Autumn Term 2 Group 1 Wk 5 Common exception & statutory words Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Final Check 1. improve 2. wild 3. everybody 4. prove 5. parents 6. important 7. interest 8. island 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 with the suffix -ous Autumn Term 2 Group 2 Wk 5 WALT: spell words with the suffix -ous Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Final Check 1. various 2. dangerous 3. enormous 4. glamorous 5. hideous Statutory word list – 1 6. different 7. difficult 8. disappear 9. early Statutory word list – 2 10. conscious 11. controversy 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 with the suffix -ous Autumn Term 2 Group 3 Wk 5 WALT: spell words with the suffix -ous Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Final Check 1. outrageous 2. spontaneous 3. courageous 4. tremendous 5. humorous 6. vigorous Statutory word list 7. criticise 8. curiosity 9. definite Building vocabulary – describe characters 10. obnoxious 11. amiable 12. audacious 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 Sometimes the root word is obvious and the usual rules apply for adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters. Sometimes there is no obvious root word. –our is changed to –or before –ous is added. A final ‘e’ of the root word must be kept if the /dʒ/ sound of ‘g’ is to be kept. If there is an /i:/ sound before the –ous ending, it is usually spelt as i, but a few words have e.