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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 3.3

Year 6 English: Word list words 18 to 34, from committee to disastrous

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3.3

Word list words 18 to 34, from committee to disastrous

Year 6
Spell words 18 to 34 of the Year 5-6 statutory word list, in list order (Y5-6 spelling), Spell words ending in -ary, -ery and -ory, as in dictionary, cemetery and category (Y5-6 spelling)
Story. The school council meets in the library. A member has written a note about the controversy over the new bike shed, and the committee wants to develop a plan that every pupil can support.

These are words 18 to 34 of the word list. Some end in -ary, -ery or -ory, so learn the ending of each one. Dictionary ends in -ary, cemetery in -ery, and category in -ory.

Words 18 to 34

No.WordMeaning
18committeea group of people chosen to make decisions
19communicateto share information with others
20communitypeople who live or work in the same place
21competitiona contest between people or teams
22consciencethe feeling that tells you what is right and wrong
23consciousawake, and aware of what is happening
24controversya public argument about something important
25conveniencesomething that makes a job easier
26correspondto write letters to someone, or to match
27criticiseto point out what is wrong
28curiositya strong wish to know or learn
29definitecertain and clear
30desperatevery anxious, or needing something very badly
31determinedfirmly decided to do something
32developto grow, or to improve
33dictionarya book that gives the meanings of words
34disastrousvery bad, and causing great harm

Key ideas

  • Each word has a meaning, and the meaning helps you remember the spelling.
  • Words ending in -ary, -ery and -ory are learned from the list.
  • Check every double letter.
Worked example 3.3.1
Write the word from the list that means a book that gives the meanings of words.

Method. Use the meaning, then check the ending.

  1. Use the meaning. A book that gives the meanings of words is a dictionary.
    a book of meanings
  2. Check the ending. Dictionary ends in -ary.
    dictionar-y
  3. Write the word. Dictionary is spelt with -ary at the end.
    dictionary
  4. Write the answer.
    dictionary

Check. dictionary ends in -ary. ✓

Worked example 3.3.2
Write the word from the list that means very bad, and causing great harm.

Method. Use the meaning, then check the ending.

  1. Use the meaning. Very bad, and causing great harm, is disastrous.
    very bad
  2. Check the ending. Disastrous ends in -rous.
    disaster-ous
  3. Write the word. Disastrous has a single s after the r.
    disastrous
  4. Write the answer.
    disastrous

Check. disastrous ends in -ous. ✓

Worked example 3.3.3
Which spelling is correct: determined or determind?

Method. Check the ending and the letters.

  1. Say the letters. The word ends in -ined, with an e before the d.
    determined
  2. Compare the spellings. Determind leaves out the e, so it is wrong.
    determined
  3. Write the word. Determined means firmly decided to do something.
    determined
  4. Write the answer.
    determined

Check. determined has the e before d. ✓

Watch out

Watch out: dictionary, cemetery and category end in three different ways. Learn each ending with its word.

Exam tip

Grown-up tip. Ask your child to make three columns, one each for -ary, -ery and -ory, and to write each word in the right column.

Exercise 3C  Practice: words 18 to 34

1
FWrite the word from the list that means: a group of people chosen to make decisions.
2
FWrite the word from the list that means: a contest between people or teams.
3
FWrite the word from the list that means: a public argument about something important.
4
FWrite the word from the list that means: to write letters to someone, or to match.
5
FWrite the word from the list that means: a strong wish to know or learn.
6
FWrite the word from the list that means: certain and clear.
7
FWrite the word from the list that means: very anxious, or needing something very badly.
8
FWrite the word from the list that means: a book that gives the meanings of words.
9
PSWhich spelling is correct? Choose one: dictonary or dictionary.
10
PSWhich spelling is correct? Choose one: desparate or desperate.
11
FWhich letters are written twice in a row in committee? Write them in order.
12
FWrite the word from the list that means firmly decided to do something.
13
PSWrite one sentence about a community event that uses the word community correctly.
14
FWrite the word from the list that means a place where the dead are buried. Write the word only.
15
PSCorrect the spelling: The disasterous flood closed the road.
16
FWrite the word from the list that means the people who run a country, and say whether it has a double letter.
17
RExplain why category ends in -ory and not -ary, in one sentence.
18
FWrite the word from the list that means to point out what is wrong.
19
PSWrite a sentence that uses the word controversy correctly, about a new rule. Write the sentence.

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