Year 5 Spelling

24 January 2023

This week, we’ve been learning about different prefixes. Learn these words for a test on Friday 31^st March:

interfere

interrupt

interaction

supernatural

superimpose

automatically

television

telescopic

17 March 2023

This week we’ve been learning about the –cious and –tious spelling pattern. Please learn the following words for a test on Friday 24^th March.

vicious

delicious

ambitious

infectious

cautious

nutritious

suspicious

fictitious

10 March 2023

This week, we’ve been learning about the –tial and –cial spelling patterns. Please learn these words for a test on Friday 17^th March.

financial

social

racial

influential

preferential

confidential

residential

essential

03 March 2023

This week, we’ve been adding a suffix to words ending in –fer. For some ideas of how to vary your spelling learning, see our ‘Super Spelling Strategies’ guide on the website. Learn these words by Friday 10^th March.

reference

referred

referral

preference

preferred

transferring

offering

offered

24 February 2023

This week, we have been learning about the ‘shun’ sound. This can be written as –tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian. The spellings for this week will focus on the –tion spelling pattern. Learn these words for a test on Friday 3^rd March.

profession

accommodation

appreciation

communication

persuasion

occupation

determination

pronunciation

03 February 2023

This week, we’ve been learning about using apostrophes. An apostrophe can be used to show that one thing belongs to or is connected to something. This is called a possessive apostrophe.

The cat’s fluffy tail.

An apostrophe because of omission is where an apostrophe is used to indicate the missing letters in a contraction (the shortened form of a word or group of words). For example, should’ve, could’ve.

Create your own sentences using both forms of apostrophes.

The test will take place on Friday 10^th February.

27 January 2023

This week, we’ve been learning about adding prefixes. Please learn the following words for a test on Friday 3^rd February.

unavailable

unattached

impossible

impractical

illegal

illegible

irregular

disapprove

20 January 2023

This week, we’ve been learning about the prefix co- and re-. Learn the following words for a test on Friday 27 th January.

co-operate
co-own
re-enter
re-emerge
co-ordinate
co-exist
re-invent
re-tell

13 January 2023

This week, we’ve been adding suffixes to root words. These have included –ent, -ence, -ant and –ance. Please learn the following words for a test on Friday 20^th January.

assistance

tolerant

hesitant

attendance

abundant

violence

dependent

innocence

confidence

6th January 2023

This week, we have been learning about homophones. Learn these words for a test on Friday 13^th January. We recommend putting these words into sentences so that you understand the meaning of each word.

desert

dessert

stationary

stationery

complement

compliment

principle

principal