Y3 - Spelling lists
This is our year groups spelling list that our children will be learning to read and spell (independently in a spelling test and in their writing). It is the list of words that each child should be able to spell by the end of their current class year.
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address
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disappear
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height
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quarter
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appear (dis/re)
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early
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history
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question
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arrive
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earth
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interest
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regular (ir)
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bicycle
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eight/eighth
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learn
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sentence
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breath
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famous
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length
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strange
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breath
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february
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library
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surprise
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build
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forward (s)
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minute
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therefore
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busy/business
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fruit
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natural
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weight
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certain
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group
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often
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woman/women
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circle
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guard
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perhaps
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continue
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guide
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possible (im)
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different
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heard
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potatoes
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difficult
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heart
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promise
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Spelling Rules
Each year group has a set of spelling rules.
These are the spelling rules that our children will be learning.
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Rule |
Example |
N.N |
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Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable |
forgetting, forgotten, beginning, beginner, prefer, preferred gardening, gardener, limiting, limited, limitation |
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The /ɪ/ sound spelt y elsewhere than at the end of words |
myth, gym, Egypt, pyramid, mystery |
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The /u/ sound spelt ou |
young, touch, double, trouble, country |
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More prefixes dis, mis, in, re, sub, inter, super, anti, auto, |
disappoint, disagree * misbehave, mislead inactive, incorrect * immature, immortal, impossible, irregular, irrelevant * redo, refresh, return subdivide, subheading interact, intercity supermarket, superman antiseptic, anti-clockwise * autobiography |
dis mis in re sub inter super anti auto |
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The suffix –ation The suffix – ly The suffix - ous |
information, adoration, sensation, sadly, completely, usually (usual + ly), finally (final + ly) poisonous, dangerous e.t.c |
ation ly ous |
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Endings which sound like /ʃən/, spelt –tion, –sion, –ssion, –cian |
invention, injection, action, hesitation, completion discussion, confession, permission, admission expansion, comprehension, tension musician, magician, politician, mathematician |
tion sion ssion cian |
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Words with endings sounding like /ʒə/ or |
measure, treasure, pleasure, enclosure, picture, nature, adventure |
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Endings which sound like /ʒən/ |
division, invasion, confusion, decision, collision, television |
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Words with the /k/ sound spelt ch (Greek in origin) |
scheme, chorus, chemist, echo, character |
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Words with the /ʃ/ sound spelt ch (mostly French in origin) |
chef, chalet, machine, brochure |
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Words ending with the /g/ sound spelt –gue and the /k/ sound spelt –que |
league, tongue, antique, unique |
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Words with the /s/ sound spelt sc (Latin in origin) |
science, scene, discipline, fascinate, crescent |
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Words with the /eɪ/ sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey |
vein, weigh, eight, neighbour, they, obey |
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Possessive apostrophe with plural words |
girls’, boys’, babies’, children’s, men’s, mice’s |
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Homophones and near-homophones |
accept/except, affect/effect, ball/bawl, berry/bury, brake/break, fair/fare, grate/great, groan/grown, here/hear, heel/heal/he’ll, knot/not, mail/male, main/mane, meat/meet, medal/meddle, missed/mist, peace/piece, plain/plane, rain/rein/reign, scene/seen, weather/whether, whose/who’s |
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Y4 - Spelling lists
This is our year groups spelling list that our children will be learning to read and spell (independently in a spelling test and in their writing). It is the list of words that each child should be able to spell by the end of their current class year.
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accident (ally) |
experience |
naughty |
recent |
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actual (ly) |
experiment |
notice |
reign |
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believe |
extreme |
occasion (ally) |
remember |
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calendar
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favourite
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opposite
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separate
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caught |
grammar |
ordinary |
special |
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centre |
imagine |
particular |
straight |
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centaury |
increase |
peculiar |
strength |
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complete (ion) |
important |
popular |
suppose |
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consider (ion) |
island |
position |
though/although |
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decide (ion) |
knowledge |
possess (ion) |
thought |
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describe (ion) |
material |
pressure |
through |
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enough |
medicine |
probably |
various |
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exercise |
mention |
purpose |
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Spelling Rules
Each year group has a set of spelling rules.
These are the spelling rules that our children will be learning.
|
Rule |
Example |
N.N |
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Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable |
forgetting, forgotten, beginning, beginner, prefer, preferred gardening, gardener, limiting, limited, limitation |
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The /ɪ/ sound spelt y elsewhere than at the end of words |
myth, gym, Egypt, pyramid, mystery |
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The /u/ sound spelt ou |
young, touch, double, trouble, country |
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More prefixes dis, mis, in, re, sub, inter, super, anti, auto, |
disappoint, disagree * misbehave, mislead inactive, incorrect * immature, immortal, impossible, irregular, irrelevant * redo, refresh, return subdivide, subheading interact, intercity supermarket, superman antiseptic, anti-clockwise * autobiography |
dis mis in re sub inter super anti auto |
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The suffix –ation The suffix – ly The suffix - ous |
information, adoration, sensation, sadly, completely, usually (usual + ly), finally (final + ly) poisonous, dangerous e.t.c |
ation ly ous |
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Endings which sound like /ʃən/, spelt –tion, –sion, –ssion, –cian |
invention, injection, action, hesitation, completion discussion, confession, permission, admission expansion, comprehension, tension musician, magician, politician, mathematician |
tion sion ssion cian |
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Words with endings sounding like /ʒə/ or |
measure, treasure, pleasure, enclosure, picture, nature, adventure |
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Endings which sound like /ʒən/ |
division, invasion, confusion, decision, collision, television |
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Words with the /k/ sound spelt ch (Greek in origin) |
scheme, chorus, chemist, echo, character |
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Words with the /ʃ/ sound spelt ch (mostly French in origin) |
chef, chalet, machine, brochure |
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Words ending with the /g/ sound spelt –gue and the /k/ sound spelt –que |
league, tongue, antique, unique |
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Words with the /s/ sound spelt sc (Latin in origin) |
science, scene, discipline, fascinate, crescent |
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Words with the /eɪ/ sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey |
vein, weigh, eight, neighbour, they, obey |
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Possessive apostrophe with plural words |
girls’, boys’, babies’, children’s, men’s, mice’s |
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Homophones and near-homophones |
accept/except, affect/effect, ball/bawl, berry/bury, brake/break, fair/fare, grate/great, groan/grown, here/hear, heel/heal/he’ll, knot/not, mail/male, main/mane, meat/meet, medal/meddle, missed/mist, peace/piece, plain/plane, rain/rein/reign, scene/seen, weather/whether, whose/who’s |
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