Converting Words into Verbs

“Can your child take a word like "active" or "sharp" and turn it into a verb by adding a suffix — knowing that "activate" and "sharpen" are the verb forms?”

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• ⬜Add -ate, -ise, or -ify to nouns or adjectives to form verbs, e.g. pollen → pollinate, advert → advertise, simple → simplify
• ⬜Choose the correct verb-forming suffix for a given root and use the resulting verb in a sentence, e.g. 'They needed to classify the animals' from 'class'
• ⬜Identify the word-class change when a suffix converts a noun or adjective into a verb and explain how this affects the sentence structure