Week 6 of 36 · 10 words · ages 15–16

10th Grade spelling words, week 6: -ance endings

These nouns end in -ance, not -ence. No sound tells you which, so learn the ending together with the word.
vengeance
Paying a wrong back with a wrong.
extravagance
Spending or living far beyond what is sensible.
arrogance
An overbearing sense of one's own importance.
exuberance
Overflowing energy and high spirits.
remembrance
The act of keeping a person or event in memory.
utterance
A spoken word or statement.
nonchalance
Calm, casual lack of worry or interest.
disturbance
An interruption that upsets peace or order.
countenance
A person's face, or the look on it.
connivance
Secret help or approval given to wrongdoing.

Ten minutes a day this week

Short and daily beats long and once. A word met on five separate days is remembered; a word met five times on Thursday night mostly is not.

  1. Monday

    Read the list together. Say each word, clap its syllables and find the pattern in it.

  2. Tuesday

    Look, say, cover, write, check — each word once from memory, then check the letters.

  3. Wednesday

    Use every word in a sentence, out loud or on paper, so each one means something.

  4. Thursday

    Practice test: a grown-up reads each word aloud. Circle the misses for tomorrow.

  5. Friday

    The test. One try per word, no letters given. The circled words go first.

Practise these 10 words, free

One tap puts this week’s list in SpellChirp. It reads each word aloud, checks the spelling, brings back the ones that went wrong, and can write them into a story your child stars in. No account needed to start, and no advertising.

Add week 6’s words