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Focus: Words with the /eɪ/ sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey
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eighty
freight
sleigh
weight
weighing
reign
beige
neighbour
feign
disobey
Include each of the words in a sentence:
B
eighth
eighteen
eightieth
outweighs
weightlessness
heavyweight
paperweight
neighbourhood
neighbourliness
disobeying
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Focus: The suffix –ous
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dangerous
generous
marvellous
numerous
vigorous
humorous
glamorous
serious
curious
obvious
Include each of the words in a sentence:
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mountainous
poisonous
tremendous
enormous
continuous
courageous
outrageous
hideous
courteous
spontaneous
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Focus: Endings which sound like /ʃəs/ spelt –cious or –tious.
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vicious
spacious
suspicious
delicious
precious
ambitious
cautious
nutritious
fictitious
infectious
Include each of the words in a sentence:
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malicious
atrocious
unsuspicious
ferocious
unconscious
unambitious
scrumptious
superstitious
repetitious
conscientious
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Focus: Endings which sound like /ʃən/,spelt –tion, –sion, –ssion, –cian
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location
direction
collection
audition
attention
introduction
position
situation
correction
satisfaction
Include each of the words in a sentence:
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conversation
contribution
competition
consideration
administration
distribution
association
preparation
opposition
organisation
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Focus: Endings which sound like /ʃən/,spelt –tion, –sion, –ssion, –cian
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revision
decision
confusion
conclusion
discussion
permission
occasion
magician
politician
optician
Include each of the words in a sentence:
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persuasion
comprehension
supervision
confession
oppression
possession
progression
technician
mathematician
paediatrician
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Focus: Endings which sound like /ʃəl/ –cial is common after a vowel letter and –tial after a consonant letter
(but there are some exceptions)
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special
official
crucial
financial
commercial
provincial
potential
essential
residential
presidential
Include each of the words in a sentence:
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artificial
unofficial
superficial
beneficial
antisocial
sacrificial
impartial
confidential
substantial
inconsequential
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Focus: Words ending in –ant, –ance/–ancy
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observant
observance
tolerant
tolerance
hesitant
hesitancy
important
importance
pregnant
pregnancy
Include each of the words in a sentence:
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tolerant
tolerance
accountant
accountancy
occupancy
redundancy
disturbance
inheritance
surveillance
disappearance
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Focus: Words ending in –ent, –ence/–ency
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innocent
innocence
frequent
frequency
confident
confidence
obedient
obedience
independent
independence
Include each of the words in a sentence:
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inconsistent
inconsistency
transparency
dependency
consequence
interference
excellence
impatience
inconvenience
equivalence
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Focus: Words ending in –able and –ably
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enjoyable
enjoyably
adorable
adorably
comfortable
comfortably
miserable
miserably
memorable
memorably
Include each of the words in a sentence:
B
laughable
laughably
unacceptable
unacceptably
unpredictable
unpredictably
unreasonable
unreasonably
unidentifiable
noticeable
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Focus: Words ending in –ible and –ibly
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impossible
impossibly
responsible
responsibly
incredible
incredibly
horribly
sensibly
invisibly
reversible
Include each of the words in a sentence:
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irreversible
irresistible
irresponsible
irresponsibly
compatible
incompatible
inaccessible
indestructible
indefensible
incomprehensible
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Focus: Words with the /i:/ sound spelt ei after c
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deceit
deceive
ceiling
ceilings
receipt
receipts
receive
received
receiving
conceive
Include each of the words in a sentence:
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deceitful
deceived
deceiving
conceited
perceive
perceivable
receives
receiving
conceived
misconceived
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Focus: Words containing the letter-string
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nought
drought
although
ploughing
coughing
toughest
toughening
roughened
throughout
thoughtfully
Include each of the words in a sentence:
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doughnuts
boroughs
overwrought
breakthrough
thoroughness
thoroughbred
afterthought
forethought
thoughtlessly
thoughtfulness