Statutory spelling list (Y5-6)

Key words from the Y5-6 statutory spelling list: accommodate, cemetery, conscience, environment, guarantee, parliament, rhythm, and more

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The hotel can a___ up to 200 guests. (means: provide space for) The hotel can ___ up to 200 guests.
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Which spelling is correct? A) environment B) enviroment C) envirnoment D) enviornment
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Which spelling is correct? A) guarantee B) guarentee C) garentee D) gaurantee
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Is this spelling correct? 'rythm' The spelling 'rythm' is correct. A) True B) False
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His c___ told him it was wrong to lie. (means: inner sense of right and wrong) His ___ told him it was wrong to lie.
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Which spelling is correct for the place where people are buried? A) cemetery B) cemetary C) cematery D) cemetry
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The UK ___ meets in the Palace of Westminster. (the government's law-making body) The UK ___ meets in the Palace of Westminster.
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Which of these words from the statutory list is spelt correctly? A) mischievous B) mischievious C) mischevous D) mischivous
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Complete the sentence with the correct spelling: He came ___ in the race, just behind the eleventh runner. (means: 12th) He came ___ in the race, just behind the eleventh runner.
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Which spelling is correct? A) mischievous B) mischeivous C) mischievious D) mischeevious
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Answer key

Statutory spelling list (Y5-6) · for parents and teachers

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accommodate
'Accommodate' - remember the double c and double m. It means to provide lodging or space for someone.
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environment
'Environment' - remember the 'n' before 'ment'. Break it down: environ + ment.
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guarantee
'Guarantee' - think 'guar' (like the start of 'guard') + 'antee'. Watch out for the silent 'u' after the 'g'.
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False
The correct spelling is 'rhythm'. Remember: r-h-y-t-h-m. The 'y' acts as a vowel in this word.
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conscience
'Conscience' - think: con + science. Your conscience is your inner knowledge of right and wrong.
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cemetery
'Cemetery' has three e's: c-e-m-e-t-e-r-y. A common mistake is writing 'a' instead of the second or third 'e'.
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parliament
'Parliament' - the tricky part is the 'ia' in the middle. Break it down: parli-a-ment. It comes from the French word 'parler' (to speak).
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mischievous
'Mischievous' is three syllables (mis-chie-vous). A very common error is adding an extra 'i' to make 'mischievious' (four syllables), which is incorrect.
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twelfth
'Twelfth' is the ordinal form of 'twelve'. The tricky part is that the 've' from twelve becomes 'fth' to make twelfth (not twelvth).
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mischievous
'Mischievous' has only three syllables: mis-chie-vous.