Spellings Set 1 (year 3)
Red –Statutory words and sounds
Blue words- suggested words linked to statutory sounds/spelling rules
Green words – suggested words could be taught along side others that teacher feels appropriate e.g words
related to topic, common spelling mistakes.
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
accident
accidently
early
knowledge
purpose
actual
actually
earth
learn
quarter
address
eight
eighth
length
question
answer
enough
library
recent
appear
excersize
material
regular
arrive
experience
medicine
reign
believe
experiment
mention
remember
bicycle
extreme
minute
sentence
breath
famous
natural
separate
breathe
favorite
naughty
special
build
February
notice
straight
busy
business
forward
forwards
occasion
occasionally
strange
The
/ɪ/
sound
spelt y elsewhere
than at the end of
words e.g. myth,
gym,
Egypt,
Prefixes negative
meanings e.g:
Prefixes e.g.
Words
with
endings sounding
like
–or.
The
ending
sounding
like or is always
spelt
–sure
Adding
suffixes
beginning with vowel
letters to words of
more than one syllable
- If the last syllable
of a word is stressed
dis–: disappoint,
disagree, disobey
mis–: misbehave,
The suffix –ation
The suffix –ation
Before a root word is added to verbs
starting with l, in– to form nouns. The
becomes il. illegal, rules
already
illegible
learnt still apply.
pyramid, mystery
mislead, misspell
(mis + spell)
The /ʌ/ sound
spelt ou e.g. young, in–: inactive,
touch,
double, incorrect
trouble, country
one
Monday
two
Tuesday
three
Wednesday
four
Thursday
five
Friday
six
Saturday
seven
Sunday
eight
nine
ten
eleven
twelve
Before a root word
starting with m or
p, in– becomes im–.
immature,
immortal,
impossible,
impatient,
imperfect
information,
adoration,
sensation,
preparation,
admiration
E.g.
The suffix –ly The
suffix –ly is added
to an adjective to
Before a root word form an adverb.
starting with r, in– The rules already
becomes ir–.
learnt still apply.
irregular,
The suffix –ly
irrelevant,
starts
with
a
irresponsible
consonant letter,
so it is added
re– means ‘again’
straight
on
to
or ‘back’. redo,
most root words.
refresh, return,
E.g
sadly,
reappear,
completely, usually
redecorate
(usual + ly), finally
(final
+
ly),
auto– means ‘self’
comically (comical
or ‘own’.
+ ly)
autobiography,
autograph
thirty
thirteen
forty
fifty
measure, treasure, and ends with one
pleasure,
consonant
letter
enclosure.
which has just one
vowel letter before it,
The
ending the final consonant
sounding like tch letter
is
doubled
is often spelt – before any ending
ture,
creature, beginning with a vowel
furniture, picture, letter is added. The
nature, adventure
consonant letter is
not doubled if the
January
syllable is unstressed
February
e.g.
forgetting,
March
forgotten, beginning,
April
beginner,
prefer,
May
preferred gardening,
June
gardener,
limiting,
limited, limitation
July
August
September
October
November
December
fourteen
fifteen
sixteen
seventeen
eighteen
nineteen
twenty
sixty
seventy
hundred
thousand
million
Spellings Set 2 (year 4)
Red – Statutory words and sounds
Blue words- suggested words linked to statutory sounds/spelling rules
Green words – suggested words could be taught along side others that teacher feels appropriate e.g words
related to topic, common spelling mistakes.
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
calendar
fruit
often
strength
caught
grammar
opposite
suppose
centre
group
ordinary
surprise
centrury
guard
particular
therefore
certain
guide
peculiar
though
although
circle
heard
perhaps
complete
heart
popular
through
consider
height
position
various
island
continue
history
possess
possession
weight
decide
imagine
possible
woman
women
disappear
describe
increase
potatoes
different
important
pressure
difficult
interest
probably
Prefixes
sub–
means
‘under’. subdivide,
subheading,
Endings
which
sound like /ʒən/ If
the ending sounds
like /ʒən/, it is
Endings which sound
like /ʃən/, spelt –tion, –
sion, –ssion, –cian e.g.
invention,
injection,
Words with the
/k/ sound spelt
ch
scheme,
chorus, chemist,
Words with the
/eɪ/ sound spelt
ei, eigh, or ey vein, weigh,
Homophones and
near-homophones
e.g. accept/except,
affect/effect,
submarine,
submerge
spelt as –sion. division,
invasion,
confusion, decision,
inter–
means collision, television
‘between’
or
‘among’. interact, The suffix –ous
intercity,
dangerous, famous,
international,
various enormous,
interrelated
jealous humorous,
(inter + related)
courageous,
outrageous serious,
super–
means obvious,
curious
‘above’.
supermarket,
red
superman,
yellow
superstar
blue
anti–
means green
purple
‘against’.
antiseptic, anti- black
white
clockwise,
orange
antisocial
pink
action,
hesitation,
completion, expression,
permission, admission
expansion, extension,
tension
musician,
electrician, magician,
mathematician.
echo, character
square
triangle
rectangle
cube
cuboid
sphere
Words
ending
with the /g/
sound spelt –
gue and the /k/
sound spelt –que
(French
in
origin) league,
tongue, antique,
unique
Words with the
/ʃ/ sound spelt
ch
(mostly
French
in
origin)
chef,
chalet, machine,
brochure
Words with the
/s/ sound spelt
sc
(Latin
in
origin) science,
scene,
discipline,
fascinate,
crescent
eight, neighbour,
they, obey
Possessive
apostrophe with
plural words The
apostrophe
is
placed after the
plural form of
the word; –s is
not added if the
plural
already
ends in –s, but is
added if the
plural does not
end in –s (i.e. is
an
irregular
plural
–
e.g.
children’s).
e.g.girls’, boys’,
babies’,
children’s, men’s,
mice’s
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
there/they’re/their,
to/two/too,
bye/buy/by
Spellings Set 3 (year 5)
Red – Statutory words and sounds
Blue words- suggested words linked to statutory sounds/spelling rules
Green words – suggested words could be taught along side others that teacher feels appropriate e.g words
related to topic, common spelling mistakes.
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5
Stage 6
accommodate
ancient
awkward
communicate
community
criticise (critic +
ise)
accompany
apparent
bargain
competition
curiosity
according
appreciate
achieve
attached
disastrous
bruise
conscience* conscious*
definite
category
controversy
environment
familiar
desperate
determined
aggressive
available
cemetery
convenience
dictionary
foreign
develop
embarrass
especially
amateur
average
committee
correspond
individual
explanation
equip
equipped
equipment
exaggerate
excellent
existence
physical
Words ending in –ant,
–ance/–ancy, –ent, –
ence/–ency Use –ant
and –ance/–ancy if
there is a related
word with a /æ/ or
Words ending in –able and
–ible e.g. Words ending in
–ably
and
–ibly
e.g.
adorable/adorably
(adoration),
applicable/applicably
Adding
suffixes
beginning with vowel
letters to words
ending in –fer The r
is doubled if the –
fer is still stressed
Use of the
hyphenHyphens can be
used to join a
prefix to a root
word, especially
if the prefix
Endings
which sound
like /ʃəl/ –
cial
is
common
after a vowel
Endings
which
sound like /ʃəs/
spelt –cious or –
tious
vicious,
precious,
conscious,
delicious,
malicious,
suspicious
/eɪ/ sound in the
right position; –ation
endings are often a
clue e.g. observant,
observance,
(observation),
expectant
(expectation),
hesitant,
hesitancy
(hesitation) Use –ent
and
–ence/–ency
after soft c (/s/
sound), soft g (/dʒ/
sound) and qu, or if
there is a related
word with a clear /ɛ/
sound in the right
position.
innocent,
innocence,
decent,
decency,
frequent,
frequency, confident,
confidence assistant,
assistance, obedient,
obedience,
independent,
independence
(application),
considerable/considerably
(consideration),
tolerable/tolerably
(toleration) changeable,
noticeable,
forcible,
legible
when the ending is
added
e.g.
referring, referred,
referral, preferring,
preferred,
transferring,
transferred The r
is not doubled if the
–fer is no longer
stressed.
e.g.
reference, referee,
preference,
transference
ends in a vowel
letter and the
root word also
begins
with
one.
Coordinate,
reenter,
cooperate,
coown.
letter and –
tial after a
consonant
letter,
but
there
are
some
exceptions
e.g.- official,
special,
artificial,
confidential,
essential
Spellings Set 3 (year 6)
Red – Statutory words and sounds
Blue words- suggested words linked to statutory sounds/spelling rules
Green words – suggested words could be taught along side others that teacher feels appropriate e.g words
related to topic, common spelling mistakes.
Stage 1
interfere
interrupt
occupy
occur
persuade
forty
suggest
soldier
stomach
sufficient
Stage 2
leisure
lightning
marvelous
prejudice
privilege
government
guarantee
mischievous
vehicle
twelfth
Stage 3
muscle
profession
programme
pronunciation
harass
hindrance
necessary
neighbour
nuisance
Words with the Words containing Words
letter-string ‘silent’
/i:/ sound spelt ei the
after c The ‘i ough. ough is one doubt,
Stage 4
recognise
relevant
restaurant
identity
immediate
immediately
signature
sincere
sincerly
Stage 5
opportunity
parliament
recommend
rhyme
rhythm
sacrifice
secretary
shoulder
language
Stage 6
queue
frequently
symbol
system
temperature
thorough
yacht
variety
vegetable
with Homophones
and Homophones
and Homophones and
letters other words that other words that other words that
island, are often confused are often confused are often confused
before e except
after
c’
rule
applies to words
where the sound
spelt by ei is /i:/.
deceive, conceive,
receive, perceive,
ceiling
first
second
third
fourth
fifth
sixth
of the trickiest lamb,
solemn, advice/advise
morning:
before principal: adjective
spellings in English thistle, knight
device/devise
noon
mourning: – most important
principal
– it can be used to
licence/license
grieving
for (e.g.
spell a number of
practice/practise
someone who has ballerina) noun –
different
sounds
prophecy/prophesy died
important
person
bought,
thought,
farther:
further past:
noun
or (e.g. principal of a
nought,
brought,
father:
a
male adjective referring college)
fought
rough,
parent
guessed: to a previous time principle:
basic
tough,
enough
past tense of the (e.g. In the past) truth or belief
verb
guess or preposition or profit: money that
cough
though, although,
guest: visitor
adverb
showing is made in selling
(e.g.
he things
dough
through
heard: past tense place
of the verb hear walked past me) prophet:
thorough, borough
someone
plough, bough
herd: a group of passed: past tense who foretells the
animals
of the verb ‘pass’ future
seventh
led: past tense of (e.g. I passed him stationary:
not
eighth
the verb lead
in the road)
moving
ninth
lead: present tense precede:
go
in stationery: paper,
tenth
of that verb, or front of or before envelopes
etc.
eleventh
else
the
metal proceed: go on
steal:
take
which is very heavy
something
that
(as heavy as lead)
does not belong to
you
steel: metal
wary:
cautious
weary: tired
who’s: contraction
of who is or who
has
whose: belonging to
someone
(e.g.
Whose jacket is
that?)