Revise work done in previous New work for Year 5 Statutory requirements and guidance Example Not many common words end like vicious, precious, Endings which sound like /ʃəs/ this. spelt or conscious, delicious, –cious malicious, suspicious –tious If the root word ends in –ce, ambitious, cautious, the /ʃ/ sound is usually spelt as fictitious, infectious, c e.g. vice – nutritious vicious, grace gracious, – – space spacious, malice – – malicious. Exception: anxious. is common after a vowel official, special, artificial, Endings which sound like /ʃəl/ –cial letter and after a partial, confidential, essential –tial consonant letter, but there are some exceptions. Exceptions: initial, financial, commercial, provincial (the spelling of the last three is clearly related to finance, commerce and province). ending in observant, observance, –ant, Use and if –ant –ance/–ancy (observation), expectant –ance/–ancy, is a related word with a /æ/ (expectation), hesitant, –ent, or /eɪ/ sound in the right hesitancy (hesitation), –ence/–ency position; endings –ation tolerant, tolerance are often a clue. (toleration), substance (substantial) innocent, innocence, decent, decency, frequent, frequency, Use and –ent –ence/–ency confident, confidence after soft c (/s/ sound), soft g (confidential) (/dʒ/ sound) and qu, or if there assistant, assistance, is a related word with a clear obedient, obedience, /ɛ/ sound in the right position. independent, There are many words, independence however, where the above guidance does not help. These words just have to be learnt. ending in and The endings are adorable/adorably –able –able/–ably far more common than the (adoration), –ible endings. applicable/applicably Words ending in and –ably As with and (application), –ibly –ant –ance/–ancy, the able ending is used if there considerable/considerably – is a related word ending in (consideration),
Revise work done in previous New work for Year 5 Statutory requirements and guidance Example Endings which sound like /ʃəs/ spelt –cious or –tious Not many common words end like this. If the root word ends in –ce, the /ʃ/ sound is usually spelt as c – e.g. vice – vicious, grace – gracious, space – spacious, malice – malicious. Exception: anxious. vicious, precious, conscious, delicious, malicious, suspicious ambitious, cautious, fictitious, infectious, nutritious Endings which sound like /ʃəl/ –cial is common after a vowel letter and –tial after a consonant letter, but there are some exceptions. Exceptions: initial, financial, commercial, provincial (the spelling of the last three is clearly related to finance, commerce and province). official, special, artificial, partial, confidential, essential ending in –ant, –ance/–ancy, –ent, –ence/–ency Use –ant and –ance/–ancy if is a related word with a /æ/ or /eɪ/ sound in the right position; –ation endings are often a clue. Use –ent and –ence/–ency after soft c (/s/ sound), soft g (/dʒ/ sound) and qu, or if there is a related word with a clear /ɛ/ sound in the right position. There are many words, however, where the above guidance does not help. These words just have to be learnt. observant, observance, (observation), expectant (expectation), hesitant, hesitancy (hesitation), tolerant, tolerance (toleration), substance (substantial) innocent, innocence, decent, decency, frequent, frequency, confident, confidence (confidential) assistant, assistance, obedient, obedience, independent, independence ending in –able and –ible Words ending in –ably and –ibly The –able/–ably endings are far more common than the endings. As with –ant and –ance/–ancy, the – able ending is used if there is a related word ending in adorable/adorably (adoration), applicable/applicably (application), considerable/considerably (consideration),
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