Year 7 Spellings Half-term One Alphabetical: accommodate achieve ancient attached 5. awkward category communicate conscience convenience 10. curiosity accompany aggressive apparent available 15. bargain cemetery community conscious 1correspond according amateur 22. appreciate average bruise 25. committee competition 27. controversy criticise Year 7 Spellings Half-term Two Alphabetical: definite develop embarrass especially existence foreign government hindrance individual language marvellous desperate dictionary environment exaggerate explanation forty guarantee identity interfere leisure mischievous determined disastrous equip (–ped, –ment) excellent familiar frequently harass immediate(ly) interrupt lightning muscle Year 7 Spellings Half-term Three Alphabetical: necessary occupy parliament prejudice programme recognise restaurant sacrifice signature stomach symbol thorough vegetable neighbour occur persuade privilege pronunciation recommend rhyme secretary sincere(ly) sufficient system twelfth vehicle nuisance opportunity physical profession queue relevant rhythm shoulder soldier suggest temperature variety yacht Year 7 Spellings Half-term Four abandoned generous similar explanatory original corporal literate animal heaven stationary familiar poisonous definitely lottery conference library abominable geography skeleton extra parallel deafening literature astronomy history stationery family predict easily offering consonant literacy alcohol grammar smuggler factory parliament definite locomotive benefit holiday telephone Year 7 Spellings Half-term Five boundary hospital television February primary desperate mathematics category interested Wednesday freedom Saturday different messenger disinterest miniature doctor miserable Hard C: call cardigan celery cereal cinema circuit coffin cow curtain cut describe fattening margarine prepare business description illiterate marvellous vegetable carpet flattery interest prosperous voluntary dictionary formal medicine reference Catholic difference January memorable widening centre frightening jewellery secretary company general journalist separate compromise generally lettuce signature Year 7 Spellings Half-term Six calendar carnival centimetre centipede cinnamon coat cold disco custard discuss camera recap centre circle city cobweb column cupboard customer Soft C: accident city cinema civil cinnamon decide circle decimal ce ceiling century celebrate cereal celebrity ceremony celery certain cell certificate cy bicycle cynic mercy cylinder lacy circuit decision circular decisive circulation disciple circumference discipline circumstance incident circus incisor cistern recital citizen recite cellar deceased cellophane deceit cement December cemetery decent census descend cent discern centenary except centigrade incense centipede receive centre recent cyclic cypress cyanide cynical recycle cyclone ancy cyclist cyst Year 8 Half-term One y/ies plurals: boy/boys city/cities day/days jelly/jellies monkey/monkeys party/parties try/tries baby/babies buy/buys fly/flies key/keys lorry/lorries tray/trays worry/worries buoy/buoys cry/cries donkey/donkeys lolly/lollies quay/quays puppy/puppies Double or Single L: actually especially eventually friendly kindly likely originally personally properly really weekly beautiful forgetful hateful hopeful merciful painful pitiful resentful sorrowful successful wishful careless endless fearless headless homeless jobless lifeless merciless speechless thankless thoughtless bhajis chapat(t)is cuckoos ECUs galas gurus jumbos kiwis oratorios pastas piazzas pumas rotas saunas sofas sonatas Bongos concertos dahlias emus geckos haikus kangaroos magnolias paellas patios piccolos radios sambas siestas solos tarantulas tombolas visas Zulus dingoes haloes potatoes umbrellas yoyos buffaloes dominoes heroes tomatoes Year 8 Half-term Two: Tricky Plurals: banjos Cellos Corgis Discos Fiestas Gnus Igloos Kimonos Matzos Pagodas Pianos Pizzas Risottos Samosas Skis Sombreros Year 8 Half-term Three: More Tricky Plurals: Tattoos Violas Zoos Cargoes Echoes Mangoes Torpedoes Antennae Fungi Phenomena Strata half halves scarf scarves wolf wolves vetoes bacteria macaroni ravioli tagliatelli life lives self selves knife knives volcanoes criteria paparazzi spaghetti calf calves loaf loaves thief thieves wife wives responsible probable tangible valuable adorable forcible disposable invincible identifiable miserable susceptible respectable Year 8 Half-term 4 -ible/able Words: manageable reversible reliable terrible credible agreeable horrible enjoyable legible -ation/-etion/-ition/-otion/-ution Words: demonstration completion devotion constitution deletion intuition contribution foundation opposition lotion nation secretion motion institution position potion translation repetition revolution edible breakable indestructible enviable possible competition education emotion depletion distribution petition station pollution promotion Year 8 Half-term Five: -ian/ion Words: dietician attention confusion oceanagician direction exclusion Venetian percussion extension politician proportion reduction Year 8 Half-term Six: collision Asian mission corrosion Russian passion optician fiction possession infusion transfusion discussion electrician diction oppression musician faction explosion physician fraction profession session in im ir il mis non un anti inaccurate, immature, irrational, illegal, misbehave, non-drip, unfortunate, antibiotic inactive, immobile, irregular, illegible, miscalculate, non-fiction, unfounded, antibody inattentive, impatient, irresistible, illiterate, miscount, nonsense, unhelpful, anticlimax incapable, impolite, irresponsible, misdeal, non-smoker, unlikely, anticline inconvenient, misfire, non-starter, unrealistic, anticlockwise incredible, impractical, misfortune, non-stick, unreasonable, anticyclone indecent, improbable, mishear, non-stop, antifreeze ad al a ab addition, almighty, aboard, abide, abandon adjacent, almost, afield, ablaze, abdicate adjective, alone, aground, abloom, abduct adjoin, already, alert, afloat, aberrant adjust, alright, aloft, aglitter, abjure admire, also, amoral, alive, abscond Year 9 Half-term One: auto circum bi tele trans micro autobiography, circle, biceps, telegenic, transatlantic, microcosm autodidact, circular, bicycle, telegraph, transfer, microfilm autograph, circulate, bifocals, telepathy, translate, micrometer automatic, circumference bilingual telephone transmit microphone automaton circumnavigate biped telephoto transparent microscopic automobile circumstance biplane telescope transplant micro-skirt autopsy circumvent bisect television transport aqua aero audi re prim super aquaplane, aerodrome, audible, reconsider, primary, superman aquarium, aerodynamics, audience, repeat, primate, supernatural Aquarius, aeronaut, audition, replay, prime, supernova Aquatic, aeroplane, auditorium, reply, primrose, superpower Year 9 Half-term Two: our ough ear ight ice aus armour, cough, bear, bright, Alice, Australia flour, drought, dear, eight, apprentice, Austria hour, enough, dreary, fight, dice, because journey, plough, earn, freight, mice, cause mourn, rough, fear, height, nice, clause ourselves, slough, gear, light, notice, claustrophobia pour, thorough, hear, might, police, pause sou,r though, hearth, night, practice, sausage tour, thought, learn, right, rice your, through, wear, sight, spice tough, weary, tight, twice trough, weight Year 9 Half-term Three: Common Homophones: aloud allowed bean been are our blue blew beach beech board bored break brake dear deer grate great here hear hour our knight night leak leek meet meat new knew place plaice right write stair stare sun son vain vein cell sell fate fete hair hare him hymn in inn knot not made maid might mite pane pain plane plain scene seen steel steal tail tale waist waste cereal serial flour flower herd heard hole whole key quay know no main mane morning mourning peace piece read reed see sea sum some through threw week weak Year 9 Half-term Four: Act: actor, action activity, react, reaction Child: children, childhood, childlike, childish, childless Electric: electrical, electricity, electrician, electronic, electrocute Sign: signatory, signature, signal, resign, resignation Take: mistake, mistaken, overtaken, overtaking, partaking Assist: assistant, assistance Machine: machinery, machinist Balance: imbalance, unbalanced Medic: medical, medication Bore: boring, boredom Obey: disobey, disobedient Call: recall, calling Operate: cooperate, cooperation Claim: reclaim, reclamation Pack: packet, package Cover: discover, discovery Pain: painkiller, painstaking Examine: examination, examiner Pass: passage, passenger Give: given, forgiveness Press: impress, depression Govern: governor, government Prison: imprisoned, imprisonment Hand: handler, handicraft Prove: approval, disapprove Hero: heroic, heroism Year 9 Half-term Five: Beautiful Benefited Chaos Character Chemistry Conscience Cupboard Description Environment fiend hymn jealous jewellery knight liaison library medicine miniature parliament psyche psychiatrist psychologist rhyme rhythm separate siege Wednesday February mnemonics accommodation possession potential preparation prioritise process proportion proposition questionnaire queue reaction receive actually alcohol although analyse/analysis argument assessment atmosphere audible audience autumn easel exhibition foreground frieze gallery highlight illusion impasto landscape palette pastel perspective portrait sketch spectrum display hygiene ingredient innovation knife/knives linen machine manufacture mineral natural nutrition polyester presentation production protein recipe sew specification technology tension textile vitamin flowchart Year 9 Half-term Six: evidence explanation February fierce forty fulfil furthermore guard happened health height Subject Vocabulary Art abstract acrylic charcoal collage collection colour crosshatch dimension D and T aesthetic brief carbohydrate component design diet disassemble evaluation fabric fibre flour portfolio Drama applause character/characteristics costume curtain director dramatise entrance exit freeze rehearse/rehearsal improvise role inspire scene/scenario lighting script movement share perform/performance spotlight playwright stage position theatre/theatrical English advertise/advertisement alliteration apostrophe atmosphere chorus clause cliché comma comparison conjunction consonant dialogue exclamation prefix figurative genre grammar imagery metaphor myth narrative/narrator onomatopoeia pamphlet paragraph personification playwright plural preposition resolution rhyme scene simile soliloquy subordinate suffix synonym tabloid vocabulary vowel expression function globe habitat infrastructure international landscape latitude location longitude nation/national physical pollution poverty provision region/regional rural settlement situation tourist/tourism transport/transportation urban wealth weather Geography abroad amenity atlas authority climate contour country county desert employment erosion estuary History agriculture/agricultural bias castle cathedral Catholic chronology/chronological citizen civilisation colony/colonisation conflict constitution/constitutional contradict/contradiction current defence politics/political disease priest document propaganda dynasty Protestant economy/economical rebel/rebellion emigration reign government religious immigrant republic imperial/imperialism revolt/revolution independence siege invasion source motive trade parliament traitor ICT binary byte cable cartridge CD-ROM Computer connect/connection hardware icon input interactive interface internet justify network output password preview processor program scanner cursor data/database delete disk document electronic multimedia keyboard megabyte memory modem module monitor sensor server software spreadsheet virus graphic encyclopaedia extract fantasy genre glossary index irrelevant/irrelevance librarian magazine non-fiction novel photocopy publisher relevant/relevance romance section series system thesaurus Library alphabet/alphabetical anthology article author catalogue classification content copyright dictionary editor Mathematics Addition Angle Average Centimetre co-ordinate denominator divide/division equation guess kilogram measure multiply/ numerator perimeter quadrilateral ratio regular/irregular square symmetrical vertex/vertices weight adjacent alternate amount approximately axis/axes calculate circumference corresponding decimal degree diameter digit equilateral estimate fraction graph horizontal isosceles kilometre litre metre minus multiplication negative parallel/parallelogram percentage perpendicular positive questionnaire radius recurring reflect/reflection rhombus rotate/rotation subtraction symmetry/ tonne triangle/triangular vertical volume Music choir chord chromatic composition/conductor crotchet dynamics harmony instrument/instrumental interval lyric melody minim minor musician octave orchestra/orchestral ostinato percussion pitch quaver scale score semibreve synchronise syncopation tempo ternary timbre triad vocal major rhythm PE active/activity agile/agility athletic/athlete bicep exercise field gym/gymnastic quadriceps injury league medicine mobile/mobility muscle personal pitch qualify relay squad tactic tournament triceps hamstring PSHE able/ability effort achieve/achievement emotion/emotional addict/addiction encourage/encouragement approve/approval represent/representative control generous/generosity reward dependent/dependency involve/involvement sanction discipline prefer/preference sexism/sexist discussion pressure stereotype RE baptism Hindu/Hinduism prophet Bible/biblical hymn religious/religion Buddhist/Buddhism immoral/immorality shrine burial Islam sign celebrate/celebration Israel Sikh/Sikhism ceremony Judaism/Jewish special Christian marriage spirit/spiritual commandment miracle symbol commitment moral/morality synagogue creation Muslim temple disciple parable wedding faith pilgrim/pilgrimage worship festival pray/prayer funeral prejudice Science absorb exchange organism acid freeze oxygen alkaline frequency particles amphibian friction predator apparatus function pressure chemical growth reproduce circulate/circulation hazard respire/respiration combustion insect solution condensation laboratory temperature cycle liquid thermometer digest/digestion mammal vertebrate element method vessel evaporation nutrient racism/racist reality relationship communication gender