Mrs Royden’s Group – ‘It’s Time to Learn’ Year 5 Spellings – Summer Term 2015
Week 1 – 13 Apr
Week 2 – 20 Apr
Week 3 – 27 Apr
Week 4 – 4 May
Week 5 – 11 May
Making adjectives and
nouns by adding -ant
and -ance
Making nouns from verbs
by adding -ance
Suffixes -ent, -ence and
-ency
Making nouns from verbs by
adding -ence
This is the third of three exercises
to practise adding ant, ance and
ancy. This exercise practises using
the suffix ance to make an
adjective from a verb. The usual
rules for adding vowel suffixes
apply.
This is the first of three exercises
to practise adding -ent, -ence
and -ency. These suffixes are
used when a whole root word
cannot be heard or after a soft c,
soft g or qu, but not always.
Many of these words just have to
be learnt.
Making adjectives and
nouns by adding -ent
and -ence
distant
clear → clearance
decent
evident
differ → difference
distance
assist → assistance
apparent
evidence
exist → existence
convenient
obedient
insist → insistence
different
obedience
persist → persistence
intelligent
patient
adhere → adherence
consequence
patience
interfere → interference
rely → reliance
influence
independent
coincide → coincidence
comply → compliance
violence
independence
indulge → indulgence
efficiency
innocent
occur → occurrence
urgency
innocence
excel → excellence
This is the second of three
exercises to practise adding ant, -ance and -ancy. This
exercise practises using the
correct suffix to make either a
noun (adding ance) or an
adjective (adding ant). These
words do not have a
relationship to -ation and are
provided as paired words to
learn.
elegant
elegance
reluctant
reluctance
abundant
abundance
relevant
annoy → annoyance
ignore → ignorance
insure → insurance
guide → guidance
endure → endurance
defy → defiance
relevance
This second of three exercises
practises using the correct suffix
to make either a noun (adding ence) or an adjective (adding ent). Some words use the –ent /
-ence suffix because it follows a
soft c or g, or qu. Many words do
not follow this rule and are
provided as paired words to
learn.
This is the third of three exercises to
practise adding -ent, -ence and -ency.
This exercise practises using the suffix
-ence to make an adjective from a verb.
The usual rules for adding vowel suffixes
apply.
language
muscle
occur
prejudice
queue
leisure
necessary
opportunity
privilege
recognise
lightning
neighbour
parliament
profession
recommend
marvellous
nuisance
persuade
programme
relevant
mischievous
occupy
physical
pronunciation
restaurant
Name:
Class:
The rest of this term’s spellings are on the following pages
Week 6 – 18 May
Week 7 – 1 Jun
Week 8 – 8 Jun
Week 9 – 15 Jun
Suffixes -able, -ably and -ation
Making adjectives from verbs
by adding -able
Making adjectives from verbs by
adding -ably
Making adjectives and adverbs
with -ible and -ibly
This is the second of three exercises to
practise adding -able, -ably and -ation.
The -able suffix is used to make
adjectives from verbs using the usual
rules for adding vowel suffixes.
This is the second of three exercises to practise
adding -able, -ably and -ation. The -ably suffix
is used to make adjectives from verbs using the
usual rules for adding vowel suffixes.
This is one of two exercises to practise
using -ible and -ibly. These suffixes are not
as common as -able and -ably. Generally,
they are used when a whole root word
cannot be heard, but not always, e.g.
sensibly
consider → considerably
comfort → comfortable
remark → remarkably
visible
consider →consideration
depend → dependable
profit → profitably
visibly
adore → adorably
enjoy → enjoyable
agree → agreeably
horrible
adore → adoration
port → portable
suit → suitably
horribly
admire → admirable
notice → noticeable
notice → noticeably
terrible
admire → admiration
manage → manageable
admire → admirably
terribly
apply → applicable
achieve → achievable
imagine → imaginably
possible
apply → application
debate → debatable
note → notably
possibly
durable
rely → reliable
rely → reliably
incredible
duration
envy → enviable
justify → justifiably
incredibly
rhyme
signature
sufficient
thorough
rhythm
sincere
suggest
twelfth
sacrifice
sincerely
symbol
variety
secretary
soldier
system
vegetable
shoulder
stomach
temperature
vehicle
This is the first of three exercises to
practise adding -able, -ably and -ation.
This first week includes words where
there is a relationship to the -ation
ending. The -able and -ably suffixes are
usually used when the whole root word
can be heard, but not always.
The remainder of this term’s spellings are on the next page
It’s Time to Learn Year 5 Spellings – Summer Term 2015
Week 10 – 22 Jun
Week 11 – 29 Jun
Week 12 – 6 July
More adjectives and adverbs with
-ible and -ibly
Vowel suffixes with words ending
-fer
Making verbs by adding -ate, -ify and
-ise
This is the second of two exercises to practise
using -ible and -ibly. These suffixes are not as
common as -able and -ably. Generally, they are
used when a whole root word cannot be heard,
but not always, e.g. sensibly.
This exercise practises when to double the r of a
-fer ending when a vowel suffix is added. If the
-fer is stressed when the suffix is added, then
the r is doubled.
This exercise uses the suffixes -ate, -ify and -ise
to make verbs from adjectives. There are many
words using these suffixes that do not follow the
rules used here and just have to be learnt.
sensible
differ → differed
real → realise
sensibly
differ → difference
special → specialise
responsible
prefer → preference
stable → stabilise
responsibly
refer → reference
social → socialise
accessible
confer → conference
pure → purify
collapsible
prefer → preferred
intense → intensify
digestible
deter → deterred
simple → simplify
flexible
defer → deferred
cooperative → cooperate
reversible
infer → inferred
active → activate
forcibly
transfer → transferred
appreciative → appreciate
yacht
aggressive
attached
accommodate
amateur
available
accompany
ancient
average
according
apparent
awkward
achieve
appreciate
bargain
It’s Time to Learn Year 5 Spellings – Summer Term 2015