the second, and read the word aloud.

B

1. action

C

1. section

2. fraction If they circle 'fractoin', they have written the ending as o-i-n. Say 'frac-shun' slowly and point to the t-i-o-n at the end.

3. collection If they circle 'collecton', they have dropped the i. Say 'col-lec-shun' and point to the four letters at the end: t, i, o, n.

4. addition

D

1. addition If they circle 'adition', they are listening for one d. Say 'add' first, then keep both ds in addition.

E

1. Look for: Says nation ends in t-i-o-n, that shun is spelled tion, and gives a way to check such as a known word.

Words to use

Say“Say the word slowly. Where do you hear 'shun'? Which letters spell that sound at the end?”

Instead of“Tell them the spelling is 'shun' with s-h-u-n and move on.”

After the sheet

Go on a tion hunt at home. Read a cereal box or a book together, tap the table each time you see a word ending in tion, and say its spelling aloud.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

17 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

The tion ending(with a plan)
Adding -ly to words(with a plan)
Adding the -ful ending(with a plan)
Adding the suffix -less(with a plan)
Adding -ment and -ness(with a plan)
Words ending in y(with a plan)
Verbs ending in y(with a plan)
Adding -ing to words(with a plan)
Adding -ed to words(with a plan)
Adding -er to words(with a plan)
Adding -est(with a plan)
Double it before the ending(with a plan)
Adding the un- prefix(with a plan)
Joining words together(with a plan)
Apostrophes in contractions(with a plan)
Whose is it?(with a plan)
Apostrophes: missing and owned(with a plan)

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