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