Year 5 Spellings
Autumn Term
Week 1
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Plurals
For most nouns add –s;
For nouns ending in –ch, -s, -sh or –x add -es
pens
boys
girls
apples
cakes
balloons
schools
friends
cameras
buttons
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foxes
taxes
faxes
watches
churches
Year 5 Spellings
Autumn Term
Week 2
Focus:
Rule:
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Plurals
For nouns ending in a consonant and –y, change the y to i and add –es.
For nouns ending with –f, change the f to v and add –es; words ending in –
fe, drop the –fe and add -ves.
cities
babies
copies
fairies
berries
stories
puppies
ladies
hobbies
worries
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elves
scarves
wolves
loaves
leaves
Year 5 Spellings
Autumn Term
Week 3
Focus:
Rule:
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Plurals
Some nouns have unusual plurals and need to be learned.
Some (but not all) nouns ending in –o add –es to make the plural.
mice
geese
women
gateaux
cacti
sheep
salmon
aircraft
deer
fish
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banjos
cellos
heroes
echoes
potatoes
Year 5 Spellings
Autumn Term
Week 4
Focus:
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Prefixes
tele- means ‘distant’
bi- means ‘two’
telephone
television
telepathy
telescope
teleport
bicycle
bilingual
biography
bisect
binocular
auto- means ‘self’
over- means ‘too much’
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automatic
autograph
automobile
autobiography
autopilot
Year 5 Spellings
Autumn Term
Week 5
Focus:
Meaning:
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Prefixes
sub- means ‘under’
trans- means ‘across’
subway
submarine
subtract
submerge
subject
translate
transatlantic
transfer
transplant
transport
circ- means ‘around’
fore- means ‘before’
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circle
circus
circular
circumference
circumstance
Year 5 Spellings
Autumn Term
Week 6
Focus:
Meaning:
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Prefixes
kilo- means ‘a thousand’
mini- means ‘small’
kilometre
kilogram
kilobyte
miniskirt
minibus
minimum
miniature
minimal
minimise
minibeast
inter- means ‘between’ ;
tri- means ‘three’
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internet
interview
intersect
international
interval
Year 5 Spellings
Autumn Term
Week 7
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Vowel endings other than -e
camera
banana
umbrella
panda
criteria
bacteria
emu
gnu
haiku
zulu
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spaghetti
ski
kiwi
fungi
armadillo
Year 5 Spellings
Autumn Term
Week 8
Focus:
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Word Families
Many words are developed from other words and belong to the same
family. Knowing the root word can help spell the longer words in the family.
actor
action
activity
children
childhood
childlike
childish
packet
package
packing
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electric
electrical
electrician
electricity
assist
Year 5 Spellings
Autumn Term
Week 9
Focus:
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Word Families
Many words are developed from other words and belong to the same
family. Knowing the root word can help spell the longer words in the family.
take
mistake
overtake
mistaken
enjoy
enjoyment
joyful
joyous
govern
government
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prison
imprisoned
imprisonment
public
publication
Year 5 Spellings
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Autumn Term
Week 10
Common Letter Patterns
The letter strings are sounded differently in some words.
ouch
touch
pouch
voucher
crouch
caught
taught
naught
laughter
daughter
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tough
rough
plough
though
through
Year 5 Spellings
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with
have
could
would
there
where
were
know
said
often
Autumn Term
Week 11
High Frequency Words
These words are used a lot in everyday writing and need to be learned.
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because
sometimes
somewhere
might
between
Year 5 Spellings
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Autumn Term
Week 12
High Frequency Words
These words are used a lot in everyday writing and need to be learned.
going
thing
shouted
wanted
thought
who
how
when
again
after
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laughed
couldn’t
wouldn’t
meanwhile
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