These are the spellings for Year 5 for the Spring term 2018. Spellings will be available on the school website and can be accessed at home if you wish to consolidate any spelling patterns being taught at school.The children will have dedicated weekly lessons on these spellings.
Week 1: Statutory words
competitionconscience
consciouscontroversy
conveniencecorrespond
criticisecuriosity
definitedesperate
determineddevelop
dictionarydisastrous
Week 2: Words ending in –ant, –ance/–ancy.
observant, observance,expectant, expectancy
hesitant, hesitancytolerant, tolerance
important, importancesignificant, significance
constant, constancyrelevant, relevance
tenant, tenancypoignant, poignancy
Week 3: Statutory words
fortysteal
enoughterrible
sensibletemperature
stomachaccording
deliciouscompetition
desperateequipment
averagefrequent
restaurantinnocent
incredibleindependent
consideratedeceive
Week 4: Words ending in -ent, –ence/–ency.
independent, independenceobedient, obedience
decent, decencyfrequent, frequency
transparent, transparencypatient, patience
difference, differentsilence, silent
Week 5:
pleasantinstant, instance
performanceimportance, important
distanceappearance
glanceresistance, resistant
entranceacceptance
stancedisturbance
redundancy, redundantconsultancy
Week 6: Words ending in –able, –ably
adorable/adorablyapplicable/applicably considerable/considerably tolerable/tolerably
changeable, noticeable,
dependable, comfortable,
understandable, reasonable,
enjoyable, reliable
Week 7: Words ending in –ible, –ibly
possible/possiblyhorrible/horribly
terrible/terriblyvisible/visibly
incredible/incrediblysensible/sensibly
legible/legiblyforcible/forcibly
responsible/responsiblyimperceptible/imperceptibly
Week 8: Statutory words
embarrassembarrassment
environmentenvironmentally
equipequipped
equipmentespecially
exaggerateexaggerated
exaggerationexcellent
excellenceexcel
existenceexplanation
Week 9: Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in
–fer(The r is doubled if the –fer is still stressed when the ending is added).
referring, referred, referralpreferring, preferred transferring, transferred confer, conferring
defer, deferring refer, referred
(The r is not doubled if the –fer is no longer stressed).
reference, referencing prefer preference
differ, differenceoffer, offering
suffer, suffering interfere, interfering
Week 10: Statutory words
coughprofit
disasterpractice
especiallyshoulder
recogniselightening
dictionaryartificial
achievepossibly
communicateaggressive
hesitateapplicable
preferredreference
neighbourmalicious
Week 11: Words containing the letter-string –ough
oughtbought
thoughtnought
broughtfought
thoughalthough
doughrough
toughenough
coughthrough
thoroughborough
ploughbough