Term 1 Year 5 Spelling

Week Visual Phonological Morphemic Etymological

ee / ea Plurals rupt
Nouns ending in –ch, -s, - sh, -ss, -x, and –z add ‘es’ to make
eddied teeth a plural erupt
swirled sheet fish > fishes interrupt
4 pitch fork health batch > batches disrupt
mysterious breath inch > inches corrupt
trance area boss > bosses bankrupt
quiz > quizzes
e / y / ey Plurals tract (to pull)
When a letter before a ‘y’ is a consonant, change the ‘y’ to
resilient attorney an ‘i’ before adding es attract
warrior galley distract
determined hockey family > families tractor
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persevere pulley reply > replies subtract
zephyr valley lily > lilies extract
daisy > daisies
cherry > cherries
Silent ‘n’ Adding –ed and –ing scrib-(to write)
When a word ends in a short vowel followed by a consonant,
inference Autumn double the last consonant before adding -ed and -ing scribe
friends condemn subscription
button column plan > planned > planning script
6 since hymn plug > plugged > plugging prescription
goes solemn shop > shopped > shopping describe
commit > committed > committing
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or / aw Silent e add -ing Nat (born)
7 When a word ends in a silent ‘e’ drop the ‘e’ before adding -
millions border ‘ing’. native
because gorilla adore > adoring nation
once awesome blame > blaming prenatal
February awkward tease > teasing natal
shoulder lawful calculate > calculating innate
perceive > perceiving
ore / au Adding -ing Dict – speak
8 When a word ends in a double consonant DO NOT double Latin
chore the consonant before adding ‘ing
curved snore contradict
limp > limping
author sauce dictate
scratch > scratching
laugh fraud dictionary
patch > patching
women launch predict
report > reporting
title verdict
sniff > sniffing

ai / ay Adding –ily Hydr (water)

9 When adding ‘ly to words which end in ‘y’ change the ‘y’ to an
exhausted against ‘i’ before adding the ‘ly’ hydrate
almost éclair hydrant
happy > happily
special hailstones dehydrate
merry > merrily
commercial decay hydrofoil
dainty > daintily
write repayment
pretty > prettily
hungry > hungrily
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a_e / a Suffix -ful struct (build)
10 (long) When the suffix ‘full’ is added to the end of a base word,
one of the ‘ls’ has to be dropped construct
length grade instruct
bliss > blissful
beginning chase instructor
dread > dreadful
appear shake structure
force > forceful
instead apron destruct
mind > mindful
disappear alien
event > eventful

i_e / y Adding -er and -est Naut (ship sail)

11 (long) Before adding ‘er’ and ‘est’ to words ending in a consonant
followed by a ‘y, change the ‘y’ to an ‘i’ astronaut
usually wife mighty > mightier > mightiest aeronautical
daughter admire noisy > noisier > noisiest nautilus
mast require nasty > nastier > nastiest
surprise identify funny > funnier > funniest
answer multiply friendly > friendlier > friendliest