the base word from which other words are formed often by adding prefixes or suffixes

a letter or group of letters added to the end of a word to change its meaning

a naming word for a person, place or thing

a type of noun that names an idea or quality that cannot be seen

Spelling words with the suffixes -ence and -ency

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Spelling words with the suffix -ant

Spelling words with the suffixes -ance and -ancy

Spelling words with the suffix -ent

Investigating the letter string ‘fer’

Applying spelling rules with the letter string ‘fer’

Spelling a selection of homophones

Spelling further homophones and near-homophones

Investigating the ‘ee’ sound spelt ‘ie’ or ‘ei’

Applying the rule ‘i before e except after c’

Other sounds represented by the letter string ‘ie’

Other sounds represented by the letter string ‘ei’

In this unit, pupils learn further noun suffixes, letter strings and homophones.  In 'Etymology and prefixes', pupils learn the grammar and spelling conventions associated with prefixes.

In ‘Verb, adjective and noun suffixes’, pupils learnt the grammar and spelling conventions associated with verb, adjective and noun suffixes. In this unit, pupils learn further noun suffixes, letter strings and homophones.

In this unit, pupils learn spelling and grammar conventions associated with more noun suffixes like -ant, -ance, -ancy, -ent, -ence and -ency, reviewing how the addition of a suffix can affect the grammar of a word, for example its word class. Pupils investigate letter strings and homophones.

Noun suffixes, letter strings and homophones

Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'She has wonderful **confedance**.'

Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'Your reading **fluinsy** has improved so much.'

Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'The **frequnacy** of their meetings increased as they became closer friends.'

Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'The child's **inosense** was evident in the way he believed in fairy tales.'

Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'It was a **potint** magical potion.'

Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the following sentence: 'There was an **acidant** outside school yesterday.'

Spelling words with the suffixes -ence and -ency

Lesson outcome