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Year 5 and 6 Spelling Booklet

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Week 5Contents

Pages 2 and 3 – the suffix ‘ent’

Pages 4 and 5 – the suffix ‘ance’

Pages 6 and 7 – the suffix ‘ence’

Pages 8 and 9 - tricky’ silent letters – t, n, u and w

Pages 10 and 11 – unstressed vowels

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Suffix ‘ent’

Some challenges for you!

Look at one of the words for 10 seconds. Close your eyes/look away and answer the following questions:

How many letters does the word have?

How many vowels does it have?

Which vowels are in the word? Not in the word?

How many consonants in the word?

Which consonants are in the word? Not in the word?

How many letters with descenders? Ascenders?

Which letter is first alphabetically? Last?

Write it on a piece of paper!

Spell it backwards on your piece of paper!

Repeat for each spelling! How many could you remember?

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DAY ONE

recent

intelligent

innocent

frequent

accident

incident

confident

resident

payment

agreement

employment

argument

If the suffix follows a soft ‘c’ or ‘g’ or a ‘qu’ it is ‘ent’

Words with the syllables ‘cid, fid, sid, vid’ before the ending will have the

suffix ‘ent’.

If the word ends with the suffix ‘ment’ it is always spelt ‘ent’.

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Synonyms

Can you think of the synonyms for these words, from today’s spelling list?

clever

guiltless

inhabitant

quarrel

regular

promise

Word Search

b r e c e n t c g h t r u p ls a x c t n e m e e r g a f if t n e u q e r f h j k l k nu y n a r g u m e n t t e n tc o n f i d e n t f p o v c et y m n p d s a z r t k h j lr t y l a t g f m h j r e h lr t e r y e g t n e d i c n iw n a s m d f b n h l k s d gt e y l e g h e n t i u o m ea c d q n r e s i d e n t b na o x c t v m t g f d s r t tv n d f t n e m y o l p m e gc n c b f g r e r t y m h c dr i t y q a f t n e d i c c a

Suffix ‘ance’

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recent, intelligent, innocent, frequent, accident, incident, confident, resident, payment, agreement, employment, argument

DAY TWO

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Some challenges for you!

Look at one of the words for 10 seconds. Close your eyes/look away and answer the following questions:

How many letters does the word have?

How many vowels does it have?

Which vowels are in the word? Not in the word?

How many consonants in the word?

Which consonants are in the word? Not in the word?

How many letters with descenders? Ascenders?

Which letter is first alphabetically? Last?

Write it on a piece of paper!

Spell it backwards on your piece of paper!

Repeat for each spelling! How many could you remember?

Can you highlight the correct spellings in green and the incorrect spellings in red?

significence allience relyance elegence Insignificense significance

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elegance

significance

insignificance

arrogance

extravagance

alliance

defiance

reliance

expectance

hesitance

tolerance

appliance

If the suffix follows a hard ‘c’ or ‘g’ it is ‘ance’. There are not many of these

words.

Words derived from verbs ending in ‘y’ use the suffix ‘ance’. (Note the ‘y’

changes to ‘i’)

If there is a related word with a ‘long a’ in the same place use ‘ance’

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applyance arrogance tolerans defiance arragence hesitance

elagance expectense elegance alliance insignificence extravegenc

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relience Extravagance hesitens appliance expectance tolerance

allyance insignificance toleranse significants extravagence arrogense

hesitence reliance defianse expectanse appliense defience

Antonyms

Can you think of the antonyms for these words, from today’s spelling list?

graceless

war

compliance

impatience

certainty

important

independence_______________________

humility_______________________

Can you find synonyms for these spellings?

Suffix ‘ence’

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DAY THREE

intelligence

innocence

translucence

If the suffix follows a hard ‘c’ or ‘g’ it is ‘ence’.

Words with the syllables ‘cid, fid, sid,

residence

evidence

reference

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Some challenges for you!

Look at one of the words for 10 seconds. Close your eyes/look away and answer the following questions:

How many letters does the word have?

How many vowels does it have?

Which vowels are in the word? Not in the word?

How many consonants in the word?

Which consonants are in the word? Not in the word?

How many letters with descenders? Ascenders?

Which letter is first alphabetically? Last?

Write it on a piece of paper!

Spell it backwards on your piece of paper!

Repeat for each spelling! How many could you remember?

These spellings and definitions have been mixed up! Can you match them up?

A intelligence 1 the quality of not being transparent, but clear enough to allow light to pass through

B innocence 2 two things that happen at the same time by accident but seem to have some connection

C translucence 3 the place where one lives

D consequence 4 the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems

E coincidence 5 the power or opportunity of choosing

F confidence 6 the result of effect of an action

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intelligence

innocence

translucence

If the suffix follows a hard ‘c’ or ‘g’ it is ‘ence’.

Words with the syllables ‘cid, fid, sid,

residence

evidence

reference

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G residence 7 an outward sign or proof

H evidence 8 a meeting for discussion or exchange of opinions

I reference 9 the quality of being guiltless

J preference 10 the process of involving yourself in the concerns of others

K conference 11 use as sources of information

L interference 12 a feeling of trust or belief 

A B C D E F G H I J K L

Can you unscramble these anagrams?

nietgineecll

erisedcne

ocicinedecn

ocfnrecee

nietfrreneec

‘Tricky’ silent letters – t, n, u and w

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DAY FOUR

thistle

nestle

listen

autumn

hymn

column

guess

guide

guilt

The silent ‘t’ is often in the letter string ‘tle’.

The silent ‘n’ always follows ‘m’. There are not many of these words.

The silent ‘u’ often follows ‘g’ and is always followed by a vowel.

The silent ‘u’ is always followed by a vowel.

The silent ‘w’ is often followed by ‘r’ and the ‘r’ is always followed by a vowel.

build

biscuit

circuit

disguise

wrap

wreck

wrong

wrinkle

wrist

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Some challenges for you!

Look at one of the words for 10 seconds. Close your eyes/look away and answer the following questions:

How many letters does the word have?

How many vowels does it have?

Which vowels are in the word? Not in the word?

How many consonants in the word?

Which consonants are in the word? Not in the word?

How many letters with descenders? Ascenders?

Which letter is first alphabetically? Last?

Write it on a piece of paper!

Spell it backwards on your piece of paper!

Repeat for each spelling! How many could you remember?

Can you match the spelling to the picture?

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thistle

nestle

listen

autumn

hymn

column

guess

guide

guilt

build

biscuit

circuit

disguise

wrap

wreck

wrong

wrinkle

wrist

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Unstressed vowels

Some challenges for you!

Look at one of the words for 10 seconds. Close your eyes/look away and answer the following questions:

How many letters does the word have?

How many vowels does it have?

Which vowels are in the word? Not in the word?

How many consonants in the word?

Which consonants are in the word? Not in the word?

How many letters with descenders? Ascenders?

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DAY FIVE

chocolate

Wednesday

parliament

history

describe

different

memorable

Vowels are sometimes said quickly or quietly, or the ‘beat’ falls elsewhere so

they are not heard.

Many words with unstressed vowels contain ‘en’ and ‘er’ patterns.

stationary

generously

frightening

fattening

deafening

difference

reference

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Write it on a piece of paper!

Spell it backwards on your piece of paper!

Repeat for each spelling! How many could you remember?

Caption It!

Write a caption underneath each picture below, using as many of the words as possible!

Antonyms

Can you find synonyms and antonyms for some of today’s spellings?

Spelling Synonym Antonym

history

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different

fattening

deafening

frightening

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