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  • Supporting your child with spelling

    Please see below the spelling lists for each year group.

    Year 1 to 2 High Frequency Words

    about

    can't

    her

    many

    over

    then

    who

    after

    could

    here

    may

    people

    there

    will

    again

    did

    him

    more

    push

    these

    with

    an

    do

    his

    much

    pull

    three

    would

    another

    don't

    home

    must

    put

    time

    your

    as

    dig

    house

    name

    ran

    too

     

    back

    door

    how

    new

    saw

    took

    ball

    down

    if

    next

    school

    tree

    be

    first

    jump

    night

    seen

    two

    because

    from

    just

    not

    should

    us

    bed

    girl

    last

    now

    sister

    very

    been

    good

    laugh

    off

    so

    want

    boy

    got

    little

    old

    some

    water

    brother

    had

    live(d)

    once

    take

    way

    but

    half

    love

    one

    than

    were

    by

    has

    made

    or

    that

    what

    call(ed)

    have

    make

    our

    their

    when

    came

    help

    man

    out

    them

    where

    Plus

    • days of the week
    • months of the year
    • numbers to twenty
    • common colour words
    • pupil's name and address
    • pupil's name and address

    Word List – Years 3 and 4

    Year 3

    accident(ally)

    actual(ly)

    address

    answer

    appear

    arrive

    believe

    bicycle

    breath

    breathe

    build

    busy/business

    calendar

    caught

    centre

    century

    certain

    circle

    complete

    consider

    continue

    decide

    describe

    different

    difficult

    disappear

    early

    earth

    eight/eighth

    enough

    exercise

    experience

    Year 3

    Year 4

    through

    various

    weight

    woman/women

    occasion(ally)

    special

    notice

    experiment

    extreme

    famous

    favourite

    February

    forward(s)

    fruit

    grammar

    often

    opposite

    ordinary

    particular

    peculiar

    perhaps

    popular

    position

    possess(ion)

    possible

    potatoes

    pressure

    probably

    promise

    purpose

    quarter

    minute

    Year 4

    question

    recent

    regular

    reign

    remember

    sentence

    separate

    material

    medicine

    increase

    important

    interest

    island

    knowledge

    learn

    length

    library

    mention

    straight

    strange

    strength

    suppose

    surprise

    therefore

    though

    although

    thought

    group

    guard

    guide

    heard

    heart

    height

    history

    imagine naughty

    natural

    Word List – Years 5 and 6

    Year 5

    accommodate

    accompany

    according

    achieve

    aggressive

    amateur

    ancient

    apparent

    appreciate

    attached

    available

    average

    awkward

    bargain

    bruise

    category

    cemetery

    committee

    communicate

    community

    competition

    conscience*

    conscious*

    controversy

    dictionary

    disastrous

    embarrass

    environment

    equipped/ment

    especially

    exaggerate

    excellent

    existence

    Year 5

    Year 6

    convenience

    correspond

    criticise (critic + ise)

    curiosity

    definite

    desperate

    determined

    develop

    pronunciation

    queue

    recognise

    recommend

    relevant

    restaurant

    rhyme

    rhythm

    sacrifice

    secretary

    shoulder

    signature

    sincere(ly)

    soldier

    stomach

    sufficient

    suggest

    explanation

    symbol

    system

    temperature

    thorough

    twelfth

    variety

    vegetable

    vehicle

    yacht

    Year 6

    opportunity

    parliament

    persuade

    physical

    prejudice

    privilege

    profession

    programme

    marvellous

    mischievous

    muscle

    necessary

    neighbour

    nuisance

    occupy

    occur

    identity

    immediate(ly)

    individual

    interfere

    interrupt

    language

    leisure

    lightning

    familiar

    foreign

    forty

    frequently

    government

    guarantee

    harass

    hindrance