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England Nat. Curriculum Yr 1
Sounds /f/ /l/ /s/ /z/ /k/ at end
- 'ck' ending
- back kick pack pick sack sick tick
- digraph 'ff' at end of word
- off puff cuff huff
- 'll' at end of word
- hill bell fill fell doll tell ill well
- 'ss' at end of word
- fuss boss hiss kiss less loss mess miss
- 'zz' at end of word
- fizz buzz
- Exceptions to 2 letters at end
- pal if bus us yes
Sounds /nk/; /tch/; /v/ as -ve
- '-nk' as in bank
- honk sink pink bunk bank sunk think wink
- /tch/ sound as in catch
- hutch kitchen catch witch fetch notch pitch
- Exceptions to -tch for /tch/
- such which much rich
- /v/ sound at end as in love
- love have give live
Words of more than 1 syllable
- 2 syllables
- sunset begun rabbit thunder pocket carrot
Add '-s' or '-es' to nouns and verbs
- Plurals ending in -s
- rocks pins pans jugs cubs beds
- 3rd person singular ending in -s
- thanks spends flaps wags
- Plurals ending in -es
- boxes brushes matches wishes
- 3rd person singular ending in -es
- fixes washes watches catches
Adding 'ed' 'ing' 'er', unchanged root
- Simply add -ing to verbs
- hunting buzzing jumping resting costing bending
- Simply add -er to verbs
- buzzer hunter catcher helper
- Simply add -ed sounds like /ed/
- rested lifted melted hunted mended
- Simply add -ed sounds like /d/
- buzzed filled killed
- Simply add -ed sounds like /t/
- limped jumped crashed dressed puffed
Adding 'er' 'est', unchanged root
- Simply add -er to adjectives
- older thicker richer grander fresher quicker
- Simply add -est to adjectives
- quickest freshest grandest softest oldest
Vowel digraphs 'ai' to 'ur'
- 'ir' as in bird
- skirt shirt first girl dirty bird third
- 'ur' as in church
- curl hurt church burn burst turn Thursday fur
- 'a-e' as in cake
- same made late game came cake take safe
- 'i-e' as in five
- ride side time white bike five line like slide quite
- 'ay' as in play
- day say play crayon spray stay tray way may
- 'oy' as in boy
- joy loyal royal annoy boy enjoy toy
- 'e-e' as in swede
- these complete swede delete theme
- 'ar' as in car
- car start dark farm garden park bark arm
- 'ea' as in beak (/ee/)
- dream each sea beak team seat read meat
- 'ea' as in bread (/e/
- bread deaf dead head instead meant read thread
- 'er' as in fern (/ur/)
- verb kerb her person perfect fern term stern
- 'er' as in better (/uh/)
- sister never under better helper summer winter
- 'u-e' as in cube (/yoo/)
- cube huge tune tube use
- 'u-e' as in flute (/oo/
- June plume rude rule crude flute brute
- 'ai' as in nail
- aim snail rain nail train afraid paid
- 'oi' as in boil
- join oil soil moist point boil coin
- 'o-e' as in note
- rose note home hope hole stone those woke
- 'ee' as in tree
- speed tree week meet see sleep green
Vowel digraphs 'oo' to 'ie'
- 'oa' as in coat
- soap road loaf coal coast coat boat float goal coach
- 'ou' as in cloud
- out mouth cloud count around about ground sound
- 'ew' as in newt
- stew dew few new newt
- 'ew' as in screw
- screw flew grew drew chew threw blew
- 'ue' as in blue
- blue clue glue true untrue
- 'ue' as in statue
- Tuesday due pursue statue value rescue argue
- 'oe' as in toe
- hoe toe goes foe woe
- 'oo' as in boot (/oo/)
- moon food boot cool soon spoon zoo
- 'oo' as in book (/uu/)
- took wood cook book foot good look hook
- 'ow' as in cow (/ow/)
- how now down crowd clown brown town cow
- 'ow' as in window (/oh/)
- own throw window yellow grow show blow snow
- 'ie' as in pie (/y/)
- tried pie die tie lie cried dried dries
- 'ie' as in thief (/i:/)
- thief grief field brief chief shriek relief
Vowel digraphs/trigraphs 'igh' to 'are'
- 'or' as in fork
- sort sport for fork short horse morning born
- 'air' as in chair
- unfair stairs chair hair fairy fair pair air
- 'ear' as in earth
- early earn earth pearl search heard learn learning
- 'ore' as in shore
- wore sore swore before more score shore snore
- 'aw' as in paw
- raw paw jaw lawn law crawl draw straw saw yawn
- 'igh' as in night
- bright high night sigh right light thigh
- 'au' as in haunt
- taunt astronaut haunt August author dinosaur
- 'ear' as in bear (/air/)
- bear pear tear swear wear
- 'are' as in bare (/air/)
- spare bare rare share beware care dare scared
- 'ear' as in ear
- dear ear beard year near hear spear
Words ending in '-y'
- Words ending '-y' (/ee/ or /i/)
- funny very family happy silly puppy party
New consonant spellings 'ph' & 'wh'
- 'ph' as in dolphin
- phonics phantom elephant dolphin alphabet
- 'wh' as in wheel
- while whack wheel when which whisper where
Using 'k' for the /k/ sound
- 'k' for /k/ sound before 'e' 'i' & 'y'
- sulky kept king Kent skin kit sketch
Adding the prefix 'un-'
- Adding 'un-' as a prefix
- unsafe unhappy unlock undo unwell unload unfair
Compound words
- Two words joined together
- bedroom handbag dustbin playground blackberry football farmyard
Common exception words
- Yr 1 exceptions 'the' to 'says'
- a says today of to the said do
- Yr 1 exceptions 'are' to 'has'
- has are is his was were
- Yr 1 exceptions 'I' to 'we'
- we they you your he me she be I
- Yr 1 exceptions 'no' to 'where'
- by go so no my here there where
- Yr 1 exceptions 'love' to 'ask'
- some once love one come ask
- Yr 1 exceptions 'friend' to 'our'
- full friend our put push pull school house
England Nat. Curriculum Yr 2
Graphemes for the /j/ sound
- /j/ sound ends '-dge' as in bridge
- fudge edge badge bridge dodge smudge hedge
- /j/ sound ends '-ge' as in cage
- age charge bulge village cage huge change
- /j/ sound with 'ge' as in gem
- legend urgent angel ginger gem
- /j/ sound with 'gi' as in giant
- giraffe ginger giant magic rigid
- /j/ sound with 'gy' as in gym
- gym energy apology stingy
- /j/ sound with 'j' before 'a' 'o' & 'u'
- jug enjoy jacket adjust jar join jog
Graphemes for /s/ /n/ /r/ sounds
- /s/ sound as 'c' in race
- dance ice cell race mice space twice
- /s/ sound as 'c' in city
- pencil city circus cinema citizen decide
- /s/ sound as 'c' in cycle
- cycle fancy mercy piracy
- /n/ sound as 'kn' in knock
- know knee knife knob knock knot
- /n/ sound as 'gn' in gnome
- gnome gnat gnash gnaw
- /r/ sound as 'wr' in write
- wrote written wrong wrap wreck write
/l/ or /uhl/sound at end of words
- /(schwa)l/ sound as '-le' in apple
- table apple cradle candle bottle middle little
- /(schwa)l/ sound as '-el' in camel
- level travel camel tunnel squirrel towel tinsel
- /(schwa)l/ as '-al' in hospital
- pedal capital metal hospital animal equal
- '-il' ending as in pencil
- fossil pencil stencil nostril
Words ending 'y'
- /y/ sound in '-y' as in fly
- try reply sky July fly dry cry
Add -es to nouns & verbs ending in 'y'
- 'y' to 'i' & add 'es': cry>cries
- cries babies tries carries flies replies copies
Add to words ending '-(consonant)y'
- 'y' to 'i' & add 'ed' copy>copied
- copied replied dried hurried cried fried
- 'y' to 'i' & add 'er' copy>copier
- funnier easier happier healthier copier
- 'y' to 'i' & add 'est' easy>easiest
- funniest healthiest easiest happiest
- keep 'y' & add 'ing' cry>crying
- tidying crying carrying frying copying replying
Add to words ending '-(consonant)e'
- drop 'e' add 'ing' hike>hiking
- hiking diving writing caring hoping moving
- drop 'e' add 'ed' hike>hiked
- dared lived moved amused hoped hiked liked
- drop 'e' add 'er' hike>hiker
- hiker nicer grater freezer whiter larger simpler
- drop 'e' add 'est' nice>nicest
- latest fiercest simplest largest whitest nicest
- drop 'e' add 'y' shade>shady
- shiny slimy tasty greasy hasty shady easy
Add to endings of -(1 vowel 1 consnt)
- doubles consonant pat>patting
- digging getting hopping patting dropping humming beginning
- doubles consonant pat>patted
- hummed dropped patted nodded slammed grabbed
- doubles consonant sad>sadder
- hotter sadder fatter runner bigger
- doubles consonant sad>saddest
- fattest saddest reddest biggest
- doubles consonant run>runny
- muddy carefully really runny tinny spotty usually
- 'x' is never doubled
- mixing mixer mixed boxer sixes fixes boxes
More graphemes
- /or/ sound as 'a' before 'll' in call
- ball all call fall small wall tall
- /or/ sound as 'a' before 'l' in walk
- talk stalk walk almost always
- /u/ sound as 'o' in glove
- other mother Monday glove front brother come nothing
- /ee/ sound as '-ey' in donkey
- key donkey chimney money monkey valley turkey
- /o/ sound as 'a' after 'w' in swan
- wander want watch wash swan swallow
- /o/ as 'a' after 'qu' in quarrel
- squash quantity quality quarrel qualify squad
- /ur/ as 'or' after 'w' in worm
- world work worth worm worse word
- /or/ as 'ar' after 'w' in warm
- towards warning warm warden reward war
- /zh/ sound as 's' in television
- collision treasure usual measure television pleasure
Suffixes -ment -ness -ful -less & -ly
- words with suffix '-ment'
- movement measurement payment treatment enjoyment
- words with suffix '-ness'
- plainness eagerness sickness kindness sadness
- words with suffix '-ful'
- powerful careful faithful useful playful
- words with suffix '-less'
- hopeless restless pointless breathless careless
- words with suffix '-ly'
- badly carefully bravely slowly silently
- but suffixes to words ending 'y'
- happily shyly happiness merriment plentiful penniless
Contractions
- contractions with apostrophe
- hasn't it's I'll where's couldn't didn't can't
Possessive apostrophe
- possessives (singular)
- girl's child's man's Megan's Ravi's
Words ending in -tion
- Ending in 'tion'
- motion station section fiction addition national
Homophones & near homophones
- there to hear
- here they're hear there their
- quite to bare
- bare quiet see quite bear sea
- one to two
- son one too won sun two to
- be to knight
- knight night blue be blew bee
Yr 2 exceptions to standard rules
- door to because
- because floor door poor
- find to climb
- mind kind find behind child climb wild children
- most to told
- both told cold gold hold old only most
- every to steak
- even everybody break steak great every
- pretty to past
- last fast beautiful after pretty past
- father to bath
- pass path grass bath class father plant
- hour to eye
- hour improve sure sugar move prove eye
- could to many
- whole who would any many should could
- clothes to half
- again half people clothes water busy
- money to Christmas
- parents Mr Mrs money Christmas
England Nat. Curriculum Yrs 3/4
Suffixes -ing -ed -er etc. to 2 syllables
- doubling as forget>forgetting
- preferred forgetting forgotten beginner preferring equipped beginning beginning
- undoubled as garden>gardening
- happened gardening gardener limitation limited limiting happening
Sounds of 'y' and 'ou'
- /i/ sound as 'y' in gym
- mystery sympathy gym crystal Egypt myth pyramid
- /u/ sound as 'ou' in couple
- touch double country couple trouble young
More prefixes
- 'dis-' as in disagree
- disconnect distrust disappear disagree disobey disappoint
- 'mis-' as in misbehave
- misbehave misspell mistreat mishap misprint mislead
- 'in-' means 'not' as in inactive
- insincere indignity inhuman inactive incredible incorrect
- 'in-' before 'l' becomes 'il-'
- illegible illicit illegal illogical
- 'in-' before 'm' or 'p' becomes 'im-'
- imperfect impolite impatient immature immortal impossible
- 'in-' before 'r' becomes 'ir-'
- irregular irreplaceable irresponsible irresistible irrelevant
- 're-' as again or back as in redo
- replay redo refresh reappear redecorate return
- 'sub-' under as in submarine
- subtitle subdivide subheading submerge submarine
- 'inter-' between as in intercity
- interchange interact intercity interrelated international
- 'super-' above as in supermarket
- superman superstar supersonic supernatural supermarket
- 'anti-' against as in anticlockwise
- antiseptic antifreeze anticlockwise anticlimax antisocial
- 'auto-' self as in autograph
- autobiography autograph automatic autopilot automobile
Suffixes -ation, -ly
- '-ation' as in sense>sensation
- information adoration sensation admiration variation preparation conservation
- '-ly' as in sad>sadly
- usually sadly completely comically finally bravely suddenly
- '-ly' as in happy>happily
- angrily easily happily hungrily noisily
- '-ly' as in gentle>gently
- gently humbly nobly simply
- '-ally' as in basic>basically
- basically frantically dramatically
- '-ly' exceptions
- duly wholly truly
Endings sound like /zhuhr/or /tzhuhr/
- /zh/ sound as in treasure
- exposure treasure measure pleasure enclosure
- /ch/ sound as in picture
- creature adventure picture nature mixture furniture
- /chuh/ sounds as in teacher
- richer stretcher catcher teacher
Endings sound like /zhuhn/
- /zhuhn/ ending as in collision
- confusion television tension invasion division decision collision
The suffix -ous
- '-ous' poison>poisonous
- mountainous dangerous poisonous
- '-ous' fame>famous
- adventurous famous carnivorous
- '-ous' fury>furious
- various furious mysterious
- '-ous' no obvious root word
- jealous tremendous enormous
- '-ous' humour>humorous
- humorous glamorous vigorous
- '-ous' courage>courageous
- outrageous gorgeous courageous advantageous
- /i/ before '-ous' as in serious
- curious obvious serious
- /i/ before '-ous' as in hideous
- hideous courteous spontaneous
/shuhn/ sound spelt -tion -sion etc
- '-tion' invent>invention
- attraction injection invention action collection suggestion
- '-tion' decorate>decoration
- completion decoration relation hesitation celebration
- '-ssion' express>expression
- possession omission discussion confession expression
- '-ssion' permit>permission
- expression transmission admission permission
- '-sion' explode>explosion
- invasion decision explosion extension expansion comprehension
- '-sion' tense>tension
- tension confusion revision precision
- '-cian' music>musician
- politician magician optician musician electrician mathematician
- exceptions to -sion rules
- attention intention
Sounds for ch, -gue, -que, sc
- /k/ spelt as 'ch' in chorus
- chorus echo ache anchor chemist character scheme
- /sh/ spelt as 'ch' in chef
- parachute machine chalet chef brochure
- /g/ ending as '-gue' in tongue
- dialogue vague tongue catalogue league rogue
- /k/ ending as '-que' in antique
- unique antique technique mosque
- /s/ spelt as 'sc' in science
- muscle discipline fascinate crescent science scissors scene
/ay/ sound with ei, eigh, ey
- /ay/ sound spelt as 'ei' in vein
- rein vein
- /ay/ sound spelt as 'eigh' in eight
- weight neighbour neigh eighty eight
- /ay/ sound spelt as 'ey' in obey
- they obey prey grey
Possessive apostrophes with plurals
- apostrophes with plurals
- girls' boys' babies'
- apostrophes for irregular plurals
- children's men's mice's
Homophones, near homophones
- accept to bawl
- bawl effect except accept affect ball
- berry to fare
- fair berry bury brake fare break
- grate to hear
- groan here great grate hear grown
- heel to male
- knot not heel heal he'll mail male
- main to mist
- mane medal meddle missed main meat meet mist
- peace to reign
- rein piece peace reign rain plain plane
- scene to who's
- whose who's weather scene seen whether
Special word lists for years 3 and 4
- accident to arrive
- appear address actually accident accidentally actual answer arrive
- believe to business
- breathe busy believe breath business build bicycle
- calendar to complete
- complete century caught centre circle calendar certain
- consider to disappear
- consider difficult decide continue describe disappear different
- early to experience
- eight eighth enough early earth exercise experience
- experiment to forwards
- experiment extreme forwards famous February favourite forward
- fruit to heart
- guide guard heard grammar group fruit heart
- height to island
- history imagine interest height increase island important
- knowledge to mention
- learn length library material knowledge medicine mention
- minute to often
- minute notice occasion occasionally natural naughty often
- opposite to position
- opposite ordinary position particular peculiar perhaps popular
- possess to promise
- possess possible probably pressure possession promise potatoes
- purpose to sentence
- recent quarter sentence reign regular remember purpose question
- separate to therefore
- surprise separate therefore strength suppose straight strange special
- though to women
- thought weight various through women woman although though
England Nat. Curriculum Yrs 5/6
Endings sound /shuhs/ in -cious -tious
- /shuhs/ as '-cious' in precious
- vicious delicious malicious conscious precious suspicious
- /shuhs/ as '-tious' in cautious
- ambitious cautious infectious nutritious fictitious
Endings sound as /shuhl/ in -cial -tial
- /shuhl/ sound as '-cial' in official
- special social official artificial crucial
- /shuhl/ sound as '-tial' in partial
- essential partial confidential potential
- not 'c' after vowel 't' after consnt
- financial commercial provincial initial
Ends in -ant -ance -ancy -ent -ence…
- -ation as clue to -ant -ance -ancy
- hesitant observant observance expectant hesitancy tolerant substance tolerance
- -ent etc after soft 'c',soft 'g', 'qu'
- innocence decency frequent confident confidence decent innocent emergency
- -ant -ent etc. other than above
- assistant independent obedience obedient assistance independence
Endings in -able, -ible, -ably, -ibly
- -ation as clue to -able
- abominable adorable tolerable applicable considerable variable
- -ation as clue to -ably
- considerably applicably tolerably adorably
- keep 'e' adding -able to -ce or-ge
- changeable noticeable irreplaceable
- drop 'e' as in force >forcible
- eligible collapsible forcible legible
- -able as in depend>dependable
- dependable understandable reliable comfortable renewable enjoyable
- -ible if no root word as in visible
- visible audible incredible possible horrible terrible
- -ibly if no root word as in visibly
- horribly terribly visibly incredibly possibly
- -ible if a root word can be heard
- sensible accessible reversible
- -ibly if a root word can be heard
- sensibly
Add vowel suffixes to endings in -fer
- 'r' doubled if -fer still stressed
- referral preferring transferring referring transferred referred preferred
- 'r' not doubled if -fer unstressed
- preference referee reference transference
Use of the hyphen
- use of hyphens
- re-enter co-own co-operate co-ordinate
/ee/ sound spelt ei after c
- ei, not ie after c as in ceiling
- receive perceive ceiling deceive conceive
- /ee/ spelt ei as in seize
- protein caffeine seize
Words containing 'ough'
- ought as in bought
- ought thought fought brought bought nought
- ough as in rough
- rough enough tough
- ough as cough
- trough cough
- ough as in though
- although dough though
- ough as in through
- through
- ough as in thorough
- thorough borough
- ough as in plough
- bough drought plough
Words with silent letters
- silent 'b' as in lamb
- numb limb lamb crumb comb climb thumb doubt
- silent 'g'' as in gnome
- gnaw sign design gnome gnash gnat reign
- silent 'h' as in hour
- hour honour honest heir
- silent 'h' as in rhino
- rhubarb rhino rhythm rhyme
- silent 'k' as in knight
- knot knock knob knee knit knight knife kneel
- silent 'l' as in half
- should palm half could walk talk would calf yolk
- silent 'n' as in column
- condemn autumn column solemn
- silent 't' as in thistle
- rustle listen castle wrestle thistle whistle
Homophones and confusions
- aisle to effect
- aloud affect allowed effect aisle isle
- altar to bridle
- altar alter ascent assent bridal bridle
- cereal to dessert
- compliment complement descent dissent dessert serial cereal desert
- draft to guest
- draught farther further guessed draft father guest
- heard to passed
- morning heard herd led lead mourning passed past
- precede to stationery
- profit prophet principle principal stationary proceed precede stationery
- steal to whose
- steal steel wary weary who's whose
Special word lists for years 5/6
- accommodate to ancient
- accommodate accompany according aggressive amateur achieve ancient
- apparent to bargain
- average apparent appreciate attached available awkward bargain
- bruise to competition
- bruise category community competition committee communicate cemetery
- conscience to curiosity
- correspond conscious conscience convenience controversy criticise curiosity
- definite to embarrass
- determined develop disastrous embarrass definite dictionary desperate
- environment to excellent
- exaggerate especially excellent environment equipment equip equipped
- existence to government
- existence familiar foreign frequently explanation government forty
- guarantee to individual
- guarantee immediately immediate individual harass hindrance identity
- interfere to mischievous
- marvellous mischievous lightning interrupt interfere language leisure
- muscle to opportunity
- neighbour necessary muscle nuisance occupy occur opportunity
- parliament to programme
- privilege profession persuade physical parliament prejudice programme
- pronunciation to rhyme
- rhyme queue relevant pronunciation recognise recommend restaurant
- rhythm to sincerely
- sacrifice sincere shoulder signature rhythm sincerely secretary
- soldier to temperature
- stomach sufficient symbol system temperature soldier suggest
- thorough to yacht
- twelfth vegetable thorough vehicle yacht variety
KS3 subject lists
Art
- forms of art
- perspective portrait landscape abstract frieze sketch
- tools and materials
- kiln colour acrylic charcoal palette easel
- talking about art
- exhibition collection dimension spectrum display gallery
- technique
- illusion impasto highlight pastel crosshatch foreground collage
Design + Technology
- food
- flour knife ingredient hygiene nutrition carbohydrate natural recipe vitamin protein knives
- textiles
- tension fabric linen polyester fibre textile sew
- designing
- specification technology design aesthetic flowchart innovation portfolio brief
- making
- evaluation machine disassemble mineral presentation production component technology manufacture
Drama
- the show
- performance applause curtain entrance perform theatrical exit theatre freeze
- presenting
- characteristics position movement share rehearse rehearsal lighting spotlight character stage director
- creating
- playwright inspire script scene scenario dramatise improvise
English
- the writer's craft
- simile metaphor onomatopoeia personification imagery alliteration figurative rhyme synonym
- structure of words
- prefix vowel consonant suffix plural
- grammar/punctuation
- exclamation subordinate comma preposition conjunction grammar apostrophe clause paragraph
- genres
- advertisement myth narrator narrative genre advertise tabloid
- talking about text
- chorus soliloquy atmosphere comparison playwright expression resolution dialogue scene
Geography
- maps
- country longitude latitude atlas county contour globe
- people
- tourism tourist amenity infrastructure nation national wealth provision poverty employment habitat
- places
- desert rural urban estuary region abroad regional international settlement authority location
- general terms
- pollution climate erosion physical weather situation transportation landscape function transport
History
- social
- civilisation emigration disease citizen immigrant
- economic
- agricultural agriculture economy economic economical trade
- religious
- religious cathedral priest Protestant
- government
- government reign parliament republic politics political independence colony colonisation dynasty constitutional imperial imperialism
- terms (general)
- bias propaganda source chronological contradiction motive document current contradict chronology
- conflict/warfare
- castle revolution invasion defence conflict rebel revolt siege traitor rebellion
ICT
- handling information
- data cursor justify byte document delete database megabyte binary
- equipment
- computer monitor hardware cartridge CD-ROM disk module scanner processor electronic modem memory
- interface
- icon interface input interactive output password preview keyboard multimedia sensor
- network
- connection server connect cable internet network
- software
- spreadsheet graphic virus software program
Library
- book types
- anthology encyclopaedia non-fiction series fantasy thesaurus genre romance magazine novel dictionary
- people
- author editor librarian publisher
- ordering/classification
- classification irrelevance relevance system alphabetical relevant irrelevant alphabet catalogue
- inside books
- article index glossary extract content copyright section
Mathematics
- operations
- approximately calculate divide multiply subtraction guess division estimate multiplication addition average
- arithmetic terms
- fraction negative percentage positive ratio recurring denominator numerator minus decimal digit
- triangles & angles
- vertical equilateral isosceles alternate perpendicular vertex corresponding vertices degree adjacent angle
- shapes
- diameter triangle quadrilateral rhombus circumference square parallelogram perimeter radius triangular
- measuring
- volume centimetre kilogram litre metre tonne amount measure weight kilometre
- geometry
- symmetry parallel regular irregular rotation reflection horizontal axis axes reflect rotate symmetrical
- algebra and graphs
- co-ordinate equation graph
Music
- performing
- conductor choir orchestra percussion musician instrument orchestral synchronise syncopation tempo timbre
- composing
- ostinato pitch harmony melody dynamics instrumental lyric ternary triad vocal composition score octave rhythm
- reading music
- interval crotchet major minim minor quaver semibreve chord chromatic
PE
- competition
- squad athlete qualify tactic tournament field pitch league athletic relay
- parts of body
- injury medicine mobile biceps hamstring mobility quadriceps triceps muscle
- exercise
- activity agility exercise gymnastic personal active gym agile
PSHE
- personal
- discussion approval prefer preference pressure encourage reality approve control discipline encouragement gender involve involvement reward
- relationship
- representative dependent represent communication relationship
- problem areas
- addict addiction dependency racism racist sanction sexism sexist stereotype
- qualities
- generosity emotional generous achieve achievement emotion effort able ability
RE
- religious
- creation Hinduism Buddhist Christian Hindu Israel Jewish Muslim Sikh Judaism Buddhism Islam Sikhism
- ceremony
- funeral baptism festival burial celebrate celebration wedding ceremony marriage
- practice
- prayer religion pilgrim pray shrine spiritual religious Bible commitment hymn temple mosque synagogue pilgrimage disciple
- symbols and signs
- miracle spirit prophet sign special symbol
- morality
- parable morality prejudice biblical commandment immoral immorality moral
Science
- experimental
- chemical method vessel temperature laboratory apparatus hazard thermometer
- other processes
- pressure evaporation exchange freeze condensation combustion friction
- material
- alkaline element liquid particles oxygen acid solution frequency
- life
- predator amphibian insect vertebrate organism mammal
- life processes
- digest reproduce respire circulate growth digestion cycle function nutrient respiration circulation
Helpful revision based on KS3 wordlists
accommodation to audience
- word list
- audible alcohol although accommodation argument analyse analysis atmosphere audience assessment actually
- '-lly' as in actually
- actually normally officially originally usually
- double consnt as in assessment
- assessment embarrass necessary possession parallel interrupt
- 'al-' as in although
- also always already almost although
- '-ible' as in audible
- responsible sensible incredible audible reversible visible collapsible digestible accessible
- '-ience' as in audience
- patience obedience conscience convenience audience
autumn to chocolate
- word list
- autumn beginning chocolate buried believe caught business beautiful beneath
- unstressed vowel as in chocolate
- desperate interesting separate poisonous chocolate definite deliberate
- '-aught-' as in caught
- taught naughty daughter caught
- '-mn' as in autumn
- condemn solemn hymn column autumn
- 'be-' as in beneath
- beneath below behind between beyond beside because before
- doubling consnt as in beginning
- grinning referring travelling beginning stirring winning dialling planning
- '-ied' suffix as in buried
- buried cried dried hurried worried fried married
climate to daughter
- word list
- daughter conclusion conscious conscience climb concentration consequence continuous creation column
- '-mb' as in climb
- climb comb crumb limb numb thumb tomb
- '-ation' as in concentration
- relegation illustration demonstration education relation dictation isolation concentration
- '-sion' as in conclusion
- collision invasion decision division explosion conclusion persuasion
- '-ence' as in consequence
- presence silence evidence difference reference consequence sequence
decide to embarrass
- word list
- diamond embarrass disappoint decide definite development disappear decision design diary
- syllables split as in diary
- diary biology violin creation diamond reaction
- 'dis-' as in disappoint
- disappoint disloyal disorder disprove disappear dislike disease
- '-ci-' as in decision
- decision acid cinder cigarette cinema city pencil society decide
- '-gn-' as in design
- gnarled reign sign design gnat gnash gnome
- '-ment' as in development
- advertisement movement treatment payment measurement development engagement
energy to forty
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- engagement enquire fierce explanation evaluation environment forty February evidence energy
- '-ier-' as in fierce
- fierce pierced pier cashier
- '-gy-' as in energy
- strategy energy gym stingy
- '-tion' as in evaluation
- demonstration illustration completion promotion relegation relation pollution proposition evaluation
- '-en' as in enquire
- enquire enforce engulf enable encircle encourage enrich enlarge
fulfil to industrial
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- furthermore guard health happened fulfil imaginary improvise height industrial
- single 'l' as in fulfil
- welcome welfare cheerful skilful fulfil already always
- '-eigh-' as in height
- weight weigh neigh neighbour sleigh eighty height
- '-ned' as in happened
- happened listened loosened fastened frightened ripened opened
- '-ea-' as in health
- wealth sweat dead deaf bread breath health head instead
- '-ial' as in industrial
- material memorial radial aerial terrestrial industrial
- '-ary' as in imaginary
- secondary imaginary temporary voluntary dictionary ordinary library necessary
- silent 'u' as in guard
- disguise guard guarantee guest guess guilty guide guitar biscuit build
interesting to meanwhile
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- lonely material marriage lovely interesting interrupt jealous meanwhile knowledge issue
- '-ue' as in issue
- overdue tissue avenue argue rescue barbecue value continue
- '-ous' as in jealous
- dangerous poisonous murderous thunderous adventurous nervous famous carnivorous jealous
- '-ely' as in lonely
- surely extremely rudely safely closely bravely lovely lonely
miscellaneous to participation
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- necessary original parallel miscellaneous participation modern mischief murmur moreover nervous
- silent 'c' as in miscellaneous
- miscellaneous discipline disciple muscle scent scissors science convalescent adolescent
- '-ie-' as in mischief
- diesel relief belief mischief
- '-ern' as in modern
- modern lantern cavern pattern concern eastern
- '-ur-' as in murmur
- turnip church burst curly hurt murmur
- 'g' as in original
- magic rigid original origin giant gin ginger
pattern to possession
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- people performance possession permanent peaceful persuasion persuade physical pattern
- '-su-' as in persuade
- persuasive persuade suede persuasion
- '-ple' as in people
- purple people couple example multiple
- '-y-' as in physical
- typical physical system gym myth mystery sympathy
- '-cal' as in physical
- musical physical typical medical magical chemical political electrical
- '-ful' as in peaceful
- powerful harmful faithful careful truthful useful colourful peaceful
- '-ance' as in performance
- attendance clearance disturbance appearance performance allowance
potential to receive
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- preparation prioritise proposition questionnaire queue proportion reaction potential process receive
- '-tial' as in potential
- initial essential potential residential
- '-ce-' as in process
- process announcer deception decent recent licence
reference to sequence
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- reference relief Saturday separate remember safety resources secondary research sequence
- '-our-' as in resources
- resources pouring courtroom downpour tourist fourteen your
- 're-' as in relief
- rearrange recollect relief remove request referee record rehearse
- '-ear-' as in research
- pearl research search heard learn learning early
shoulder to surely
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- sincerely stomach straight strength shoulder success surely skilful soldier strategy
- '-oul-' as in shoulder
- shoulder boulder mouldy poultry
- writing letters e.g. sincerely
- Madam truly signature dear Yours sincerely faithfully
- '-s-' as in surely
- pleasure leisure measure exposure surely treasure
- '-ch-' as in stomach
- school scheme echo ache anchor chemist Christmas stomach
surprise to women
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- survey technology Wednesday weight women tomorrow unfortunately weird surprise technique texture
- '-ise' as in surprise
- surprise revise televise exercise clockwise
- 'sur-' as in surprise
- survey surface surgery surfer survivor surprise
- '-ey' as in survey
- grey prey survey
- '-que' as in technique
- unique antique technique
- '-ture' as in texture
- texture capture nature mixture departure adventure moisture
- '-eir-' as in weird
- their heir weird
- '-techn-' as in technology
- technique pyrotechnics polytechnic technology technical technophobia technician
Homophones and confusions
- homophones 1
- two through threw too source sauce sights sites
- confusions 1
- choose chose too affect to advise advice brought bought effect
- confusions 2
- are conscience conscious quite our quiet
- homophones 2
- practise allowed aloud practice braking breaking coarse course
Vowel choices
- mixed /ay/ (day )phoneme
- paint play snail cake baby flame train tray spray great
- mixed /y/ (by) phoneme
- thigh try tight wild crime blind slide pie kind
- mixed /oh/ (no) phoneme
- hope coal coast float grow throw told stone stroke coach roll
- mixed /oo/ (soon)phoneme
- tooth threw true grew crude brute blue smooth
- mixed /oy/ (boy)phoneme
- toilet royal soil poison loyal joint employ annoy boil
- mixed /ow/ (cow) phoneme
- cloud crowd growl ground now mouth prowl sound
- mixed /air/ (hair) phoneme
- where wear there stairs fairy chair bear scare share
- mixed /or/ (north)phoneme
- sport board chalk door draw fourteen launch snore small
- mixed /er/ (butter) phoneme
- perfect search shirt herb earth girl burn burst
- mixed /uu/ (took) phoneme
- push hood hook full bush bull cook wooden
Making plurals
- '-s' cry > cries
- carries dries hurries worries cries
- baby > babies
- cities daisies families ponies stories babies puppies pennies
- monkey > monkeys
- boys guys keys monkeys toys trays ways
- half > halves
- shelves thieves wolves wives loaves halves knives
- roof > roofs
- beliefs chiefs chefs cliffs roofs
- kiss > kisses
- boxes coaches brushes matches kisses
- hero > heroes
- cargoes dominoes echoes heroes potatoes tomatoes volcanoes
- kilo > kilos
- kilos photos pianos radios solos videos
Contractions
- I have > I've
- I've we've could've should've might've must've
- you had, you would > you'd
- he'd I'd she'd they'd you'd
- do not > don't
- couldn't shan't won't isn't wasn't haven't don't didn't can't
- contractions
- they're shouldn't o'clock I'm shan't it's they'd they've
Prefixes
- 'a-'
- aside aloud asleep awake around alike along across
- 'be-'
- because before between beyond beside beneath below behind
- 'dis-' as negative
- disconnect distrust dislike disappear disease disagree disorder
- 'fore-'
- forecast forefinger foresee forewarn foreground forehead foreman forecourt
- 'pre-' before
- prefix preschool prehistoric prepacked precooked
- 're-' do again
- renew rehouse replay review replace
- 'un-' as an opposite
- untrue untrue unwell unwell uncertain uncertain unfair unfair unfriendly unfriendly unknown unknown untidy untidy unsafe unsafe
- 'ex-' out of
- export excluding excursion excavate except exit extract
- 'for-'
- forgive forbidden forget forsake
- 'im-' without
- imbalance impede immaculate immediate immense immune
- 'per-' through
- permanent perspire persuasion permit perforation performance perfume persuade
- 'co-' together
- coerce coexist cooperate
Suffixes
- '-ful' spoon > spoonful (nouns)
- mouthful bucketful cupful armful spoonful
- '-less' care > careless
- aimless airless breathless careless countless effortless pointless
- '-ness' sad > sadness
- carelessness eagerness sickness darkness fitness goodness sadness kindness
- '-tion' collect > collection
- connection election suggestion exhibition invention collection
- '-tion' illustrate > illustration
- pollution relation completion demonstration illustration promotion relegation evaluation
- '-ence'
- reference difference evidence presence silence consequence sequence
- '-ent'
- persistent urgent excellent absorbent different independent
- '-ible'
- incredible responsible sensible accessible collapsible digestible reversible visible
- '-ous' danger > dangerous
- bulbous poisonous murderous thunderous dangerous
- hot > hotter > hottest
- hottest redder reddest biggest hotter bigger
- large > larger > largest
- largest whitest simplest fiercest fiercer later latest simpler larger whiter
- happy > happier > happiest
- funnier happiest easier funniest happier healthier healthiest easiest
Suffixes for tenses
- '-ing' grin > grinning
- referring travelling grinning stirring beginning dialling winning planning
- '-ing' carpet > carpeting
- carpeting happening limiting targeting visiting
- '-ing' with eye, -ie, -o, -oe
- echoing eyeing hoeing lying shoeing tying vetoing radioing
- '-ed' grab > grabbed
- grabbed hopped sunned nodded knitted slammed
- '-ed' amuse > amused
- dared dated amused droned hoped moved
- '-ed' cry > cried
- cried dried hurried worried fried married buried
- '-ed' video > videoed
- echoed radioed vetoed videoed
Main Word Lists
Phonics - Letters & Sounds Word Lists
Yr2 to KS3 Lists (Not 3.1)