Year 5 Spelling
Programme
Spelling Programme Year 5
Objectives that are in pink are a Y5/Y6 statutory requirement and individual words highlighted pink are from the
Y5/Y6 statutory spelling list. The additional sets either: revise previously visited spelling rules from lower year
groups; practise a spelling rule linked to a Y5/Y6 statutory spelling word or relate to a word, sentence or
punctuation objective from the English Appendix 2 of the NC 2014. Each set of spellings contains 10 words linked
to the objective.
Autumn Term
Week 1
Words with endings that sound like /shuhs/ spelt
with –cious
1. vicious
2. gracious
3. spacious
4. malicious
5. precious
6. conscious
7. delicious
8. suspicious
9. atrocious
10. ferocious
Week 2
Words with endings that sound like /shuhs/ spelt
with –tious or -ious
1. ambitious
2. cautious
3. fictitious
4. infectious
5. nutritious
6. contentious
7. superstitious
8. pretentious
9. anxious
10. obnoxious
Week 3
Words with the short vowel sound /i/ spelt with y
Week 4
Words with the long vowel sound /i/ spelt with y
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2.
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9.
10.
symbol
mystery
lyrics
oxygen
symptom
physical
system
typical
crystal
rhythm
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10.
Week 5
Homophones & near homophones
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10.
past
passed
proceed
precede
aisle
isle
aloud
allowed
affect
effect
apply
supply
identify
occupy
multiply
rhyme
cycle
python
hygiene
hyphen
Week 6
Homophones & near homophones
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10.
farther
father
guessed
guest
heard
herd
led
lead
mourning
morning
Week 7
Words with silent letters
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10.
doubt
lamb
debt
thumb
solemn
autumn
column
knight
knuckle
knot
Week 8
Words with silent letters
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10.
wrestle
wrapper
island
aisle
debris
mortgage
Christmas
yacht
guarantee
guilty
Week 9
Model Verbs
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can
could
may
might
must
shall
should
will
would
ought
Week 10
Words ending in ‘ment’
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Week 11
Adverbs of possibility and frequency
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10.
certainly
definitely
possibly
perhaps
probably
frequently
often
occasionally
rarely
always
equipment
environment
government
parliament
enjoyment
document
management
movement
replacement
statement
Week 12
Statotory Spelling Challenge Words
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10.
vegetable
vehicle
bruise
soldier
stomach
recommend
leisure
privilege
occur
neighbour
Spring Term
Week 1
Creating nouns using -ity suffix
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10.
community
curiosity
ability
purity
captivity
activity
festivity
tranquillity
humidity
sensitivity
Week 2
Creating nouns using -ness suffix
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10.
Week 3
Creating nouns using -ship suffix
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9.
10.
membership
ownership
partnership
dictatorship
championship
craftsmanship
fellowship
apprenticeship
citizenship
sponsorship
Week 4
Homophones & Near Homophones
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10.
Week 5
Homophones & Near Homophones
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9.
10.
alter
altar
ascent
assent
bridal
bridle
cereal
serial
compliment
complement
happiness
hardness
madness
nastiness
silliness
tidiness
childishness
willingness
carelessness
foolishness
stationary
stationery
steal
steel
wary
weary
who’s
whose
fate
fete
Week 6
Homophones & Near Homophones
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2.
3.
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10.
principal
principle
profit
prophet
descent
dissent
desert
dessert
draft
draught
Week 7
Words with an /or/ sound spelt ‘or’
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10.
forty
scorch
absorb
decorate
afford
enormous
category
tornado
according
opportunity
Week 9
Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffix
-ate
1. pollinate
2. captivate
3. activate
4. motivate
5. communicate
6. medicate
7. elasticate
8. hyphenate
9. alienate
10. validate
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10.
Week 11
Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using
suffix -ify
amplify
solidify
signify
falsify
glorify
notify
testify
purify
intensify
classify
Week 8
Words with /or/ sound spelt ‘au’
1.
2.
3.
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5.
6.
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9.
10.
pause
cause
sauce
fraud
launch
author
August
applaud
astronaut
restaurant
Week 10
Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffix -ise
1.
2.
3.
4.
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6.
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10.
criticise
advertise
capitalise
finalise
equalise
fertilise
terrorise
socialise
visualise
vandalise
Week 12
Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using suffix -en
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2.
3.
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10.
blacken
brighten
flatten
lengthen
mistaken
straighten
shorten
thicken
tighten
toughen
Summer Term
Week 1
Words containing the letter string ‘ough’
1.
2.
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10.
though
although
dough
doughnut
through
cough
trough
rough
tough
enough
Week 2
Words containing the letter string ‘ough’
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2.
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10.
plough
bough
drought
brought
bought
wrought
thought
ought
borough
thorough
Week 3
Adverbials of time
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10.
yesterday
tomorrow
later
immediately
earlier
eventually
recently
previously
finally
lately
Week 4
Adverbials of place
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10.
Week 5
Words with an /ear/ sound spelt ‘ere’
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6.
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10.
sincere
interfere
sphere
adhere
severe
persevere
atmosphere
mere
hemisphere
austere
nearby
everywhere
nowhere
inside
downstairs
outside
upstairs
underneath
behind
somewhere
Week 6
Statutory Spelling Challenge Words
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10.
amateur
ancient
bargain
muscle
queue
recognise
twelfth
profession
develop
harass
Week 7
Unstressed vowels in polysyllabic words
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10.
definite
desperate
literate
secretary
stationary
dictionary
Wednesday
familiar
original
animal
Week 9
Adding verb prefix over-
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10.
overthrow
overturn
overslept
overcook
overreact
overtired
overcoat
overpaid
overlook
overbalance
Week 11
Convert nouns or verbs into adjectives using
suffix -ive
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2.
3.
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10.
attractive
creative
addictive
assertive
abusive
cooperative
exhaustive
appreciative
offensive
expressive
Week 8
Adding verb prefixes de- and re1.
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10.
deflate
deform
decode
decompose
defuse
recycle
rebuild
rewrite
replace
revisit
Week 10
Convert nouns or verbs into adjectives using suffix -ful
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2.
3.
4.
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6.
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10.
boastful
faithful
doubtful
fearful
thankful
beautiful
pitiful
plentiful
fanciful
merciful
Week 12
Convert nouns or verbs into adjectives using suffix -al
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2.
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10.
musical
political
accidental
mathematical
functional
tropical
bridal
central
global
industrial
Look Say Cover Write Check
Please use the check sheet below to help your child learn their weekly spellings. If they are secure and can spell the words on three separate occasions, then
please work with them each day only on the words they are having difficulties with.
Word
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