27 April 2018
We are looking at the suffixes -er and -est this week. The first four require you to drop the e from the root word before adding the suffix. The last four require you to double up the last letter before adding the suffixes.
| nice nicer nicest |
| large larger largest |
| wise wiser wisest |
| strange stranger strangest |
| thin thinner thinnest |
| big bigger biggest |
| sad sadder saddest |
| hot hotter hottest |
20 April 2018
The spellings this week all use the rule double up for a short vowel sound. They also all end with the suffix ed or ing. The root word is also included in the list.
| to pat patting patted |
| to hop hopping hopped |
| to drop dropping dropped |
| to trap trapping trapped |
| to hum humming hummed |
| to slip slipping slipped |
| to clap clapping clapped |
| to grin grinning grinned |
23 March 2018
The spellings this week are all contracted words. They all have the apostrophe in the same place: instead of the o in not.
| 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 |
| should not shouldn’t |
| could not couldn’t |
| would not wouldn’t |
16 March 2018
The spellings this week are all contracted words. The first four contracted words have the apostrophe after the I.
The rest all use an apostrophe to replace the o in not.
| I am I’m |
| I will I’ll |
| I would I’d |
| I have I’ve |
| do not don’t |
| can not can’t |
| will not won’t |
| did not didn’t |
09 March 2018
This week, the root words all have the suffixes: er or ing.
All the root words end in e. When adding the suffixes, you have to first drop the e from the root word.
Children could be tested on any of the words – including the root words.
| bike biker biking |
| bake baker baking |
| drive driver driving |
| rude ruder rudest |
| wise wiser wisest |
| cute cuter cutest |
| nice nicer nicest |
02 March 2018
This week, all the spellings are adjectives and 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’ve 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 |
23 February 2018
The words this week all require you to drop the y for an i before adding er or est. 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 |
02 February 2018
The spellings this week are all words which have an -al or a -il ending.
| metal |
| pedal |
| capital |
| animal |
| hospital |
| pencil |
| nostril |
| fossil |
26 January 2018
The spellings this week all contain the -el ending.
| camel |
| tunnel |
| travel |
| towel |
| tinsel |
| squirrel |
| label |
| model |
19 January 2018
This week, the spellings are all words which have an -le ending. This spelling is the most common one for this ‘ul’ sound at the end of words.
| table |
| apple |
| middle |
| bottle |
| little |
| gentle |
| people |
| trouble |