WALT: spell words ending in ‘–able’ and ‘-ible’ Autumn Term 2 Group 1 Wk 6 WALT: spell words ending in ‘–able’ and ‘-ible’ Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Final Check 1. horrible 2. terrible 3. possible 4. enjoyable 5. adorable Common exception words 7. Christmas 8. whole 1) Practise your spellings every evening (check, cover, write then check again). 2) Write all of your spellings out in a complete sentence in your homework book (Don’t forget to check punctuation ).

WALT: spell words ending in ‘–able’ and ‘-ible’ Autumn Term 2 Group 2 Wk 6 WALT: spell words ending in ‘–able’ and ‘-ible’ Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Final Check 1. terrible 2. edible 3. incredible 4. valuable 5. forgivable 6. breakable Statutory word list – 1 7. earth 8. eight 9. eighth Statutory word list – 2 10. convenience 11. correspond 1) Practise your spellings every evening (check, cover, write then check). 2) Write your all of your spellings out (in a complete sentence) in your homework book.

WALT: spell words ending in ‘–able’ and ‘-ible’ Autumn Term 2 Group 3 Wk 6 WALT: spell words ending in ‘–able’ and ‘-ible’ Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Final Check 1. reversible 2. invincible 3. legible 4. sensible 5. disposable 6. respectable 7. identifiable Statutory word list 8. desperate 9. determined 10. develop 1) Practise your spellings every evening (check, cover, write then check). 2) Write your all of your spellings out (in a complete sentence) in your homework book.

Rules & guidance The –able/–ably endings are far more common than the –ible/–ibly endings. As with –ant and –ance/–ancy, the – able ending is used if there is a related word ending in –ation. If the –able ending is added to a word ending in –ce or –ge, the e after the c or g must be kept as those letters would otherwise have their ‘hard’ sounds (as in cap and gap) before the a of the –able ending. The –able ending is usually but not always used if a complete root word can be heard before it, even if there is no related word ending in –ation. The first five examples opposite are obvious; in reliable, the complete word rely is heard, but the y changes to i in accordance with the rule. The –ible ending is common if a complete root word can’t be heard before it but it also sometimes occurs when a complete word can be heard (e.g. sensible).