WB 9/9- tested 13/9
Rules: Words ending in –ant, –ance and –ancy
1. significant 4. importance 7. fragrance
2. significance 5. applicant 8. vacancy
3. important 6. fragrant
WB 16/9- tested 20/9
Rules: Words ending in –ant, –ance and –ancy
1. assistant 4. brilliance 7. elegance
2. assistance 5. disturbance 8. arrogant
3. brilliant 6. elegant
WB 23/9- tested 27/9
Rules: Words ending in –ent –ence –ency
1. ancient 4. decent 7. frequency
2. agent 5. decency 8. benevolent
3. agency 6. frequent
WB 30/9- tested 4/10
Rules: Words ending in –ent –ence –ency
1. regent 4. confidence 7. emergency
2. regency 5. consequence 8. emergent
3. confident 6. consequently
WB 7.10- tested 11.10
Rules: Words ending in –ent –ence –ency
1. urgent 4. dependent 7. independence
2. urgency 5. dependency 8. innocence
3. innocent 6. independent
WB 14/10- tested on 18/10
Rules: Words from the statutory word list
1. disastrous 4. temperature 7. yacht
2. marvellous 5. conscious 8. forty
3. mischievous 6. desperate
21.10 to 25.10
No spelling test.
We will be revising all spellings from this half-term.
WB 4.11- tested on 8.11
Rules: Adding suffixes beginning with the vowel letters to words ending in –fer
Tip: The ‘r’ is doubled if the –fer is still stressed when the ending is added.
1. transfer 4. transference 7. preferring
2. transferred 5. prefer 8. preference
3. transferring 6. preferred
WB 11.11- tested 15.11
Rules: Adding suffixes beginning with the vowel letters to words ending in –fer
Tip: The ‘r’ is doubled if the –fer is still stressed when the ending is added.
1. refer 4. reference 7. inferring
2. referred 5. infer 8. inference
3. referring 6. inferred
WB 18/11-tested on 22/11
Rules: Adding suffixes beginning with the vowel letters to words ending in –fer
Tip: The ‘r’ is doubled if the –fer is still stressed when the ending is added. Exceptions to the rule
1. defer 4. deference 7. conferring
2. deferred 5. confer 8. conference
3. deferring 6. conferred
WB 25/11-tested on 29/11
Rules:Adding suffixes beginning with the vowel letters to words ending in –fer
Tip: The ‘r’ is doubled if the –fer is still stressed when the ending is added. Exceptions to the rule.
1. refer 4. transfer 7. suffering
2. referee 5. transference 8. prefer
3. reference 6. suffer 9. preference
WB 2/12- tested on 6/12
Rules: Words from the statutory word list
1. vehicle 4. symbol 7. rhythm 10. recognise
2. vegetable 5. stomach 8. rhyme
3. variety 6. soldier 9. recommend
WB 9.12- tested 13.12
Rules: Words from the statutory word list
1. queue 4. opportunity 7. interrupt 10. foreign
2. privilege 5. nuisance 8. immediately
3. physical 6. muscle 9. government