Year 6 Spelling Term 1 2013

Week 1
When a word ends in e, drop the e before adding ing, eg create, creating; practise, practising

Week 2
If a word ends in l, to add a suffix double the l, eg travel, travelling

Week 3
When a word of one syllable contains a single short vowel, double the final consonant before adding a suffix, eg run, running, runner; star, starred

Week 4
If adding able to a word ending in e, drop the e first eg advise, advisable

Week 5
Contractions Above where the letter is supposed to be, we put the apostrophe. theyll, were, theres, didnt, theyre, arent, wont, mustnt, wouldnt and isnt

Week 6
To add a consonant ending to a word ending in e, just add the ending, but to add a vowel ending to a word ending in e, drop the e before adding the ending, eg. sideways, chasing

Spelling Rules

Core Words

Homophones, Antonyms & Synonyms

bury obey tremble cabbage rubbish bicycle biscuit describe absent combination reigns (h) reins (h) inappropriate exception biology (bios life)

manner grandfather accident practice practise national calendar flammable ambition activities familiar (a) foreign (a) irrelevant assistant optometrist (opto - vision, seeing)

Arctic public director colony court accept climate concert acquire wrecked resemblance (s) likeness (s) illegal mentor astronaut (astro -stars)

insect pencil petrol breath select recess error recipe envelop envelope licence (h) license (h) unbeatable employee geographical (geo - the earth)

adopt needle deathly remained advice addition developer declare period preside resist (a) cooperate (a) restore attentive audiovisual (audio - hearing, sound)

spilt listen interpret including imprison eliminate scissors mystery syllable mischief responsible (s) dependable (s) exclaim photographer chronological (chrono - time)

Prefix Suffix Greek & Latin Root Student Personal List

NOTE: Student Personal List to comprise of the following: Commonly misspelt word list, extension words, contractions, Theme words from SOSE or Science topics or words that have been incorrect within student writing work books. See the back of your Spelling Homework book for list words to choose from.

Year 6 Spelling Term 2 2013

Week 1
Most nouns ending in consonant + o are made plural by adding es eg potato, potatoes

Week 2
For adjectives which end in y, change the y to i before making in to comparatives and superlatives eg sleepy, sleepier, sleepiest

Week 3
When a word ends in a consonant + y, change the y into i before adding an ending, except if the ending is to be ing, eg. cry, cried, crying. mercy, merciful lady, ladies..occupy, occupies, occupying

Week 4
When a word ends in a consonant + y, change the y into i before adding ly, eg steady, steadily hungry, hungrily

Week 5
When a word ends with one f, change the f to v and then add the plural suffix es, eg half, halves (Exceptions: roof, roofs; chief, chiefs)

Week 6
When a word has more than one syllable and the final syllable contains two vowels, then the final consonant is not doubled before adding a suffix, eg. appear, appeared; complain, complained

Spelling Rules

Core Words

Homophones, Antonyms & Synonyms

suffer traffic effort coffee relief fertile fancier officer official difficult verses (h) versus (h) precaution populate locality (locus - place)

origin office offering stronger promise properly honestly forestry popular occupy dishonourable (a) honourable (a) antisocial similarity population (populous the people)

greedy eagle group entangle signalled grieve regardless agreement grammar engaging brilliant (s) dazzling (s) prohibit documentary inhabit (habito - to live)

honey touching jungle shrunk worry worried umbrella discussed disgust Stomach whether (h) weather (h) antedote cemetery hospitable (hospes - guest)

heighten habitat inherit hoard hibernate hostile hesitate harmony humanity hilarious vacate (a) occupy (a) synthesis factory horrific (horreo I shudder)

major ginger oblige allege generally suggestion apology surgeon allegiance privilege anticipate (s) expect (s) disappear awesome magnitude (magnus - great)

Prefix Suffix Greek & Latin Root Student Personal List

NOTE: Student Personal List to comprise of the following: Commonly misspelt word list, extension words, contractions, Theme words from SOSE or Science topics or words that have been incorrect within student writing work books. See the back of your Spelling Homework book for list words to choose from.

Year 6 Spelling Term 3 2013

Week 1 Week 2
When the sound is a long e, use i before e except after c, eg. believe, receive. When the sound is a long a, use ei, eg. neighbour

Week 3
A few nouns ending in o form their plurals by adding s eg banjos

Week 4
Words with double ee keep their es when ing is added. Example: referee, refereeing

Week 5
When a word ends in a vowel + y, just add s to make the plural eg storey, storeys..monkey, monkeys

Week 6
When adding all to the beginning of words, drop one l. Example: all so - also

Spelling Rules

To make a word plural when it ends in s, -sh, -ch, or z, add es, eg church, churches; wish, wishes

Core Words

Homophones, Antonyms & Synonyms

vessel lonely related conclude themselves national practical principal electrical selection council (h) counsel (h) hyperbole abundance manipulate (manus - hand)

stream speech breathe release recent media recipe relieve achieve perceive cheerful (a) solemn (a) hypothesis experience memorable (memor - mindful)

stomach commonly camera complaint undamaged examine extremely majority solemnly immense accurate (s) correct (s) equivalent festive migrate (migro - to transport/move)

minor insight diary trial polite inspire entire entitle retirement excitedly aloud (h) allowed (h) hydroponics amusement symphony (phono - sound)

knelt restraint absence accidental attendance innocence injustice medicine discipline nuisance prepared (a) impromptu (a) counteract occasional advocate (voco - I call)

donkey crinkled tangy tongue strengthen language distinguish anxiety singular congregation describe (s) explain (s) multipurpose prejudice solitude (solus - alone)

Prefix Suffix Greek & Latin Root Student Personal List

NOTE: Student Personal List to comprise of the following: Commonly misspelt word list, extension words, contractions, Theme words from SOSE or Science topics or words that have been incorrect within student writing work books. See the back of your Spelling Homework book for list words to choose from.

Week 1
Spelling Rules
When a word ends in ic, add al before adding ly, eg. magic, magically

Year 6 Spelling Term 4 2013 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

If full is added as a suffix, drop one l. Example: wonder + full = wonderful If adding able to a word ending in ce or ge, retain these letters eg manage, manageable..notice, noticeable When a word has more than one syllable and the final syllable is accented or stressed, then the final consonant is doubled before adding a suffix, eg. forgot, forgotten; occur, occurred

Week 5
Most words that end in end or ent end with ence to take on the noun form. Example: different, diffference

Week 6
A few nouns have the same form in the singular and plural eg salmon, fish, deer

Core Words

Homophones, Antonyms & Synonyms

reveal wrapping wretched luxury resources advisory embarrassed occurrence arrogance contrary browse (h) brows (h) encourage presently resolve (solve loosen)

clerk balm plaster fastened masterful parsley heartily monarch guardian departure sense (a) nonsense (a) postpone foolish primitive (primus - first)

assist accept wrestled service answered respectful citizen scientific decision immensely inquisitive (s) curious (s) autobiography comfortable tenacious (teneo to persevere)

urgent cursive furnish burden absurd murmur surgeon occurred recurring concerned coward (h) cowered (h) semicircle incredible transmit (mitto missus - to send)

politely toasted antique omitted uneventful entertainment majority capacity particularly existence unpopular (a) popular (a) decade continuous visualise (video visus - I see)

haul taunt cordial author broaden awfully daughter unlawful alternate attractive escorted (s) accompanied (s) millimetre parenthood aerodrome (aero - air)

Prefix Suffix Greek & Latin Root

Student Personal List NOTE: Student Personal List to comprise of the following: Commonly misspelt word list, extension words, contractions, Theme words from SOSE or Science topics or words that have been incorrect within your student writing work books. See the back of your Spelling Homework book for list words to choose from.