1. Who Wants to be a Spellionaire?
Get your white boards ready to vote….

2. Listen please, I need your full………………
attention B
attension C
attencian D
attenshon

3. How good were you? A
attention B
attension C
attencian D
attenshon

4. Some people tease others to get a ……………..
reactsion B
reactshun C
reaction D
reactcian

5. Too easy! A
reactsion B
reactshun C
reaction D
reactcian

6. Practising things over and over is called ……………
revishun B
revistion C
revision D
reviscian

7. How are you doing so far? A revishun B revistion C revision D
reviscian

8. Running into someone in the playground can cause a …………..
collision B
colliscian C
collistion D
collishun

9. Getting good at this aren’t you
collision B
colliscian C
collistion D
collishun

10. Uh, oh, don’t be bad at school and receive a………….
detenshun B
detencian C
detension D
detention

11. Very Clever A
detenshun B
detencian C
detension D
detention

12. On firework night there were loud………...A
explostions B
explosions C
exploshuns D
explocians

13. Good stuff A
explostions B
explosions C
exploshuns D
explocians

14. There are many fish in the
oceation B
oceashun C
oceasion D
ocean

15. Always a few exceptions!
oceation B
oceashun C
oceasion D
ocean

16. If you don’t know what this means ask someone for an….
explanation B
explanasion C
explanacian D
explanashun

17. Are you catching the rules?
explanation B
explanasion C
explanacian D
explanashun

18. On the phone you can have a ………………
conversashun B
conversacian C
conversation D
conversasion

19. Not in class time of course!
conversashun B
conversacian C
conversation D
conversasion

20. The number of people in a country is called the…………
populatshun B
populacian C
Populasion D
Population

21. How much money have you got now?
populatshun B
populacian C
Populasion D
Population

22. He pulls rabbits from hats…..
magician B
magision C
magition D
magichun

23. That’s magic! A
magician B
magision C
magition D
magichun

24. Totalling two numbers is called…………..
additshun B
addition C
addision D
addician

25. And the money’s adding up too
additshun B
addition C
addision D
addician

26. The bad thing about spelling is there’s always a few………….
excepshuns B
excepcians C
excepsions D
exceptions

27. But this isn’t one of them!A
excepshuns B
excepcians C
excepsions D
exceptions

28. Which……….do you play in the football team?
posishun B
position C
posician D
posision

29. And which position are you in the league…
posishun B
position C
posician D
posision

30. If you win you will need………. from people wanting your autograph.
proteshun B
protecsion C
protection D
protecian

31. Hoorah, what will you spend it on?
proteshun B
protecsion C
protection D
protecian

32. Did you work out some rules?
‘tion’ is the most common ending
‘cian’ is used for occupations like, magician or technician
‘sion’ is for words ending in d, de, s or se
And of course there are a few exceptions like ocean
Can you think of any other words ending in the ‘shun’ sound and say which spelling of the ending you think they have?

33. Wow, you must be over the moon!
Congratulations!
Wow, you must be over the moon!