Who Wants to be a
Spellionaire?
Get your white
boards ready to
vote….
Listen please, I need your
full………………
A attention
B attension
C attencian
D attenshon
How good were you?
A attention
B attension
C attencian
D attenshon
Some people tease others to get a
……………..
A
reactsion
B
reactshun
C
reaction
D
reactcian
Too easy!
A
reactsion
B
reactshun
C
reaction
D
reactcian
Practising things over and over is
called ……………
A
revishun
B
revistion
C
revision
D
reviscian
How are you doing so far?
A
revishun
B
revistion
C
revision
D
reviscian
Running into someone in the playground
can cause a …………..
A
collision
B
colliscian
C
collistion
D
collishun
Getting good at this aren’t you
A
collision
B
colliscian
C
collistion
D
collishun
Uh, oh, don’t be bad at school
and receive a………….
A
detenshun
B
detencian
C
detension
D
detention
Very Clever
A
detenshun
B
detencian
C
detension
D
detention
On firework night there were
loud………...
A
explostions
B
explosions
C
exploshuns
D
explocians
Good stuff
A
explostions
B
explosions
C
exploshuns
D
explocians
There are many fish in the
A
oceation
B
oceashun
C
oceasion
D
ocean
Always a few exceptions!
A
oceation
B
oceashun
C
oceasion
D
ocean
If you don’t know what this
means ask someone for an….
A
explanation
B
explanasion
C
explanacian
D
explanashun
Are you catching the rules?
A
explanation
B
explanasion
C
explanacian
D
explanashun
On the phone you can have a
………………
A
conversashun
B
conversacian
C
conversation
D
conversasion
Not in class time of course!
A
conversashun
B
conversacian
C
conversation
D
conversasion
The number of people in a
country is called the…………
A
populatshun
B
populacian
C
Populasion
D
Population
How much money have you got
now?
A
populatshun
B
populacian
C
Populasion
D
Population
He pulls rabbits from hats…..
A
magician
B
magision
C
magition
D
magichun
That’s magic!
A
magician
B
magision
C
magition
D
magichun
Totalling two numbers is
called…………..
A
additshun
B
addition
C
addision
D
addician
And the money’s adding up too
A
additshun
B
addition
C
addision
D
addician
The bad thing about spelling is
there’s always a few………….
A
excepshuns
B
excepcians
C
excepsions
D
exceptions
But this isn’t one of them!
A
excepshuns
B
excepcians
C
excepsions
D
exceptions
Which……….do you play in the
football team?
A
posishun
B
position
C
posician
D
posision
And which position are you in
the league…
A
posishun
B
position
C
posician
D
posision
If you win you will need………. from people
wanting your autograph.
A
proteshun
B
protecsion
C
protection
D
protecian
Hoorah, what will you spend it
on?
A
proteshun
B
protecsion
C
protection
D
protecian
Did you work out some rules?
‘tion’ is the most common ending
‘cian’ is used for occupations like, magician or technician
‘sion’ is for words ending in d, de, s or se
And of course there are a few exceptions like ocean
Can you think of any other words ending in the ‘shun’ sound
and say which spelling of the ending you think they have?
Congratulations!
Wow, you must be over the moon!