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SPELLING PROGRAMME - PART 3

Target 20: Words ending in ‘ance’ and ‘ence’;

Dialogue Words; Homophones – Who’s and whose

Words ending in ‘ance’ and ‘ence’:
Words ending in ‘ant’ and ‘ent’ are usually adjectives. We can change them into
nouns by replacing these letters with ‘ance’ (for ‘ant’) and ence (for ‘ent’).

Complete this table:-
Adjective Noun Adjective Noun
-ant -ance -ent -ence
distant distance confident confidence

important magnificent
elegant violent

assistant absent

extravagant convenient

Dialogue Words:
Do you use the word ‘said’ too often in your writing? You could try using
the words below to make your writing more interesting. Check that you
can spell these words:-

whispered giggled murmured requested
moaned explained howled shrieked

complained screeched yelled muttered
mumbled screamed exclaimed grumbled
stuttered sighed answered replied

Homophones: Using who’s and whose

1. ………….... going to tell him?

2. ……………. coat is that? who’s = who is

3. ……………. going to sing next? whose = who owns?

4. I know ……………. house it is.

5. …………….. going to tell me …………… to blame?

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