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Year 5

Spelling words with the suffixes -ance and -ancy

I can spell words using the suffixes -ance and -ancy.

New
New
Year 5

Spelling words with the suffixes -ance and -ancy

I can spell words using the suffixes -ance and -ancy.

Lesson details

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.

Common misconception

Children may have difficulty identifying the word class of focus words in the lesson.

Help the children to put the words into simple sentences in order to help identify the word class. Is it a naming word for a person, place, thing or idea? Is it describing a noun? etc.

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

Many of the abstract nouns may be unfamiliar vocabulary, so it will be helpful to apply the focus words in sentences as much as possible, so that pupils become used to using them.
Teacher tip

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6 Questions

Q1.
Select the correct spelling of the word.
expectent
excptectent
Correct answer: expectant
Q2.
Select the correct spelling of the word.
Correct answer: participant
participunt
participent
Q3.
Select the correct spelling of the word.
innosent
Correct answer: innocent
innocant
Q4.
Select the correct spelling of the word.
asistent
assistent
Correct answer: assistant
asistant
Q5.
Select the correct spelling of the word.
imporetent
importent
Correct answer: important
Q6.
Select the correct spelling of the word.
relevent
Correct answer: relevant
relavant

6 Questions

Q1.
Select the correct spelling of the word.
significence
significense
Correct answer: significance
significance
Q2.
Select the correct spelling of the word.
hezitance
Correct answer: hesitance
hesitence
hezitence
Q3.
Select the correct spelling of the word.
expectansy
expetensy
Correct answer: expectancy
expectency
Q4.
Correct the spelling of the word.
induljence
indulgance
Correct answer: indulgence
Q5.
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. We are in need of some asistence.
Correct Answer: assistance
Q6.
Correct the spelling of the word in bold in the sentence. Please show tolurence and respect in our school.
Correct Answer: tolerance

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