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SPECIAL ends in -cial. ESSENTIAL ends in -tial. Both endings say the same “shul” sound, and both create adjectives. After the messy -ance/-ence work, here is something rare in upper KS2 spelling: a pair of sound-alike endings with a real…
DELICIOUS or DELITIOUS? CAUTIOUS or CAUCIOUS? The -cious and -tious suffixes are the last of the tricky adjective endings, and they follow a rule similar to -cial/-tial but with a different anchor: the related noun decides the spelling. This word…
STATIONARY or STATIONERY? AFFECT or EFFECT? PRINCIPLE or PRINCIPAL? PRACTICE or PRACTISE? These are the homophones that catch out adults, not just children. Even confident writers hesitate over them — and getting them right is the mark of a genuinely…
IMPORTANT or IMPORTENT? DIFFERENT or DIFFERANT? Like their noun partners -ance and -ence, the adjective endings -ant and -ent sound identical and have to be learned word by word. The good news is the partnership: these adjectives pair directly with…
Both -ible and -able mean “able to be” — VISIBLE is able to be seen, READABLE is able to be read, EDIBLE is able to be eaten. The meaning is identical. The spelling is the problem. Which words use -ible…
INTER means between. SUPER means above or beyond. ANTI means against. Three prefixes that turn up everywhere in upper KS2 — INTERNET (between networks), SUPERHERO (above ordinary heroes), ANTIVIRUS (against viruses) — and learning them adds another three keys to…
AUTO means self. EX means out. TRANS means across. Three more prefixes, and the toolkit reaches twelve. AUTOMATIC works by itself. EXPORT sends goods out. TRANSPORT carries things across. A child with twelve prefixes can decode the vast majority of…
DISTANCE or DISTENCE? SILENCE or SILANCE? The -ance and -ence suffixes sound identical in speech, and choosing between them is one of the trickiest spelling decisions in upper KS2. The honest answer: there is no fully reliable rule. The eyes…
BIO means life. GEO means earth. HYDRO means water. THERMO means heat. ASTRO means star. Five more Greek roots — and suddenly the whole vocabulary of science, geography and space opens up. BIOLOGY is the study of life. GEOGRAPHY is…
Greek dominates science. Latin dominates law, government, and the everyday verbs children use without noticing. PORT means carry, so TRANSPORT is carry-across. RUPT means break, so INTERRUPT is break-into. DICT means say, so PREDICT is say-before. AUD means hear, so…
VIS means see. MAN means hand. PED means foot. SCRIB means write. Four more Latin roots, and a whole layer of everyday English clicks into place. VISIBLE is able to be seen. MANUAL is done by hand. PEDAL is pushed…
Thousands of English words are built from Greek roots, and once children learn a handful of them, words they have never seen suddenly make sense. GRAPH means write. PHONE means sound. SCOPE means see. MICRO means small. CYCLE means circle.…