Year 5

Words with the long vowel sound /i/ spelt with y

apply

supply

identify

occupy

multiply

rhyme

cycle

python

hygiene

hyphen

Year 6

Adjectives ending in -ent into nouns ending in -ence/-ency

innocent

innocence

decent

decency

excellent

excellence

confident

confidence

existent

Year 5

Words with the short vowel sound /i/ spelt with y

symbol

mystery

lyrics

oxygen

symptom

physical

system

typical

crystal

rhythm

Year 6

Adjectives ending in -ant into nouns ending in -ance/-ancy

observant

observance

expectant

expectancy

hesitant

hesitancy

tolerant

tolerance

relevant

relevance

Year 5

Words with endings that sound like

/shuhs/ spelt with –tious or -ious

ambitious cautious fictitious infectious nutritious contentious superstitious pretentious anxious obnoxious

Year 6

Homophones & Near Homophones: Nouns that end in -ce/-cy and verbs that end in-se/-sy

advice advise device devise licence license practice practise prophecy

Year 5 

Words with endings that sound like

/shuhs/ spelt with–cious

vicious gracious spacious malicious precious conscious delicious suspicious atrocious ferocious

Year 6

Ambitious Synonyms: Adjectives

aggressive hostile awkward obstinate desperate frantic disastrous calamitous marvellous

Year 5

Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using the suffix -en

blacken
brighten
flatten
lengthen
mistaken
straighten
shorten
thicken
tighten
toughen

Year 6

Statutory Spelling Challenge Words

foreign
apparent
appreciate
persuade
individual
language
sufficient
determined
explanation
pronunciation

Year 5

Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using the suffix -ify

amplify
solidify
signify
falsify
glorify
notify
testify
purify
intensify
classify

Year 6

Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning

signature
assign
design
designate
significant
resignation
resign
insignificant
assignment
signal

Year 5

Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using the suffix -ise

criticise
advertise
capitalise
finalise
equalise
fertilise
terrorise
socialise
visualise
vandalise

Year 6

Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning

accommodate
accompany
access
accuse
accost
accrue
accuracy
accomplish
accumulate
accentuate

Year 5

Convert nouns or adjectives into verbs using the suffix -ate

pollinate
captivate
activate
motivate
communicate
medicate
elasticate
hyphenate
alienate
validate

Year 6

Words with a ‘soft c’ spelt /ce/

cemetery
certificate
celebrate
necessary
deceased
December
sacrifice
hindrance
nuisance
prejudice

Year 5

Words with /or/ sound spelt ‘au’

pause
cause
sauce
fraud
launch
author
August
applaud
astronaut
restaurant

Year 6

Words with endings which sound like /shuhl/ after a consonant letter

partial
confidential
essential
substantial
torrential
sequential
potential
spatial
martial
influential

Year 5

Words with an /or/ sound spelt ‘or’

forty
scorch
absorb
decorate
afford
enormous
category
tornado
according
opportunity

Year 6

Words with endings which sound like /shuhl/ after a vowel letter

official
special
artificial
social
racial
crucial
facial
beneficial
superficial
antisocial