1. 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 ).

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.