Year 5 Spelling list Summer Term 1
Week 1
Statutory words:
frequently
government
leisure
marvellous
occupy
Week 2
Statutory words:
opportunity
parliament
prejudice
profession
restaurant
Week 3
Statutory words:
sacrifice
secretary
stomach
suggest
temperature
Week 4
Statutory words:
thorough
variety
vegetable
vehicle
yacht
Week 5
Statutory words:
apparent
appreciate
average
convenience
curiosity
Endings which sound like
/us/ spelt –cious or –
tious
Endings which sound
like /us/ spelt –cious or
–tious
Endings which sound
like /us/ spelt –cious or
–tious
Homophones and other
words that are often
confused
Homophones and other
words that are often
confused
fictitious
cautious
infectious
nutritious
precious
father /farther /
further
who’s/whose
vicious
gracious
spacious
malicious
conscious
delicious
malicious,
suspicious
ambitious
Extension:
Write down as many
words as you can
that fit this week’s
spelling rule.
This week’s spelling
test score:
Extension:
Write down as many
words as you can
that fit this week’s
spelling rule.
This week’s spelling
test score:
Extension:
Write down as many
words as you can that
fit this week’s spelling
rule.
This week’s spelling
test score:
wary / weary
there / they’re /
their
stationary /
stationery
bridal/bridle
Extension:
Write down as many
words as you can that
fit this week’s spelling
rule.
This week’s spelling
test score:
Extension:
Write a short
paragraph using all of
the spellings in the
correct context.
This week’s spelling
test score:
cereal/serial
Learn the rule and use a dictionary to find the meaning of the words. CtC find synonyms for each word.
Year 5 Spelling List Summer Term 2
Week 1
Statutory words:
according
amateur
competition
develop
explanation
Week 2
Statutory words:
conscious
individual
mischievous
muscle
neighbour
Week 3
Statutory words:
nuisance
occur
persuade
physical
privilege
Week 4
Statutory words:
programme
recognise
recommend
shoulder
system
Words with ‘silent’
letters (i.e. letters
whose presence cannot
be predicted from the
pronunciation of the
word)
Words ending in –able or –
ible, -ably or -ibly
Words ending in –able
or –ible, -ably or -ibly
Words ending in –able
or –ible, -ably or -ibly
possible/possibly
horrible/horribly
terrible/terribly
visible/visibly
incredible/incredibly
dependable
comfortable
reasonable
enjoyable
reliable
Extension:
Write down as many
words as you can that fit
this week’s spelling rule.
Extension:
Write down as many
words as you can
that fit this week’s
spelling rule.
Extension:
Write down as many
words as you can
that fit this week’s
spelling rule.
This week’s spelling test score :
This week’s spelling test
score :
This week’s spelling test
score :
doubt
island
lamb
solemn
thistle
knight
Extension:
Write down as many
words as you can that
fit this week’s
spelling rule.
This week’s spelling test
score :
(adoration)
adorable/adorably
(application)
applicable/applicably
(consideration)
considerable/considerably
(toleration)
tolerable/tolerably
Week 5
A repeat of all
statutory words for
the half term. (all
20 words)
Practice the ones
you were unsure of!
This week’s spelling
test score :
Assessment
Test on all of the
statutory words.