Week
Spelling
rule or
pattern
1
‘ough’ letter string – this is
one of the trickiest spellings
in English – it can be used to
spell a number of different
sounds.
Examples
of words
following
the rule
(useful
exceptions
in
brackets)
ought
brought
thought
nought
brought
fought
rough
tough
enough
cough
though
although
dough
through
thorough
borough
plough
bough
neighbour
appreciate
Weekly
tricky
words
2
Apostrophe for contraction
(omission) and possession apostrophes in a contraction show
the place where the letter/letters
has/have been omitted.
When an apostrophe is used for
possession, it precedes the letter ‘s’,
e.g James’s coat, Lisa’s dress,
except when showing possession by
a plural ending in an ‘s’ e.g. the
soldiers’ uniforms.
would’ve
should’ve
could’ve
who’s
she’d
they’re
you’ve
didn’t
might’ve
‘phone
aren’t
‘plane
(won’t)
accommodate
opportunity
parliament
nuisance
prejudice
Year 6 Term 3 Spelling objectives and tricky words
3
4
Words with ‘silent’ letters (i.e. letters
whose presence cannot be predicted from
the pronunciation of the word).
5
6
Homophones – words that sound the
same but that are spelt differently and
have different meanings.
doubt
island
lamb
climb
solemn
thistle
knight
bomb
knowledge
castles
designed
sword
wrinkles
honest
thumb
rhubarb
environment
surprised
wrestling
written
pneumonia
pneumatic
psalm
comb
lamb
answer
gnarled
wretch
rhyme
plumber
whirl
wrong
compliment
complement
desert
dessert
principal
principle
profit
prophet
heard
herd
alter
altar
morning
mourning
stationery
stationary
aisle
isle
affect
effect
serial
cereal
bridal
bridle
whether
weather
guest
guessed
persuade
physical
privilege
profession
pronunciation
programme
queue
recognise