Learn your own list of homophones or words that are often confused. Don’t forget that the definitions are just as important to learn as the spellings! Test on Friday 4th March.

Silent letters

List 1                                                           List 2                                             List 3

write                                                           builder                                           autumn

wrote                                                          guest                                             bargain

wrong                                                         tongue                                          bruise

answer                                                       bargain                                         environment

hour                                                            bruise                                           government

often                                                          muscle                                           foreign

castle                                                        listen                                                language

listen                                                       whistle                                                queue

build                                                        rhythm                                                  yacht

buy                                                          column                                                 leisure

guess                                                      rhyme                                                  restaurant

guide                                                       autumn                                                 rhythm

Focus 5:  ou words

List 1                                  List 2                          List 3 

touch                                  jealous                        marvellous

touched                             nervous                        ridiculous

young                                envious                         vigorous

younger                            marvellous                    industrious

country                             ridiculous                       mysterious

trouble                              tremendous                   previous

double                              furious                            atrocious

couple                              serious                            conscious

bought                              anxious                           precious

brought                            delicious                          spacious

could                               precious                           suspicious

would                             suspicious                        conscientious

Test: Friday 23rd October

Focus 4: -ant/-ance endings

List 1                              List 2                                         List 3

dance                               balance                                     nuisance

glance                              entrance                                   ignorance

France                              nuisance                                  attendance

advance                            distance                                  performance

prance                              attendance                              acquaintance

trance                              performance                             appearance

entrance                          substance                                 assistance

balance                          appearance                               extravagance

distant                             distant                                      circumstance

elephant                         elephant                                   elegant

vacant                            elegant                                     sergeant

elegant                           ignorant                                   extravagant

-ent/-ence suffixes

List 1                  List 2                       List 3

argument           sentence                    independent

different            difference                     prominent

difference          obedience                   efficient

sentence           experience                  apparent

obedient            intelligence                 parliament

obedience          argument                   announcement

ingredient          different                      accompaniment

experiment        excitement                  convenience

science              magnificent                 experience

experience         ingredient                   conscience

innocent                     obedience

parliament                 intelligence

Test: Friday 9th October

List 1                            List 2                                      List 3

horrible                         incredible                                dependable

sensible                        impossible                               intolerable

terrible                          comfortable                             unbelievable

edible                            sociable                                  unimaginable

visible                           adorable                                   applicable

possible                       changeable                              understandable

valuable                       noticeable                                adjustable

comfortable                  believable                                 admirable

Please use the spelling strategy sheet to help you practise your spellings in different ways.

Test on Friday 2nd October.

Words that are often confused.

Group 1: advice, advise, practice, practise, aloud, allowed, heard, herd, past, passed, who’s, whose.

Group 2: device, devise, advice, advise, practice, practise, cereal, serial, aisle, isle, father, farther, affect, effect.

Group 3: licence, license, practice, practise, desert, dessert, stationary, stationery, draft, draught, principle, principal, eliminate, illuminate, eligible, illegible.