WB 18/9- tested 22/9
Rules: Words ending in –ant, –ance and –ancy
1. significant 4. importance 7. fragrance
2. significance 5. applicant 8. vacant
3. important 6. fragrant 9. vacancy
WB 25/9- tested 29/9
Rules: Words ending in –ant, –ance and –ancy
1. assistant 4. brilliance 7. elegance 10. truancy
2. assistance 5. disturbance 8. arrogant
3. brilliant 6. elegant 9. arrogance
WB 2/10- tested 6/10
Rules: Words ending in –ent –ence –ency
1. ancient 4. decent 7. frequency 10. student
2. agent 5. decency 8. benevolent
3. agency 6. frequent 9. benevolence
WB 9/10- tested 13/10
Rules: Words ending in –ent –ence –ency
1. regent 4. confidence 7. licence 10. emergency
2. regency 5. consequence 8. emergent
3. confident 6. consequently 9. emergence
WB 16.10- tested 20.10
Rules: Words ending in –ent –ence –ency
1. urgent 4. dependent 7. independence 10. innocence
2. urgency 5. dependency 8. independency
3. tendency 6. independent 9. innocent
WB 23/10- tested on 27/10
Rules: Words from the statutory word list
-’ous’ words
-words originating from other countries
-cross curricular words
1. disastrous 4. conscience 7. yacht 10. twelfth
2. marvellous 5. conscious 8. forty
3. mischievous 6. desperate 9. temperature
WB 6.11- tested on 10.11
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 13.11- tested 17.11
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 20/11-tested on 24/11
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 27/11-tested on 1/12
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 4/12- tested on 8/12
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 11.12- tested 15.12
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