Spelling Expectations Year 6
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Correct use and spelling of pronouns
Expanded range of
suffixes including
homophomic endings
(e.g. – cious – tious)
Extended range of
prefixes:
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
•
dis–, mis–, im–:
disappear, misbehave,
impossible
•
re–: refresh
•
sub–: subdivide
•
inter–: international
•
super–:
supermarket
•
anti–: antiseptic
•
auto–: automatic,
autograph
Homophones or nearhomophones
In the pairs of words
opposite, nouns end –ce
and verbs end –se.
Advice and advise
provide a useful clue as
the word advise (verb) is
pronounced with a /z/
sound – which could not
be spelt c.
(e.g. accept/except,
affect/effect)
Spell most words
correctly, including
polysyllabic words that
contain unstressed
vowels
(e.g. different,
interested, secretary,
jewellery
Correct spelling of
regularly formed
content/lexical words,
including those with
multiple morphemes
Unstressed vowels
Curriculum Words