19 June 2015
Here are this week’s spellings. There will be a spelling test on Friday 26 June.
Please note that there are only two spelling lists this week – Year 1 and Year 2.
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Year 1 |
Year 2 |
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daisy |
oak |
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poppy |
beech |
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tulip |
horse-chestnut |
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daffodil |
sycamore |
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rose |
willow |
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buttercup |
holly |
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sunflower |
cherry |
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bluebell |
ash |
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fir |
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|
birch |
12 June 2015
All the spellings this week contain the letter string ough. It’s important to practise reading these words as well as writing them down as there are a variety of sounds that the ough words can make.
The sound which the ough word make are shown in bold in the list eg ‘uff‘.
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‘uff’ |
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| 1. | enough |
| 2. | rough |
| 3. | tough |
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‘or’ |
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| 4. | bought |
| 5. | thought |
| 6. | brought |
| 7. | fought |
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‘owe’ |
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| 8. | though |
| 9. | dough |
| 10. | although |
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‘off’ |
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| 11. | cough |
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‘ow’ |
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| 12. | plough |
12 June 2015
This week’s spellings are nouns (singular to plural).
For some of the words, you have to drop the y and replace it with an ies in order to pluralise the word. Can you spot any other spelling patterns or rules in these words?
| 1. | century centuries |
| 2. | baby babies |
| 3. | child children |
| 4. | knife knives |
| 5. | thief thieves |
| 6. | volcano volcanoes |
| 7. | tomato tomatoes |
| 8. | potato potatoes |
| 9. | woman women |
| 10. | library libraries |
12 June 2015
Here are this week’s spellings. There will be a spelling test on Friday 19 June.
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Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
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soil |
green |
redder |
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seed |
even |
reddest |
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grow |
each |
brighter |
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beanstalk |
team |
brightest |
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plant |
piece |
rougher |
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sow |
family |
roughest |
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water |
twenty |
shinier |
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compost |
thirty |
shiniest |
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complete |
happier |
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honey |
happiest |
05 June 2015
This week’s spellings are common words that are often spelt incorrectly. A good way to practice these is to put them into sentences.
| 1. | because |
| 2. | through |
| 3. | went |
| 4. | with |
| 5. | should |
| 6. | could |
| 7. | would |
| 8. | any |
| 9. | school |
| 10. | people |
05 June 2015
The spellings this week are all words where the ‘i before e except after c’ rule applies. You’re in luck this week because there aren’t many of them!
| 1. | ceiling |
| 2. | deceive |
| 3. | perceive |
| 4. | receipt |
| 5. | deceit |
| 6. | conceive |
| 7. | receive |
05 June 2015
Here are this week’s spellings. There will be a spelling test on Friday 12 June.
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Red Group |
Yellow Group |
Green Group |
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which |
grey |
to blossom |
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where |
they |
to bud |
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when |
amazing |
to germinate |
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what |
paper |
to flower |
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who |
train |
to sprout |
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why |
wait |
to shoot |
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wheel |
same |
to wilt |
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whale |
make |
to bloom |
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play |
to pollinate |
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|
railway |
to grow |
Please note that Green Group may be tested on other forms of the verb eg adding the suffix “ing” or “ed”.
15 May 2015
This is the third spelling week about verbs. This time, all the verbs end in a y. For the present and past tense forms, you need to drop the y for an I and then add es for present tense or ed for past tense.
As before, the verbs are listed in their infinitive, present tense, past tense and continuous (this form could be either past or present tense).
Infinitive – I cry.
Present – She cries
Past – I cried
Continuous – I was crying. I am crying.
Group 1
| Infinitive | Present tense | Past tense | Continuous |
| to cry | cries | cried | crying |
| to rely | relies | relied | relying |
| to marry | marries | married | marrying |
| to carry | carries | carried | carrying |
| to worry | worries | worried | worrying |
Group 2
| Infinitive | Present tense | Past tense | Continuous |
| to identify | identifies | identified | identifying |
| to multiply | multiplies | multiplied | multiplying |
| to specify | specifies | specified | specifying |
| to signify | signifies | signified | signifying |
| to disqualify | disqualifies | disqualified | disqualifying |
15 May 2015
Year 2 have not got any spellings this week due to their hard work preparing for SATs.
15 May 2015
Here are this week’s spellings. There will be a test on Friday 22 May.
Please note that all of Year 1 have got the same spellings to learn this week.
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kind |
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unkind |
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happy |
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unhappy |
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tidy |
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untidy |
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do |
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undo |
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tie |
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untie |