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dependent
tolerance
blatant
performance
fragrance

commitment
vacancy
flippant
truant

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Year 6 Spelling Tests

It is possible that your child will not know the meanings
of quite a few of these words, so make sure you either
explain the meanings or encourage them to look them up in
the dictionary. Learning spellings is a great way to extend
vocabulary, so as part of their spelling practice, you could
ask your child to write each word into their own sentence to
show that they know the meaning of the word. A good game
is to get them to choose two words from their list at random
and say or write a silly sentence containing the two words.
It is particularly important that your child learns the
difference in meaning between the pairs of homophones
in Test 9 (words ending ce / cy are nouns; words
ending se / sy are verbs).
Try various different strategies for learning spellings: with
some lists you could write each syllable of the word on a
separate piece of card, then jumble up the cards for your
child to re-assemble. You could also practise grouping
words according to a certain criteria; for example, with the
words from Test 10, your child could sort the words into
comm words and com words. Can they see what all the
com words have in common? (The m is followed by a p).
When you come to testing them, read out the words
aloud in a different order to the one given in the list. Make
sure you look at any mistakes your child has made
and ensure that they focus on learning
these words over the next few days.
Towards the end of the school year, test your child on the
End of Year Test. Make sure you address any issues before
your child moves onto secondary school (for example: if
they struggle with a particular prefix or ending, make sure
you find other similar words for them to practise with).

Year 6 Spelling

Test 1

Words ending ent

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dependent
innocent
decent
frequent
argument
confident
abandonment
management
development
continent
gradient
lenient
opulent
quotient

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independent

Test 2

Words ending ant

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applicant
tolerant
hesitant
flippant
occupant
truant
vagrant
expectant
blatant
combatant
attendant
consultant
inhabitant
occupant

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observant

Test 3

Words ending ence

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independence
prudence
violence
difference
persistence
excellence
turbulence
dependence
consequence
audience
benevolence
condolence
essence
insistence

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absence

Test 4

Words ending ance

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observance
substance
absorbance
appearance
assistance
acceptance
admittance
performance
inheritance
appliance
disturbance
fragrance
grievance
balance

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tolerance

Test 5

Words ending ancy

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discrepancy
buoyancy
truancy
vacancy
hesitancy
occupancy
infancy
accountancy
pregnancy
militancy
tenancy
vibrancy
vagrancy
consultancy

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redundancy

Test 6

Words ending ency

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emergency
tendency
frequency
currency
absorbency
decency
transparency
agency
consistency
complacency
proficiency
leniency
fluency
efficiency

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urgency

Test 7

Words ending fer (adding -ed / -ing)

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refer
referring
prefer
preferred
preferring
transfer
transferred
transferring
defer
deferred
deferring
infer
inferred
inferring

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referred

Test 8

Words with hyphens

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co-ordinate
co-operate
co-own
co-op
co-dependent
co-write
co-produce
re-train
re-enter
re-educate
re-habilitate
re-build
re-send
re-write

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co-operative

Test 9

Nouns and verbs: ce / se

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advice
advise
devise
licence
license
practice
practise
prophecy
prophesy

Related words:

advised
devised
licensed
practised
prophesied

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device

Test 10

Words starting com / comm

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compost
compare
community
competition
commendable
commendation
commence
computer
combination
commitment
competence
compress
commiserate
compile

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communicate

Year 6 End of Year Test:

abandonment

currency

management

absorbency

development

frequency

expectant

preferred

blatant

referring

combatant
excellence
turbulence
dependence
acceptance

deferred
re-educate
co-operate
co-ordinate
advise
(explain this is the verb

You need to advise her)

licence
(explain this is the noun
driving licence)

admittance
performance
accountancy
pregnancy

practise
(explain this is the verb

He needed to practise
his violin)

compare
commendation
commitment