YEAR 5 HOMEWORK
Subject: English
Focus: Homophones
Group: Black/Blue
Date out: 14.11.16
Date in: 21.11.16
SPOT THE HOMOPHONES!
See if you can find all the homophones that have been used incorrectly.
Underline the words that you need to change and write the correct word.
Last knight when I looked up the sky was dark blew. I new I
wood sea stars but eye was surprised buy there brightness.
Who had maid them seem so beautiful? I was shore they had
bean maid millions of years ago. I wanted to stair at them
four ever.
Consonant suffix ‘ly’
 Vowels are the letters ‘a’, ‘e’, ‘i’, ‘o’, ‘u’, all other letters are consonants.
 Vowels can make a short sound (‘a’ as in ‘tap’) or a long sound (‘a’ as in ‘tape’).
 A suffix is a letter or letters added to the end of a word to make another word.
 The suffix ‘ly’ means ‘in this way’. It turns an adjective into an adverb.
 Adjectives are ‘describing’ words (tall, thin, old etc).
 Verbs are ‘doing’ or action words (run, jump, shout).
 Adverbs help describe verbs (run quickly, shout loudly).
(list 3:8)
Spelling tip:
Practise 1
Practise 2
Can spell word
(copy into space)
(fold and hide)
(check and correct)
If the root word ends with ‘le’, the ‘le’ is dropped before ‘ly’ is added (simple – simply).
ably
gently
simply
nobly
humbly
Spelling tip:
In multi syllabic root words which end in ‘y’ after a consonant, the ‘y’ changes to ‘i’ before ‘ly’.
happily
merrily
mistily
noisily
luckily
Spelling tip:
magically
ethically
critically
logically
If the root word ends with ‘ic’, then ‘ally’ is added rather than just ‘ly’ (basic – basically).
YEAR 5 HOMEWORK
Subject: English
Focus: Homophones
Group: Green/Red
Date out: 14.11.16
Date in: 21.11.16
UNDERLINE all the spelling mistakes and replacing them with the correct
homophone. Use a dictionary to help you.
HINT: Each paragraph has a number in brackets – the number of mistakes.
It was a very dark knight when Billy and Stella decided to investigate the spooky white knight
castle. At a quarter to midnight, they shuffled quietly threw the alley to the forest entrance
were the castle stood all alone in the moonlight amongst oak trees that looked like old
haggard
men. They’re hearts were pounding loudly as they cautiously approached.
(4)
Suddenly they herd a strange noise witch made them jump.
“I don’t like it here.” whispered Stella nervously.
“It is a bit spooky,” trembled Billy. They new they would be in danger if they stayed to
long. “But If we flea now, we will never see the white knight ghost of the castle!” exclaimed
Billy.
(5)
They crept carefully around the side of the castle which stood extremely hi.
“Lets climb up their.” Whispered Billy bravely.
As they climbed through a gap in the crumbling castle walls, they saw an old painting on
the floor. It was of a white night in full battle armour with his horse tide to an oak tree.
They carried on and turned write up towards the wooden stairway.
“Stop!” cried Stella. “Look…up…there…”
(5)
At the top of the stairway stood a huge, cloudy-white, glowing figure. They new exactly
what it was and exactly what it would do. After no more than free seconds, their was an
almighty roar followed shortly by two almighty screams!
Still knot believing they’re eyes, they ran as fast as there legs could take them out of the
forest. After passing the key by the fishing harbour they eventually stopped to catch
their
breath buy Larson’s Corner.
(8)
Suffix ‘ous’
 A suffix is a letter or letters added to the end of a word to make another word.
 The suffix ‘ous’ turns nouns and verbs into adjectives.
 ‘ous’ means ‘having’, ‘full of’ or ‘possessing’.
 Nouns are ‘naming’ words (boy, dog, chair). Verbs are ‘doing’ words or actions (run, skip, jump, shout).
 Adjectives are ‘describing’ words (big, cool, old).
Copy each word then try to write it without copying. Use the final column to correct any mistakes or to test each
group of words.
Spelling tip:
(list 4:8)
If a root word ends with ‘y’, the ‘y’ changes to ‘i’ when ‘ous’ is added (fury – furious).
Practise 1
Practise 2
Can spell word
(copy into space)
(fold and hide)
(check and correct)
various
mysterious
glorious
furious
luxurious
Spelling tip:
If there is a long ‘ee’ sound before the suffix ‘ous’, it is usually spelt as ‘i’.
hilarious
serious
tedious
obvious
curious
Spelling tip:
gaseous
erroneous
hideous
spontaneous
A few words use ‘e’ to make the long ‘ee’ sound before the suffix ‘ous’.
YEAR 5 HOMEWORK
Subject: English
Focus: Homophones
Group: Yellow
Date out: 14.11.16
Date in: 21.11.16
UNDERLINE all the spelling mistakes and replacing them with the correct homophone.
Use a dictionary to help you.
It was a very dark knight when Billy and Stella decided to investigate the spooky white knight
castle. At a quarter to midnight, they shuffled quietly threw the alley to the forest entrance
were the castle stood all alone in the moonlight amongst oak trees that looked like old
haggard men. They’re hearts were pounding loudly as they cautiously approached.
Suddenly they herd a strange noise witch made them jump.
“I don’t like it here.” whispered Stella nervously.
“It is a bit spooky,” trembled Billy. They new they would be in danger if they stayed to long.
“But If we flea now, we will never see the white knight ghost of the castle!” exclaimed Billy.
They crept carefully around the side of the castle which stood extremely hi.
“Lets climb up their.” whispered Billy bravely.
As they climbed through a gap in the crumbling castle walls, they saw an old painting on the
floor. It was of a white night in full battle armour with his horse tide to an oak tree. They
carried on and turned write up towards the wooden stairway.
“Stop!” cried Stella. “Look…up…there…”
At the top of the stairway stood a huge, cloudy-white, glowing figure. They new exactly what
it was and exactly what it would do. After no more than free seconds, their was an almighty
roar followed shortly by two almighty screams!
Still knot believing they’re eyes, they ran as fast as there legs could take them out of the
forest. After passing the key by the fishing harbour they eventually stopped to catch their
breath buy Larson’s Corner.
Suffix ‘able’
The word endings ‘able’ and ‘ible’ can sound similar and are often confused.
 Vowels (a, e, i, o, u) can make a short sound (‘e’ as in ‘met’) or a long sound (‘e’ as in ‘meet’).
 A suffix is a letter or letters added to the end of a word to make another word.
 The suffix ‘able’ means ‘able to’ or ‘capable of’ and forms adjectives from verbs.
 Verbs are doing or action words (run, jump, shout). Adjectives are describing words (tall, thin, old).
 The letter ‘c’ can be hard (cat) or soft (cell). The letter ‘g’ can be hard (get) or soft (gent).
(list 5:8)
Spelling tip:
Practise 1
Practise 2
Can spell word
(copy into space)
(fold and hide)
(check and correct)
If the root word ends in ‘e’ it is often dropped before adding the suffix ‘able’ (adore/adorable).
adorable
(adore)
believable
(believe)
dividable
(divide)
movable
(move)
arguable
(argue)
Spelling tip:
If the root word ends in ‘ce’ or ‘ge’ the ‘e’ must be kept to prevent the ‘c’ or ‘g’ sounding hard.
changeable
(change)
enforceable
(enforce)
chargeable
(charge)
noticeable
(notice)
manageable
(manage)
Spelling tip:
variable
(vary)
reliable
(rely)
deniable
(deny)
identifiable
(identify)
If the root ends in ‘y’ sounding long ‘e’ (ee) or long ‘i’ (eye) it often changes to ‘i’ before ‘able’ is added.