YEAR 6 SPELLINGS – SPRING TERM 2017
Given Out: 2nd January
Tested: 9th January
-tion endings are the most common and the words are all
nouns.
-sion – are often (not always) formed from verbs which
end in –d, -de, -se, -t To comprehend – comprehension.
To collide – collision. To persuade – persuasion. Televise
– television.
-ssion. If words end in ss just add ion. – possess –
possession. Discuss – discussion. Confess – confession
Words ending in mit – add ssion. Admit, admission.
Permit, permission
Words ending in cede/ ceed becomes ssion: succeed –
succession. Concede – concession
-cian endings, there are a few nouns which end in cian
and they usually relate to occupations: Opticians,
beautician
tension
operation
diversion
permission
conversion
optician
population
position
location
suspension
electrician
politician
succession
protection
obsession
mathematician
transmission
physician
statistician
persuasion
Given Out: 9th January 2017
Tested: 16th January 2017
Words ending with –ent,
-ant, -ence and -ance
Given Out: 16th January 2017
Tested: 23rd January 2017
Double Consonants
If the vowel before is a short
sound –a- -e- rather than a long
vowel sound –ay- -ee- -igh- then
you usually double the
consonant (there are
exceptions).
Given Out: 23rd January 2017
Tested: 30th January 2017
Plurals (including irregular)
different
difference
violent
violence
elegant
elegance
distant
distance
brilliant
brilliance
tolerance
importance
reference
appearance
sequence
persistence
presence
mammal
disappear
travelling
suddenly
accuracy
marvellous
difficult
interrupt
tomorrow
different
anniversary
appointment
essential
correspond
necessary
sufficient
questionnaire
oxen
cacti
woodlice
classes
thieves
witches
buses
fungi
geese
wolves
stimuli
businesses
tomatoes
echoes
algae
diagnoses
ellipses
annoyance
existence
vigilance
committee
possession
commercial
appendices
antennae
phenomena
If the singular form ends in:
regular plurals (the most common) you
just add -s
a hissing or buzzing sound (s/z/ch/sh)
- add –es
an ‘f’ or ‘fe’ – drop the ‘f’ and add –ves
An ‘o’ – add –s or –es
Irregular plurals have to be learnedsome of them do not change at all.
YEAR 6 SPELLINGS – SPRING TERM 2017
Given Out: 30th January 2017
Tested: 6th February 2017
Verb Endings (-ing)
If the word end in ‘e’, drop the ‘e’ and add
‘ing’
If the word ends in ‘ie’, change the ‘ie’ to a
‘y’ and add ‘ing’
If there is one consonant after the last
vowel, double the last letter and add ‘ing’
If there is more than one consonant after
the last vowel, just add ‘ing’
Given Out: 20th February 2017
Tested: 27th February 2017
Silent Letters
Given Out: 6th March 2017
Tested: 13th March 2017
Suffixes –ly
For most words, you just add ‘ly’
If the word ends in ‘ll’ just add ‘y’
If the word ends in a consonant and
then ‘le’, remove the ‘e’ and add ‘y’
If the word ends in ‘y’, remove the ‘y’
and add ‘ily’
There are, as always, exceptions to
the rules!
Given Out: 13th March 2017
Tested: 20th March 2017
-c makes –s sound
Make up some mnemonics to help
you remember these spellings.
fighting
climbing
wrestling
planning
swimming
stopping
rhyming
developing
raising
building
beginning
interesting
bargaining
occupying
vanishing
extinguishing
programming
separate
surprise
difference
designed
hedges
ghastly
average
whistle
knowledge
castles
environment
secretary
guarantee
fascinated
doubtful
rhinoceros
medicine
Actual- actually
General- generally
Smooth- smoothly
Important- importantly
High- highly
Gradual- gradually
Gentle- gently
Frequent- frequently
Extreme- extremely
Careful- carefully
Thorough- thoroughly
Beautiful- beautifully
Approximate- approximately
Available- availability
Sincere- sincerely
Necessary- necessarily
Dangerous- dangerously
excellent
receipt
ceiling
receive
silence
notice
medicine
exciting
century
centre
cemetery
audience
deceitful
criticise
ancient
society
allowance
persuading
receiving
explaining
language
physically
reschedule
Particular- particularly
Magnificent- magnificently
Monotonous- monotonously
abundance
cylindrical
reception
YEAR 6 SPELLINGS – SPRING TERM 2017
Given Out: 20th March 2017
Tested: 27th March 2017
Given Out: 27th March 2017
Tested: 3rd April 2017
Verb Endings –ed
Greek Spelling Patterns
If the word ends in ‘e’, just add ‘d’
If there is one consonant after the last vowel,
double the consonant and add ‘ed’
If the word ends in ‘y’, drop the ‘y’ and add ‘ied’
camped
excited
arrived
satisfied
carried
grabbed
slipped
finished
designed
delivered
recommended
embarrassed
persuaded
released
replaced
illuminated
judged
phonics
phoneme
psychic
rhombus
hyphen
rhubarb
triumph
trophy
saxophone
phrase
pamphlet
symphony
pharmacy
orphanage
philosophy
catastrophe
phenomenal
required
disguised
appreciated
physiotherapist
hydraulic
pneumonia