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Year 5 and 6 Spelling Booklet

Helen Ackrill 2020

Week 4Contents

Pages 2 and 3 – common hyphenated words

Pages 4 and 5 – ‘ei’ words with the ‘ay’ sound

Pages 6 and 7 – ‘ei’ words with the ‘i’ and ‘ee’ sounds

Pages 8 and 9 - suffixes ‘cial’ and ‘tial’

Pages 10 and 11 – suffix ‘ant’

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Common Hyphenated Words

When do you use a hyphen with ‘re’?

Use a hyphen with ‘re’ when both of these apply:

‘re’ means ‘again’

leaving the hyphen out would cause confusion with another word.

To ‘re-sign’ means to sign something again. If you left the hyphen out, you’d cause confusion with the word

‘resign’ (to leave your job). Use a hyphen to avoid confusing people!

Commonly confused ‘re’ words

Recover: Rest and fluids help you recover quickly.

Re-cover: I must re-cover the sofa.

Reserve: Let’s reserve a table at the restaurant.

Re-serve: The tennis player will re-serve the ball.

Repress: Don’t repress your emotions.

Re-press: You need to re-press that shirt. It has too many wrinkles.

Resent: I resent the way you are talking to me.

Re-sent: The email didn’t arrive so it was re-sent.

Relay: I ran second in the relay race.

Re-lay: The builder will re-lay the carpet.

Can you work out the correct answers in this quiz? Select the correct answer:

1A. I called the restaurant to reserve a table.

1B. I called the restaurant to re-serve a table.

1C. I called the restaurant to re serve a table.

2A. I resent the email to you last night.

2B. I re-sent the email to you last night.

2C. I re sent the email to you last night.

3A. I’ll print out the letters again, and you can resign them.

3B. I’ll print out the letters again, and you can re-sign them.

3C. I’ll print out the letters again, and you can re sign them.

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DAY ONE

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‘non’ means ‘not’. When added as a prefix it will give the word the opposite meaning.

‘ill’ means ‘bad’ or ‘badly’. It means the opposite of ‘good’ or ‘done well’.

The hyphen in these ‘re/pre/co’ prefix words can be used to separate the vowels between the prefix and the root word.

non-stick non-fiction non-slip

ill-natured ill-tempered ill-timed

re-enter pre-arrange co-operate

Can you write sentences that include these hyphenated words?

Here are some pictures to help you!

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‘ei’ words with the ‘ay’ sound.

Some challenges for you!

Look at one of the words for 10 seconds. Close your eyes/look away and answer the following questions:

How many letters does the word have?

How many vowels does it have? How many consonants?

Are there any repeated letters in the word? How many?

What is the second letter? The fourth letter? The last letter?

Can you put the letters in alphabetical order?

Write it on a piece of paper!

Spell it backwards on your piece of paper!

Write it in capital letters!

Repeat for each spelling! How many could you remember?

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DAY TWO

vein

rein

reign

neigh

eight

weigh

weight

veil

beige

sleigh

neighbour

feign

reindeer

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Synonyms

Can you think of the synonyms for these words, from today’s spelling list?

consider

taupe

sledge

mask

strap

rule

Caption It!

Write a caption underneath each picture below, using as many of the words as possible!

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‘ei’ words with the ‘i’ and ‘ee’ sounds.

Some challenges for you!

Look at one of the words for 10 seconds. Close your eyes/look away and answer the following questions:

How many letters does the word have?

How many vowels does it have? How many consonants?

Are there any repeated letters in the word? How many?

What is the second letter? The fourth letter? The last letter?

Can you put the letters in alphabetical order?

Write it on a piece of paper!

Spell it backwards on your piece of paper!

Write it in capital letters!

Repeat for each spelling! How many could you remember?

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DAY THREE

feisty

height

heist

seize

ceiling

receipt

deceit

perceive

deceive

receive

conceive

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Can you highlight the correct spellings in green and the incorrect spellings in red?

feisty height seeling perceive conseeve heist seazeseize deseet deceive receeve deseeve receive hieghtconceive seese ceiling deceit receipt persive conseavehyte fiesty persieve deceeve hist cealing hystfysty reseive receet deseive hight reseit reseave

Antonyms

Can you think of the antonyms for these words, from today’s spelling list?

feeble

floor

give

honesty

ignore

return

Look Cover Write Checkfeisty

height

heist

seize

ceiling

receipt

deceit

perceive

deceive

receive

conceive

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Suffixes ‘cial’ and ‘tial’

Some challenges for you!

Look at one of the words for 10 seconds. Close your eyes/look away and answer the following questions:

How many letters does the word have?

How many vowels does it have?

Which vowels are in the word? Not in the word?

How many consonants in the word?

Which consonants are in the word? Not in the word?

How many letters with descenders? Ascenders?

Which letter is first alphabetically? Last?

Write it on a piece of paper!

Spell it backwards on your piece of paper!

Repeat for each spelling! How many could you remember?

Can you unscramble these anagrams?

apalitla

eetnsails

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DAY FOUR

facial

special

official

social

crucial

potential

substantial

initial

palatial

financial

commercial

essential

The ‘shul’ sound spelt ‘cial’ is commonly used after a vowel.

The ‘shul’ sound spelt ‘tial’ is commonly used after a consonant.

Be careful! There are some exceptions to the rules.

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ifancnail

iinailt

ussbattnail

aficla

sepicla

These spellings and definitions have been mixed up! Can you match them up?

A facial 1 tending to form cooperative relationships with others

B special 2 very important

C official 3 considerable in quantity : significantly large

D social 4 fit for a palace

E crucial 5 being unusual and especially better in some way

F potential 6 paid for by advertisers

G substantial 7 a person who enforces the rules in a game or sport

H initial 8 relating to money or funds

I palatial 9 a treatment to improve the condition of the skin of the face

J financial 10 placed or standing at the beginning

K commercial 11 important in the highest degree

L essential 12 capable of becoming real

A B C D E F G H I J K L

Suffix ‘ant’

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DAY FIVE

vacant

elegant

significant

arrogant

compliant

reliant

expectant

hesitant

If the suffix follows a hard ‘c’ or ‘g’ it is ‘ant’

Words derived from verbs ending ‘y’ use the suffix ‘ant’

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Some challenges for you!

Look at one of the words for 10 seconds. Close your eyes/look away and answer the following questions:

How many letters does the word have?

How many vowels does it have?

Which vowels are in the word? Not in the word?

How many consonants in the word?

Which consonants are in the word? Not in the word?

How many letters with descenders? Ascenders?

Which letter is first alphabetically? Last?

Write it on a piece of paper!

Spell it backwards on your piece of paper!

Repeat for each spelling! How many could you remember?

Work out the value of each word.

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vacant

elegant

significant

arrogant

compliant

reliant

expectant

hesitant

If the suffix follows a hard ‘c’ or ‘g’ it is ‘ant’

Words derived from verbs ending ‘y’ use the suffix ‘ant’

A = 1B = 2C = 3D = 4E = 5F = 6G = 7H = 8I = 9

J = 10K = 11L = 12M = 13N = 14O = 15P = 16Q = 17

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Can you put the following words into your own sentences?

vacant elegant hesitant tolerant arrogant defiant

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A = 1B = 2C = 3D = 4E = 5F = 6G = 7H = 8I = 9

J = 10K = 11L = 12M = 13N = 14O = 15P = 16Q = 17

WORD VALUEcompliant 3 + 15 + 13 + 16 + 12 +

9 + 1 + 14 + 20 = 103

significant

dominant

applicant

expectant

reliant