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Spellings

 

14/09/26

Ambitious Synonyms

Aggressive

Hostile

Awkward

Obstinate

Desperate

Frantic

Disastrous

Calamitous

Marvellous

Spectacular

28/09/26

Homophones and near homophones

Advice

Advise

Device

Devise

Licence

License

Practice

Practise

Prophecy

Prophecy

 

05/10/26

Adjectives ending in –ant into nouns ending in –ance/ancy

Observant

Observance

Expectant

Expectancy

Hesitant

Hesitancy

Tolerant

Tolerance

Relevant

Relevance

 

12/09/26

Adjectives ending in –ent into nouns ending in –ence/ency

Innocent

Innocence

Decent

Decency

Excellent

Excellence

Confident

Confidence

Existent

Existence

 

 

19/09/26

Hyphens to join a prefix ending in a vowel to a root word beginning with a vowel.

Co:

operate

ordinate

own

author

 

Re:

enter

educate

examine

evaluate

energise

elect

 

02/11/26

Hyphens to join compound adjectives to avoid ambiguity.

Man-eating

Little-used

Rock-bottom

Wide-eyed

Pig-headed

Tight-fisted

Cold-hearted

Stone-faced

Green-eyed

Short-tempered