Who Wants to be a Spellionaire?

Get your white boards ready to vote….

Listen please, I need your full………………

A attention B attension

C attencian D attenshon

How good were you?

A attention B attension

C attencian D attenshon

Some people tease others to get a ……………..

A reactsion B reactshun

C reaction D reactcian

Too easy!

A reactsion B reactshun

C reaction D reactcian

Practising things over and over is called ……………

A revishun B revistion

C revision D reviscian

How are you doing so far?

A revishun B revistion

C revision D reviscian

Running into someone in the playground

can cause a …………..

A collision B colliscian

C collistion D collishun

Getting good at this aren’t you

A collision B colliscian

C collistion D collishun

Uh, oh, don’t be bad at school and receive a………….

A detenshun B detencian

C detension D detention

Very Clever

A detenshun B detencian

C detension D detention

On firework night there were loud………...

A explostions B explosions

C exploshuns D explocians

Good stuff

A explostions B explosions

C exploshuns D explocians

There are many fish in the

A oceation B oceashun

C oceasion D ocean

Always a few exceptions!

A oceation B oceashun

C oceasion D ocean

If you don’t know what this means ask someone for an….

A explanation B explanasion

C explanacian D explanashun

Are you catching the rules?

A explanation B explanasion

C explanacian D explanashun

On the phone you can have a ………………

A conversashun B conversacian

C conversation D conversasion

Not in class time of course!

A conversashun B conversacian

C conversation D conversasion

The number of people in a country is called the…………

A populatshun B populacian

C Populasion D Population

How much money have you got now?

A populatshun B populacian

C Populasion D Population

He pulls rabbits from hats…..

A magician B magision

C magition D magichun

That’s magic!

A magician B magision

C magition D magichun

Totalling two numbers is called…………..

A additshun B addition

C addision D addician

And the money’s adding up too

A additshun B addition

C addision D addician

The bad thing about spelling is there’s always a few………….

A excepshuns B excepcians

C excepsions D exceptions

But this isn’t one of them!

A excepshuns B excepcians

C excepsions D exceptions

Which……….do you play in the football team?

A posishun B position

C posician D posision

And which position are you in the league…

A posishun B position

C posician D posision

If you win you will need………. from people wanting your autograph.

A proteshun B protecsion

C protection D protecian

Hoorah, what will you spend it on?

A proteshun B protecsion

C protection D protecian

Did you work out some rules?

‘tion’ is the most common ending

‘cian’ is used for occupations like, magician or technician

‘sion’ is for words ending in d, de, s or se

And of course there are a few exceptions like ocean

Can you think of any other words ending in the ‘shun’ sound and say which spelling of the ending you think they have?

Congratulations!

Wow, you must be over the moon!