Key learning points

1. The suffixes -ance and -ancy can create abstract nouns.
2. The -ance or -ancy spellings may be found after a ‘hard c’ or ‘hard ‘g’.
3. Words ending in -ant/-ance/-ancy sometimes have related words where the ‘ay’ vowel sound is clearer.
4. Words in word families often have connected meaning and spelling.
5. How to spell the curriculum words: length, strength, though and although.

Keywords

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

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

• Noun - a naming word for a person, place or thing

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

• Adjective - describes a noun

Common misconception