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Year 6 Spelling Grid

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Year 6 Spelling Grid

Work through each activity. Choose or write the correctly spelled word in each item.

Spelling Rules and Patterns

1.Select the correctly spelled word in each pair: a) recieve / receive; b) beleive / believe; c) acheive / achieve.
2.Complete each word with the correct ending, choosing -tion, -sion or -cian: magi____; explo____; musi____.
3.Write the correctly spelled word from each group: a) seperate / separate / separete; b) definately / definitely / defenitely; c) necessary / neccessary / necesary.
4.Add dis-, mis- or un- to make a word that fits the clue: a) fail to understand; b) not truthful; c) stop something from appearing.
5.Choose the homophone that completes each sentence: a) A meteor passed (threw / through) the atmosphere. b) Hudson will (buy / by) a notebook before the observatory tour.

Word Building and Analysis

6.Divide each word into syllables using hyphens: a) kangaroo; b) observatory; c) remember; d) beautiful.
7.Write the plural form of each noun: a) fox; b) loaf; c) story.
8.Add -ing to each base word, applying the spelling rule: a) hope; b) swim; c) carry.
9.Complete each Australian English spelling: a) col____ (the appearance of something); b) cent____ (a place for an activity); c) organ____ (arrange or prepare); d) favour____ (preferred).
10.Each sentence contains one spelling error. Rewrite the incorrect word correctly: a) Anh checked the observatry log. b) The telescope gave a clear imaje of the moon. c) The team recorded the temprature at midnight.

Challenge Activities

11.Match the word parts to make four compound words. Use each part once.
  • star
  • sun
  • moon
  • water
  • flower
  • light
  • fall
  • shine
12.Choose from advice, advise, affect and effect to complete each sentence: a) Bodhi asked Anh to ______ him on choosing a telescope. b) Cloud cover may ______ the observation. c) Anh gave useful ______ about recording the results. d) The bright flash had a surprising ______ on the camera.
13.Choose the correct spelling in each sentence: a) The observatory's (principal / principle) instrument is a large telescope. b) The team worked (quietly / quitely) while the camera recorded.

3 printable pages

  • Year 6 spelling practice: spelling patterns, suffixes, prefixes and homophones.

    Page 1

  • Word building with syllables, plurals, -ing endings, Australian spellings and editing.

    Page 2

  • Compound words, commonly confused word pairs and spelling choices.

    Page 3

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