Use this resource to practise spelling Year 5 and Year 6 statutory spelling words (SSW) or ‘tricky words’. The pack contains dictation sentences for all of the SSW for Years 5/6 to help pupils write sentences that have been dictated to them. The sentences can be read out loud by an adult, or pupils could read the sentences aloud to their peers.
Which statutory spelling words are included in each dictation pack?
- Set 1: competition, community, committee, communicate, bargain, achieve, category, correspond, occur, occupy
- Set 2: interfere, interrupt, opportunity, immediate, lightning, temperature, marvellous, muscle, ancient, familiar
- Set 3: identity, individual, forty, twelfth, foreign, frequently, government, vegetable, vehicle, variety
- Set 4: sincere, especially, equip, relevant, harass, embarrass, develop, suggest, queue, yacht
- Set 5: apparent, appreciate, attached, symbol, equipped, recommend, recognise, dictionary
- Set 6: equipment, environment, physical, shoulder, rhyme, rhythm, soldier, stomach
- Set 7: cemetery, criticise, immediately, sincerely, sufficient, privilege, system, thorough
- Set 8: accommodate, accompany, according, definite, curiosity, desperate, restaurant, amateur
- Set 9: aggressive, language, determined, disastrous, leisure, neighbour, necessary, profession
- Set 10: excellent, exaggerate, nuisance, existence, sacrifice, secretary, signature, prejudice
- Set 11: available, average, conscience, conscious, controversy, convenience, guarantee, persuade
- Set 12: awkward, bruise, explanation, parliament, hindrance, mischievous, programme, pronunciation
The pack could be used alongside our respective Year 5 and 6 spelling word packs.
What is included in this statutory spelling word pack?
- 12 x PDF worksheet of sentences that can be cut out for an adult or child to read as appropriate.
- 12 x PDF list of sentences with guidance for adults
- 12 x PDF answer sheet for pupils to fill in the missing SSW
National Curriculum English programme of study links
- Spell words that are often misspelt
- Use knowledge of morphology and etymology in spelling and understand that the spelling of some words needs to be learnt specifically, as listed in English Appendix 1
- To write from memory simple sentences, dictated by the teacher, that include words and punctuation taught so far.
Download a version for Year 3/4 here.