18 April 2019
The spellings this week are all plural nouns. When changing each noun to a plural, you need to drop the y for an i.
| lorry lorries |
| family families |
| party parties |
| cherry cherries |
| city cities |
| baby babies |
| lady ladies |
| worry worries |
Please also remember to practise the Year 2 Common Exception Words as children need to know how to spell these by the end of the year.
22 March 2019
The words this week are all words where you need to drop the y for an i before adding –er or –ed. As children could be tested on any of the variations of the words, we only have five to learn.
| happy happier happiest |
| grumpy grumpier grumpiest |
| shiny shinier shiniest |
| smelly smellier smelliest |
| pretty prettier prettiest |
15 March 2019
This week, all the spellings are adverbs where the y has been dropped for an i before adding ly. In the left column are the words as adjectives and in the right column are the words after they have been changed to an adverb. Children could be tested on either form.
| grumpy grumpily |
| happy happily |
| funny funnily |
| lazy lazily |
| noisy noisily |
| scary scarily |
| cheeky cheekily |
| stealthy stealthily |
08 March 2019
The spellings this week are all contracted words. The first four contracted words start with I.
The second four all have the apostrophe used to replace the o in not.
| I am I’m |
| I will I’ll |
| I would I’d |
| I have I’ve |
| could not couldn’t |
| would not wouldn’t |
| should not shouldn’t |
01 March 2019
The spellings this week are all contracted words. They all have the apostrophe in the same place: instead of the o in not.
When writing these contracted words, children should leave the letters either side of the apostrophe unjoined but there shouldn’t be a big space between the letters.
| do not don’t |
| can not can’t |
| will not won’t |
| did not didn’t |
| have not haven’t |
| has not hasn’t |
| does not doesn’t |
| must not mustn’t |
08 February 2019
The spellings this week are all words which have an a which makes an o sound (as in ‘hot’). This is a common spelling after w or qu.
| want |
| watch |
| wander |
| squash |
| wand |
| wasp |
| quality |
| swallow |
02 February 2019
We are looking at the suffixes -er and -est again this week. This time you need to drop the e from the root word before adding the suffix.
| nice nicer nicest |
| large larger largest |
| wise wiser wisest |
| strange stranger strangest |
| close closer closest |
| brave braver bravest |
| cute cuter cutest |
25 January 2019
This week, we’re learning about another of our key spelling rules: drop the e for ing.
All of the words in the list are verbs. Before adding the suffix -ing to the verb, you need to drop (remove) the e.
| to have having |
| to hike hiking |
| to write writing |
| to use using |
| to make making |
| to like liking |
| to give giving |
| to excite exciting |
18 January 2019
This week, the words are all adjectives and require you to double up for a short vowel sound when adding the suffixes -er (comparative) and -est (superlative).
| fat fatter fattest |
| thin thinner thinnest |
| big bigger biggest |
| sad sadder saddest |
| hot hotter hottest |
| bad badder baddest |
11 January 2019
The spellings this week are all verbs which need to double up for a short vowel when adding the suffix ed or ing. The words in the first column are all in the infinitive (eg. to pat). The words in the second column with the suffixes are the words which will be tested.
| to pat patted |
| to hop hopped |
| to drop dropped |
| to trap trapped |
| to hum humming |
| to slip slipping |
| to clap clapping |
| to grin grinning |