Spelling Mixed Practice
Year 6 spelling worksheet: silent letters, homophones such as aisle and isle, prefixes and suffixes, and dictionary skills. Three pages, free.
Year 6 Spelling Worksheets
Using further prefixes and suffixes and understanding the guidance for adding them, drawing on the Year 5 and 6 spelling expectations.
Year 6 English6 worksheets
Spelling worksheets to download
The ough Letter String Word Search
Year 6 ough word search: 12 tricky words such as plough, thorough and enough hidden in four directions. Answer key with grid positions.
Statutory Spellings Practice: Year 5 and 6 Word List
Year 6 statutory spelling practice: ten Year 5 and 6 words such as yacht and rhythm, with Look, Cover, Write, Check and handwriting.
Homophones and Near-Homophones Match-Up
Year 6 homophones match-up: 14 words including desert, principle, precede and complement, plus a sentence challenge and full answers.
Unscramble It: -ant, -ance, -ent and -ence Words
Year 6 spelling anagrams for -ant, -ance, -ent and -ence words: ten scrambles with clues, challenge sentences and a mystery word.
Endings Crossword: -cious, -tious, -cial and -tial
Year 6 spelling crossword on -cious, -tious, -cial and -tial endings: eight clues with definitions, letter counts and an answer key.
Curriculum objectives covered
Spelling
“Use further prefixes and suffixes and understand the guidance for adding them”
Spelling
“Spell some words with 'silent' letters [for example, knight, psalm, solemn]”
Spelling
“Continue to distinguish between homophones and other words which are often confused”
Spelling
“Use knowledge of morphology and etymology in spelling and understand that the spelling of some words needs to be learnt specifically, as listed in English Appendix 1”
Spelling
“Use dictionaries to check the spelling and meaning of words”
Spelling
“Use a thesaurus.”
Handwriting and presentation
“Choosing which shape of a letter to use when given choices and deciding whether or not to join specific letters”
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“Learning the grammar for years 5 and 6 in English Appendix 2”
Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
“Use and understand the grammatical terminology in English Appendix 2 accurately and appropriately in discussing their writing and reading.”
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