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Primary English · Year 6Chapter 3 · Silent letters and the statutory word list, part 1
Year 6 English · Silent letters and the statutory word list, part 1 · Lesson 3.2

Year 6 English: Word list words 1 to 17, from accommodate to conscious

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3.2

Word list words 1 to 17, from accommodate to conscious

Year 6
Spell words 1 to 17 of the Year 5-6 statutory word list, in list order (Y5-6 spelling), Use the meaning of a word to check its spelling, including its double letters (Y5-6 spelling)
Story. Ava is planning a school trip. The coach company says it can accommodate forty pupils, and her teacher says that the committee will decide the day. Ava writes each word carefully, because she wants the letter to be correct.

The Year 5-6 word list has 100 words. Here are words 1 to 17. Each word has a meaning that helps you remember its spelling. Many of them have double letters, such as the cc in accommodate. Count the double letters as you write the word.

Words 1 to 17

No.WordMeaning
1accommodateto provide room or a place for someone
2accompanyto go with someone
3accordingas someone has said
4achieveto succeed in doing something
5aggressiveready to attack or argue
6amateursomeone who does something for enjoyment, not for pay
7ancientvery old, from long ago
8apparenteasy to see or understand
9appreciateto be grateful for, or to value
10attachedfastened to something, or fond of someone
11availableable to be used or obtained
12averagetypical, or the usual level
13awkwarddifficult to handle, or embarrassing
14bargainsomething good value for the money
15bruisea mark on the skin after a knock
16categorya group of things that share a feature
17cemeterya place where the dead are buried

Key ideas

  • Learn each word with its meaning.
  • Check every double letter, such as cc in accommodate and mm in committee.
  • Write the word from memory, then check it against the list.
Worked example 3.2.1
Write the word from the list that means to provide room or a place for someone.

Method. Use the meaning, then check the double letters.

  1. Use the meaning. To provide room or a place for someone is accommodate.
    accommodate
  2. Check the double letters. Accommodate has cc and mm.
    cc and mm
  3. Write the word. Write the letters in order, with both doubles.
    accommodate
  4. Write the answer.
    accommodate

Check. accommodate has the double letters cc and mm. ✓

Worked example 3.2.2
Which spelling is correct: committee or comittee?

Method. Check the double letters.

  1. Say the letters in order. The word has mm, tt and ee.
    mm, tt, ee
  2. Compare the two spellings. Comittee has only one m and one t, so it is missing letters.
    committee
  3. Write the word. Committee is a group of people chosen to make decisions.
    committee
  4. Write the answer.
    committee

Check. committee has mm, tt and ee. ✓

Worked example 3.2.3
Write the word that means a contest between people or teams.

Method. Use the meaning, then write the letters in order.

  1. Use the meaning. A contest between people or teams is a competition.
    a contest
  2. Check the letters. Competition has the ending -tion.
    competi-tion
  3. Write the word. Competition is spelt with -tion at the end.
    competition
  4. Write the answer.
    competition

Check. competition ends in -tion. ✓

Watch out

Watch out: accommodate has two cs and two ms, and the words accompany and according also start with ac. Check each one against the list, and do not mix them up.

Exam tip

Grown-up tip. Ask your child to say each meaning, then to write the word and to underline the double letters in pencil.

Exercise 3B  Practice: words 1 to 17

1
FWrite the word from the list that means: to provide room or a place for someone.
2
FWrite the word from the list that means: to go with someone.
3
FWrite the word from the list that means: to succeed in doing something.
4
FWrite the word from the list that means: ready to attack or argue.
5
FWrite the word from the list that means: very old, from long ago.
6
FWrite the word from the list that means: fastened to something, or fond of someone.
7
FWrite the word from the list that means: something good value for the money.
8
FWrite the word from the list that means: a group of things that share a feature.
9
PSWhich spelling is correct? Choose one: acompany or accompany.
10
PSWhich spelling is correct? Choose one: comittee or committee.
11
FWhich letters are written twice in a row in accommodate? Write them in order.
12
PSWrite one sentence about a bus trip that uses the word accompany correctly.
13
FWrite the word from the list that means very old, from long ago.
14
FWrite the word from the list that means a group of things that share a feature.
15
FWrite the word from the list that means a place where the dead are buried.
16
PSCorrect the spelling in this sentence: The bargin in the shop was very good.
17
PSWrite the word from the list that means to go with someone, and say its first two letters.
18
RExplain why the word accommodate is hard to spell, in one or two sentences.
19
RLook at the word conscience. It is spelt with a silent c. Is this true? Answer yes or no.
20
FWrite the word from the list that means the feeling that tells you what is right and wrong.

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