Year 5 English · KS2

Spelling: Homophones and Commonly Confused Words

10 lessons, in the order they are taught. Part of the Year 5 English curriculum.

What this topic covers

  1. 1Applying spelling rules with the letter string ‘fer’
  2. 2Applying the rule ‘i before e except after c’
  3. 3Investigating the ‘ee’ sound spelt ‘ie’ or ‘ei’
  4. 4Investigating the letter string ‘fer’
  5. 5Other sounds represented by the letter string ‘ei’
  6. 6Other sounds represented by the letter string ‘ie’
  7. 7Spelling a selection of homophones
  8. 8Spelling further homophones and near-homophones
  9. 9Spelling words with the suffix -ant
  10. 10Spelling words with the suffix -ent

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Which word correctly completes this sentence? 'The lion had a long, shaggy _ around its neck.'

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