Year 3 spellings to be tested on Monday 22nd March

Adding the suffix ‘-ally’ which is used instead of ‘-ly’ when the root word ends in ‘–ic.’

basically
frantically
dramatically
historically
nationally
emotionally
accidentally
automatically
traditionally
specifically

Year 2 Spellings to be tested on Monday 22nd March

The /or/ sound spelled ’a’ before ll and l.

all
ball
call
walk
talk
always
fall
small
also
bald

Year 3 spellings to be tested on 14th December

The long vowel /a/ sound spelled ‘ai’

straight
painter
fainted
waist
strainer
chained
claimed
failure
snail
waiter

Year 2 spellings to be tested on 14th December

The long vowel ‘i’ spelled with a “y” at the end of words

cry
fly
dry
try
reply
July
shy
spy
sky
why

Year 3 spellings to be tested on 23rd November

Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable. The consonant letter is not doubled if the syllable is unstressed.

gardening
gardener
limited
limiting
developing
developed
listening
listened
covered
covering

Year 2 spellings to be tested on 23rd November

The /l/ or /ul/ sound spelled ‘-al’ at the end of words

medal
petal
capital
hospital
animal
equal
final
pedal
local
magical

 

Spellings

Please note that there are no new spellings for half-term. Children are to bring their Spellings books back to School on Monday 2nd November, when they will be issued with the new list to practise for the following week.

Y3 spellings to be tested on 19th October

Words with the prefix ’re-’ ‘re-’ means ‘again’ or ‘back’

redo
refresh
return
reappear
redecorate
revenge
review
replay
reaction
rebound

Y2 spellings to be tested on 19th October

The /r/ sound spelled ’wr’ at the beginning of words

write
written
wrong
wrap
wren
wrecked
wrapped
wriggle
wrestle
wrote

Year 3 spellings – to be tested on 5th October

Words with endings that sound like /ch/ is often spelt –’ture’ unless the root word ends in (t)ch.

creature
furniture
picture
nature
adventure
capture
future
sculpture
fracture
mixture