New Spellings for Year 5 continued… Spellings Examples Homophones and other aisle: a gangway between seats (in led: past tense of the verb lead, words that are often a church, train, plane), lead: present tense of that verb, or confused isle: an island; else the metal which is very heavy aloud: out loud, (as heavy as lead); allowed: permitted; past: noun or adjective referring to a a table-like piece of furniture in previous time (e.g. In the past) or a church. preposition or adverb showing place alter: to change; (e.g. he walked past me) bridal: to do with a bride at a passed: past of the verb ‘pass’ wedding. (e.g. I passed him in the road) bridle: reins etc. for controlling a desert: as a noun a barren place – horse; (stress on first syllable); as a verb – farther: further. to abandon (stress on second father: a male parent; syllable) heard: past tense of the verb hear, dessert: (stress on second syllable) herd: a group of animals; a sweet course after the main course cereal: made from grain (e.g. of a meal. breakfast cereal). profit: money that is made in selling serial: adjective from the noun things series: a succession of things one prophet: someone who foretells the after the other; future steal: take something that does not who’s: contraction of who is or who belong to you has steel: metal whose: belonging to someone (e.g. Whose jacket is that?) attached dictionary language shoulder available environment lightning signature Word List average especially muscle sincere(ly) awkward excellent neighbour soldier bargain existence opportunity stomach bruise familiar persuade symbol cemetery forty physical system competition frequently profession temperature criticise (critic + government queue twelfth ise) identity relevant vegetable curiosity immediate(ly) restaurant vehicle definite individual rhyme yacht desperate interrupt rhythm determined
New Spellings for Year 5 continued… Spellings Examples Homophones and other words that are often confused aisle: a gangway between seats (in a church, train, plane), isle: an island; aloud: out loud, allowed: permitted; a table-like piece of furniture in a church. alter: to change; bridal: to do with a bride at a wedding. bridle: reins etc. for controlling a horse; farther: further. father: a male parent; heard: past tense of the verb hear, herd: a group of animals; cereal: made from grain (e.g. breakfast cereal). serial: adjective from the noun series: a succession of things one after the other; steal: take something that does not belong to you steel: metal led: past tense of the verb lead, lead: present tense of that verb, or else the metal which is very heavy (as heavy as lead); past: noun or adjective referring to a previous time (e.g. In the past) or preposition or adverb showing place (e.g. he walked past me) passed: past of the verb ‘pass’ (e.g. I passed him in the road) desert: as a noun – a barren place (stress on first syllable); as a verb – to abandon (stress on second syllable) dessert: (stress on second syllable) a sweet course after the main course of a meal. profit: money that is made in selling things prophet: someone who foretells the future who’s: contraction of who is or who has whose: belonging to someone (e.g. Whose jacket is that?) Word List attached available average awkward bargain bruise cemetery competition criticise (critic + ise) curiosity definite desperate determined dictionary environment especially excellent existence familiar forty frequently government identity immediate(ly) individual interrupt language lightning muscle neighbour opportunity persuade physical profession queue relevant restaurant rhyme rhythm shoulder signature sincere(ly) soldier stomach symbol system temperature twelfth vegetable vehicle yacht