This week’s spellings are homophones therefore they need to be practised within a sentence in order for the correct choice to be made.
precede – proceed
- C precedes D in the alphabet.
- “Please proceed with your class assembly, Y5,” said Mr Roundtree.
principal – principle
- The principal part of the Solar System is the sun.
- You need to have good principles.
profit – prophet
- A business needs to make a profit to succeed.
- A prophet said I would win the lottery.
stationary – stationery
- Remain stationary when a wasp comes near you.
- We use use lots of stationery in school: pencils, pens, rulers and sharpeners.
where – wear – were
- Where is the nearest supermarket?
- I like to wear warm clothing in Winter.
- We were enjoying learning about different materials.
there – their – they’re
- There’s a pink elephant over there!
- They went to get their lunch boxes.
- They’re going to Leeds City Museum very soon.
are – our – hour
- We are looking forward to moving on to learning out ‘Life’.
- Our favourite topic so far has been ‘Mission to Space’.
- A lesson usually lasts about 1 hour.
wait – weight
- Wait here while I hide.
- It’s good to be a healthy weight.
would – wood
- Would you like to come and have a picnic?
- Let’s go to the woods and have a picnic.
allowed – aloud
- I’m allowed to stay up later at a weekend.
- Sometimes it’s helpful to read things aloud.