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Key Stage 1a (Yr 1.1)
CVC in rhyming sets
- '-ad' as in dad
- dad sad lad
- '-ag' as in bag
- bag rag wag
- '-am' as in jam
- jam ram
- '-an' as in pan
- pan man fan
- '-ap' as in tap
- tap nap gap
- '-at' as in cat
- cat hat rat
- '-ed' as in bed
- bed red fed
- '-eg' as in leg
- leg peg
- '-en' as in hen
- hen pen ten
- '-et' as in net
- net pet
- '-ig' as in pig
- pig dig
- '-in' as in pin
- pin bin tin
- '-ip' as in rip
- rip lip pip
- '-it' as in sit
- sit hit bit
- '-ob' as in sob
- sob job
- '-og' as in dog
- dog fog log
- '-ot' as in cot
- cot dot pot
- '-ud' as in bud
- bud mud
- '-ug' as in mug
- mug rug jug
- '-um' as in mum
- mum sum
- '-un' as in bun
- bun sun run
CVC in non-rhyming sets
- 'a'
- bag bad can cat had hat jam man ran
- 'e'
- bed get hen leg net pen pet red set yes
- 'i'
- pig bit hid him his lid lip big six win
- 'o'
- box dog fox hot job lot not pop top
- 'u'
- bus but cup cut fun mug mum sum sun
- 'ch'
- chin chat
- 'sh'
- ship shop
- 'th' as in thin
- thin thud
- 'th' as in this
- them this that
Key Stage 1b (Yr 1.2)
ck, ff, ll, ss, ng endings
- '-ck'
- duck back kick lock luck pack pick sack sick tick
- '-ff'
- off puff cuff
- '-ll'
- bell bill doll fell fill hill pill sell tell will
- '-ss'
- kiss fuss hiss boss less loss mess miss
- '-ng'
- king hang bang long lungs ring sing song wing
End consonant clusters
- '-ct'
- act fact
- '-ft'
- left lift loft soft tuft
- '-ld'
- bold cold fold gold hold sold held
- '-lf'
- elf myself
- '-lk'
- milk hulk bulk silk sulk
- '-lp'
- help gulp yelp
- '-lt'
- belt felt kilt melt pelt
- '-lth'
- filth
- '-mp'
- bump camp damp imp jump lamp limp lump mumps pump
- 'nch'
- punch bunch finch hunch lunch munch pinch bench
- '-nd'
- sand bend end hand land lend pond and send
- '-nk' as in bank
- bank bunk honk pink sink sunk think wink
- '-nt'
- ant bent dent hunt pant sent tent went
- '-pt'
- kept wept
- '-sk'
- desk dusk husk risk rusk tusk
- '-sp'
- wisp lisp gasp
- '-st'
- nest cost just list must best rest test west
- 'tch'
- catch hutch kitchen match pitch scratch stretch switch witch
- '-xt'
- next text
Initial consonant clusters
- 'bl-'
- black blank blend blink blob block blot blunt
- 'br-'
- brick bran brand brag brim bring brisk
- 'cl-'
- cliff clang click clamp cling clock clog club clump
- 'cr-'
- crab crack cramp cress cricket crisp crop cross crust
- 'dr-'
- dragon drag dress drift drill drink drip drop drum
- 'dw-'
- dwell
- 'fl-'
- flag flan flap flat fling flop fluff
- 'fr-'
- frog frill frock fret from frost frond
- 'gl-'
- glen glad glint gloss glum
- 'gr-'
- grin grill grand grip grit grub gruff grunt
- 'pl-'
- plan planet plank plastic plum plump plus
- 'pr-'
- pram prank present press print prison prod prong prop
- 'sc-'
- scab scalp scan scoff scum
- 'scr-'
- scrap scrimp script scrub scruff scrum
- 'shr'
- shrimp shrill shred shrink shrub shrug
- 'sk-'
- skull skill skim skin skip skid
- 'sl-'
- slug slam slap slept sling slip slit slot slack
- 'sm-'
- smell smack smock smug smut
- 'sn-'
- snack snag snap sniff snip snob snub snug
- 'sp-'
- span spots spell spend spill spin spit
- 'spl-'
- splat splint split splendid
- 'spr-'
- spring sprat sprig sprang sprint
- 'squ-'
- squib squint squelch
- 'st-'
- stamp stand step stick stiff still sting stop stuck stunt
- 'str-'
- string strap strand strong struck
- 'sw-'
- swing swank swell swift swig swill swim swam
- 'thr'
- thrush throb throng thrill
- 'tr-'
- track traffic tramp trick trim trip trot truck trunk
- 'tw-'
- twig twang twist twin
Key Stage 1d (Yr 2.1)
Short phoneme /uu/ as in book
- 'oo' as in foot
- foot cook book good hood hook look took wooden
- 'u' as in bull
- bull bush full pull push put
- mixed /uu/ (took) phoneme
- cook push hood bush hook bull wooden full
/ar/ phoneme as in arm
- 'ar' as in garden
- garden farm dark hard march market park spark star start
/oy/ phoneme as in boy
- 'oi' as in boil
- boil coin joint moist oil point soil
- 'oy'
- boy annoy convoy employ enjoy loyal royal destroy toy
- mixed /oy/ (boy)phoneme
- boil annoy poison joint loyal soil employ toilet royal
/ow/ phoneme as in cow
- 'ow' as in cow
- cow clown crowd growl now how down vow brown
- 'ou' as in cloud
- cloud out about mouth around sound count ground
- mixed /ow/ (cow) phoneme
- growl mouth now prowl cloud crowd ground sound
Key Stage 1e (Yr 2.2)
/air/ phoneme as in hair
- 'air' as in chair
- chair air fair fairy hair pair stairs unfair
- 'are' as in square
- square care dare rare scare share spare beware
- '-ere' as in there
- there where anywhere nowhere
- 'ear' as in bear
- bear pear swear tear wear
- mixed /air/ (hair) phoneme
- fairy wear there chair scare where stairs share bear
/or/ phoneme as in north
- 'or' as in fork
- fork for morning born short sort sport horse
- 'oor' as in door
- door floor moor poor
- 'aw' as in paw
- paw saw draw jaw law lawn yawn raw straw crawl
- 'au' as in haunt
- haunt gaunt taut launch laundry taunt
- 'ore' as in shore
- shore more score before snore sore swore wore
- 'our' as in four
- four court fourteen pour your
- 'oar' as in boar
- boar hoard oar roar soar board
- 'alk' as in chalk
- chalk stalk talk walk
- 'a' as in ball
- ball all call fall hall small snowball stall tall wall
- mixed /or/ (north)phoneme
- sport small launch chalk draw board door snore fourteen
/uhr/ phoneme as in butter
- 'er' as in fern
- fern kerb herb perfect person stern term her
- 'ir' as in bird
- bird girl first dirty shirt skirt third
- 'ur' as in church
- church burst burn curl hurt turn Thursday fur
- 'ear' as in earth
- earth earn early heard learn pearl search learning
- mixed /er/ (butter) phoneme
- search herb shirt burst burn girl perfect earth
'wh', 'ph', 'ch' digraphs
- 'wh'
- wheat whack wheel whip whirl whiskers whisper
- 'ph'
- alphabet dolphin elephant graph nephew orphan phantom photo
- 'ch' sounds as /k/
- anchor ache chemist Christmas echo scheme school stomach
Key Stage 1f (Yr 2.3)
/eer/ and /e/ phonemes
- 'ear' as in ear
- ear dear hear beard cousin year gear spear
- 'ea' as in bread
- bread breath dead deaf head health instead sweat wealth
Key Stage 2a (Yr 3.1)
Verbs with '-ing'
- '-ing' dig > digging
- digging getting hopping rubbing swimming
- '-ing' write > writing
- writing coming hoping caring moving
- '-ing' grin > grinning
- grinning referring travelling dialling stirring winning planning beginning
- '-ing' carpet > carpeting
- carpeting happening limiting targeting visiting
- '-ing' with eye, -ie, -o, -oe
- lying hoeing eyeing shoeing tying vetoing echoing radioing
Key Stage 2b (Yr 3.2)
Silent letters
- 'kn'
- knife kneel knew knee knight knit knob knock knot
- 'gn'
- gnome gnarled gnash gnat design reign sign
- 'wr'
- wreck wrap wren wrench wring wrist write wrong
Compound words
- compound words
- birthday dustbin handbag lipstick milkman notebook sunset windmill
's' plurals alter spelling
- baby > babies
- babies cities daisies families pennies ponies puppies stories
- monkey > monkeys
- monkeys guys keys boys toys trays ways
- half > halves
- halves knives loaves shelves thieves wives wolves
- roof > roofs
- roofs chiefs chefs beliefs cliffs
- kiss > kisses
- kisses brushes coaches boxes matches
- hero > heroes
- heroes dominoes echoes cargoes potatoes tomatoes volcanoes
- kilo > kilos
- kilos photos pianos radios solos videos
'-er', '-est', ' -y' alter spelling
- hot > hotter > hottest
- hotter hottest redder reddest bigger biggest
- large > larger > largest
- larger largest whiter whitest simpler simplest fiercer fiercest later latest
- happy > happier > happiest
- happier happiest funnier funniest easier easiest healthier healthiest
- '-y' shade > shady
- shady noisy greasy hasty easy shiny slimy tasty
- '-y' fog > foggy
- foggy funny muddy witty tinny baggy spotty starry
Key Stage 2c (Yr 3.3)
Contractions
- we are > we're
- we're you're they're I'm
- he has, he is > he's
- he's she's it's there's where's
- we will, we shall > we'll
- we'll they'll she'll it'll I'll
- I have > I've
- I've we've could've should've might've must've
- you had, you would > you'd
- you'd he'd I'd she'd they'd
- do not > don't
- don't can't isn't wasn't haven't won't shan't couldn't didn't
Key Stage 2d (Yr 4.1)
Double consonant, 2 syllables
- split like kit-ten
- kitten hidden cotton lesson paddock puffin rabbit sudden
- split like ap-ple
- apple bottle bubble cuddle dribble gobble middle
Irregular tense changes
- basic past tenses
- was were went did saw came got had
- more past tenses
- ate began drew heard knew paid slept spoke stood took told won
- past with '-ught'
- bought brought caught fought taught thought
- past participles 1
- been gone done seen given taken known begun
- past participles 2
- broken written spoken chosen drawn driven fallen grown ridden flown
Suffixes
- '-al'
- equal annual central animal final hospital local natural personal several
- '-ary'
- dictionary library necessary ordinary temporary voluntary imaginary secondary
- '-ic'
- artistic alcoholic athletic demonic historic magnetic metallic
- '-ship' friend > friendship
- friendship companionship citizenship hardship relationship
- '-hood' adult > adulthood
- adulthood childhood falsehood neighbourhood
- '-ness' sad > sadness
- sadness fitness goodness kindness sickness carelessness eagerness darkness
- '-ment' measure > measurement
- measurement advertisement movement payment treatment development engagement
Medium frequency words
- ask to does
- ask asked began being brought can't change coming didn't does
- don't to leave
- don't found goes gone heard I'm jumped knew know leave
- might to tries
- might opened show started stopped think thought told tries
- turn to woken
- turn turned used walk walked walking watch write woke woken
- some useful verbs 1
- began being does coming might show told walk walking write
- some useful verbs 2
- change found heard leave tries watch
- verbs, adding '-ed'
- asked jumped opened started turned used walked stopped
- verbs, past and present
- brought goes gone knew know think thought woke woken
- verbs, contractions
- can't didn't don't I'm
Key Stage 2e (Yr 4.2)
Word endings
- half > halves
- halves knives loaves shelves thieves wives wolves
- roof > roofs
- roofs chiefs chefs beliefs cliffs
- '-ight'
- bright fight fright might night right tight highlight
- '-ought'
- bought brought fought nought thought
- '-le' as in cradle
- cradle cable ladle maple noble sidle table
- '-le' as in ankle
- ankle bundle candle handle grumble nimble simple single
- '-le' as in apple
- apple battle bottle bubble cuddle dribble gobble middle
- '-el' as in angel
- angel kennel label level model parcel quarrel travel
- '-ar' as in cellar
- cellar collar mortar sugar vinegar
- '-ey' as in donkey
- donkey chimney honey journey money monkey turkey valley
- '-il' as in daffodil
- daffodil council civil fossil lentil pencil stencil utensil
Some prefixes
- 'al-'
- also always although already almost
- 'be-'
- because before behind below beneath beside between beyond
- 'en-' do, perform
- enable encircle enlarge enforce enrich engulf encourage enquire
- 'fore-'
- forecast forefinger foreground forehead foreman foresee forewarn forecourt
- 'forth-'
- forthcoming forthright forthwith
- 'per-' through
- perforation perfume permit permanent perspire persuade performance persuasion
- 'with-'
- withdraw withhold withstand
Medium frequency words
- almost to first
- almost always any before better during every first
- half to second
- half morning much never number often only second
- sometimes to young
- sometimes still suddenly today until upon while year young
- time words 1
- always before before during never often sometimes suddenly
- time words 2
- morning year today first second still until while
- useful words
- almost any better every half much number only upon young
Key Stage 2f (Yr 4.3)
Investigations
- '-ck'
- duck back kick lock luck pack pick sack sick tick
- 'k' on its own
- park milk tank week beak brisk like
- 'k' or hard 'c' at start?
- kennel kick kind cage camera coat coffee
- 'c-' soft or hard?
- candle cell cellar centre cinder cinema coast collar curly cycle
- 'wa' in words
- water swat unwanted forward towards beware awake always
- 'wo' in words
- worship won woman women wobble two awoke sword swore plywood
- 'ss' in words
- goodness hiss missile impressive misspell necessary senseless pressure admission assistant cassette
- 'v' or 'f' in plurals?
- roofs loaves chiefs shelves beliefs wolves chefs thieves
Common roots
- vent come
- adventure invent event prevent convent
- press press
- press pressure compress express expression impressive impression
- '-phon-' sound
- microphone telephone symphony cacophony phonetics
- '-fort-' strong
- comfort effort force fortify fortress reinforce
- '-pend-' hang
- pendant appendix depend independent pending suspense pendulum
- '-gram-' letter
- hologram diagram grammar programme anagram
- '-port-' carry
- portable import report support export transport
Adding parts to words
- '-ful' faith > faithful (adjectives)
- faithful colourful careful harmful useful powerful truthful peaceful
- '-ic'
- artistic alcoholic athletic demonic historic magnetic metallic
- '-ist'
- chemist balloonist biologist pianist florist guitarist journalist cyclist
- '-ive'
- attractive active defective defensive effective expensive impressive
- '-ly' queen > queenly
- queenly cowardly friendly motherly beastly
- '-ly' brave > bravely
- bravely lonely loudly quietly silently slowly suddenly
- '-tion' collect > collection
- collection connection election invention suggestion exhibition
Medium frequency words
- above to both
- above across along also around below between both
- different to place
- different following high inside near other outside place
- right to without
- right round such through together under where without
- whereabouts words 1
- above across along around below between high inside
- whereabouts words 2
- near outside round through together under where
- more useful words
- place also both different following other right such without
Key Stage 2g (Yr 5.1)
Words ending with vowels
- '-ea'
- rhea idea nausea panacea area
- '-i'
- fungi alibi graffiti hi-fi macaroni safari spaghetti taxi
- '-o'
- photo echo hero cargo potato tomato volcano zero
- '-oo'
- bamboo cuckoo hullabaloo igloo shampoo tattoo
- '-u'
- caribou emu flu gnu impromptu menu tutu
- '-ee'
- chimpanzee coffee committee degree guarantee jubilee pedigree toffee
- '-a'
- banana camera cinema cocoa saga umbrella vanilla zebra
Medium frequency words
- baby to happy
- baby balloon birthday brother children clothes garden great happy
- head to world
- head heard something sure swimming those word work world
- some nouns
- baby balloon birthday brother children clothes garden head word work world
- further useful words
- great happy heard something sure swimming those
Word roots, derivations, etc.
- '-ly' brave > bravely
- bravely lonely loudly quietly silently slowly suddenly
- '-miss-' send
- missile omission permission transmission commission missionary admission
- '-ann-' year
- anniversary annual annuity biennial perennial
- '-cav-' hollow
- excavate cave cavity concave
- from people's names
- cardigans sandwiches wellingtons diesel
- from mythical characters
- atlas cereal hygiene martial music panic titanic volcano
- from places
- canter academy currant denim indigo swede tangerine port
- words with unusual histories
- confetti diary salary tawdry tennis omnibus
Key Stage 2h (Yr 5.2)
Differing pronunciations
- sounds of 'ough'
- rough enough cough thought thorough through tough bough dough
- sounds of 'oo'
- foolish balloon wooden door floor shampoo cooperate childhood
- sounds of 'ou'
- ground couple shouted route double adventurous should wounded
- sounds of 'our'
- four hour journey behaviour colour courtship fourteen encourage
- sounds of 'ea'
- already theatre area beach beautiful bread cleaner idea ocean reality
- sounds of 'ear'
- bear hear wear spear learn fear earth
Suffixes
- '-cian'
- beautician electrician magician musician optician politician
- '-ance' appear > appearance
- appearance performance attendance clearance disturbance allowance
- '-ant'
- ignorant important hesitant significant triumphant
- '-ence'
- sequence evidence reference silence presence consequence difference
- '-ent'
- excellent independent different urgent absorbent persistent
- '-er'
- cleaner builder farmer painter speaker teacher worker
- '-ment' measure > measurement
- measurement advertisement movement payment treatment development engagement
- '-or'
- actor editor narrator sailor sculptor visitor director
- '-ous' danger > dangerous
- dangerous bulbous poisonous murderous thunderous
Medium frequency words
- earth to mother
- earth eyes father friends important lady light money mother
- own to window
- own paper sister small sound white whole why window
- some nouns
- earth eyes father friends lady money mother paper sister window
- yet more useful words
- important light own small sound white whole why
Key Stage 2j (Yr 5.3)
Rules for endings
- '-ing' write > writing
- writing coming hoping caring moving
- '-ful' care > careful
- careful grateful hopeful peaceful plateful tuneful useful wakeful
- '-ly' live > lively
- lively bravely closely lonely lovely nicely safely widely
- '-s' cry > cries
- cries carries dries hurries worries
- '-ed' cry > cried
- cried dried fried hurried married worried buried
- '-ing' carry >carrying
- carrying crying gratifying tidying
'i before e' rules
- 'ie' as in shield
- shield chief field grief brief shriek thief
- 'cei'
- ceiling conceited conceive deceit receipt receive
- 'i before e' exceptions
- ancient glacier science height leisure neighbour neither reindeer weight
Tense-changing suffixes
- '-ed' sounding as /ed/
- mended delighted crowded painted shouted wounded waited greeted
- '-ed' sounding as /d/
- poured sailed rained showed growled teamed
- '-ed' sounding as /t/
- crashed asked dressed jumped puffed reached
- '-ed' amuse > amused
- amused dared dated droned hoped moved
- '-ed' cry > cried
- cried dried fried hurried married worried buried
- '-ed' video > videoed
- videoed echoed radioed vetoed
- '-ing' carry > carrying
- carrying dreaming going standing waiting
- '-ing' dig > digging
- digging getting hopping rubbing swimming
- '-ing' write > writing
- writing coming hoping caring moving
- '-ing' grin > grinning
- grinning referring travelling dialling stirring winning planning beginning
- '-ing' carpet > carpeting
- carpeting happening limiting targeting visiting
- '-ing' with eye, -ie, -o, -oe
- lying hoeing eyeing shoeing tying vetoing echoing radioing
Prefixes of negation
- 'un-' as an opposite
- uncertain unfair unfriendly unknown untidy untrue unwell unsafe uncertain unfair unfriendly unknown untidy untrue unwell unsafe
- 'un-' as undoing actions
- unload unearth uncover undo untwist unwrap
- 'im-' without
- immediate immense immune immaculate imbalance impede
- 'il-' as negative
- illegal illegible illicit illogical
Suffixes of comparison
- high > higher
- higher deeper longer older smaller taller younger
- high > highest
- highest oldest deepest fastest tallest longest smallest youngest
- hot > hotter > hottest
- hotter hottest redder reddest bigger biggest
- large > larger > largest
- larger largest whiter whitest simpler simplest fiercer fiercest later latest
- happy > happier > happiest
- happier happiest funnier funniest easier easiest healthier healthiest
- '-ish' fool > foolish
- foolish darkish fiendish babyish greenish outlandish smallish
Verb to noun suffixes
- '-ion'
- collection decoration discussion election exhibition invention promotion revision
- '-ism'
- mechanism criticism hypnotism idealism realism terrorism vandalism
- '-ment' measure > measurement
- measurement advertisement movement payment treatment development engagement
- '-ant'
- assistant immigrant servant informant attendant descendant inhabitant
- '-er'
- cleaner builder farmer painter speaker teacher worker
- '-ance' appear > appearance
- appearance performance attendance clearance disturbance allowance
- '-age' cover > coverage
- postage coverage leakage passage blockage wastage
- '-or'
- actor editor narrator sailor sculptor visitor director
Noun to verb suffixes
- '-ise'
- fossilise idolise itemise legalise patronise
- '-ify'
- beautify glorify mummify notify signify solidify
- '-en'
- lengthen strengthen
More prefixes
- 'in-' as negative
- incredible inactive indignity inhuman insincere invalid
- 'im-' as negative
- impossible impatient immortal immature imperfect impolite
- 'il-' as negative
- illegal illegible illicit illogical
- 'ir-' as negative
- irregular irrelevant irreplaceable irresistible irresponsible irreversible irrational
- 'pro-'
- product projector propose protest provide
- 'sus-' under
- suspense suspicious suspect sustain
Words from other languages
- words from North America
- skunk moccasin moose totem tomahawk
- words from Arabic
- mattress alcohol hazard sofa
- words from Dutch
- buoy skipper snoop yacht easel brandy
- words from French
- meringue mayonnaise bouquet souvenir duvet queue
- words from Gaelic
- slogan whisky whiskey clan bard
- words from German
- poodle delicatessen dachshund waltz nickel
- words from Hindi
- cot shampoo bungalow chutney
- words from Italian
- piano motto pizza replica serenade spaghetti studio umbrella
- words from Japanese
- karate tycoon futon karaoke
- words from Persian (Farsi)
- bazaar caravan shawl taffeta
- words from Spanish
- alligator canyon mosquito plaza ranch stampede lasso
- words from Turkish
- coffee kiosk tulip turban
Shortened words
- contractions
- shouldn't o'clock they'd shan't they're they've I'm it's
- shortened words
- taxicab navvy fridge telly exam zoo
- from acronyms
- scuba nylon quango quasar radar laser sonar yuppie
Key Stage 2k (Yr6)
Connectives
- connectives
- therefore furthermore notwithstanding besides however nevertheless meanwhile moreover
Word origins and derivations
- contractions
- shouldn't o'clock they'd shan't they're they've I'm it's
- shortened words
- taxicab navvy fridge telly exam zoo
- from acronyms
- scuba nylon quango quasar radar laser sonar yuppie
- words from North America
- skunk moccasin moose totem tomahawk
- words from Arabic
- mattress alcohol hazard sofa
- words from Dutch
- buoy skipper snoop yacht easel brandy
- words from French
- meringue mayonnaise bouquet souvenir duvet queue
- words from Gaelic
- slogan whisky whiskey clan bard
- words from German
- poodle delicatessen dachshund waltz nickel
- words from Hindi
- cot shampoo bungalow chutney
- words from Italian
- piano motto pizza replica serenade spaghetti studio umbrella
- words from Japanese
- karate tycoon futon karaoke
- words from Persian (Farsi)
- bazaar caravan shawl taffeta
- words from Spanish
- alligator canyon mosquito plaza ranch stampede lasso
- words from Turkish
- coffee kiosk tulip turban
- from people's names
- cardigans sandwiches wellingtons diesel
- from mythical characters
- atlas cereal hygiene martial music panic titanic volcano
- from places
- canter academy currant denim indigo swede tangerine port
- words with unusual histories
- confetti diary salary tawdry tennis omnibus
Spare Titles
Early words
- people words 1
- we he me she
- people words 2
- my they you all
- being words
- is are am was can
- doing words 1
- like said go get went
- doing words 2
- look going play come see
- where words
- up on at to in
- names
- cat day dog mum dad
- other words 1
- and the of it
- other words 2
- for this away big no yes
'People' words
- people words
- her him our their them us your
'Being and doing' words
- being words 1
- be been were had has have will
- being words 2
- may must can't don't could would should
- doing words 1
- do did came got live made saw want
- doing words 2
- called lived put ran make seen take look
- doing words 3
- dig help jump laugh love push pull
'When and where' words
- when words 1
- next once then first last
- when words 2
- after again just now
- where words 1
- by down with here there
- where words 2
- about out off over from
Nouns (names of things)
- nouns 1
- house home school tree ball name
- nouns 2
- night time bed door way water
Words before nouns
- words before nouns 1
- an some these that one two three
- words before nouns 2
- another many more good little old
Other lists
- joining-up words
- as because but if or so than
- other frequent words
- not too very much back
- question words
- how what when where who
Numbers, days, months, colours
- days of the week
- Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
- months
- January February March April May June July August September October November December
- numbers 1 to 10
- one two three four five six seven eight nine ten
- numbers 11 to 20
- eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty
- colour words
- blue red yellow green black white purple brown
Verbs
- some useful verbs 1
- began being does coming might show told walk walking write
- some useful verbs 2
- change found heard leave tries watch
- verbs, adding '-ed'
- asked jumped opened started turned used walked stopped
- verbs, past and present
- brought goes gone knew know think thought woke woken
- verbs, contractions
- can't didn't don't I'm
Nouns
- some nouns 1
- baby balloon birthday brother children clothes garden head word work world
- some nouns 2
- earth eyes father friends lady money mother paper sister window
Time words
- time words 1
- always before before during never often sometimes suddenly
- time words 2
- morning year today first second still until while
Whereabouts words
- whereabouts words 1
- above across along around below between high inside
- whereabouts words 2
- near outside round through together under where
Other useful words
- useful words
- almost any better every half much number only upon young
- further useful words
- great happy heard something sure swimming those
- more useful words
- place also both different following other right such without
- yet more useful words
- important light own small sound white whole why
Alphabetical lists
- about to as
- about after again an another as
- back to boy
- back ball be because bed been boy
- brother to could
- brother but by call called came can't could
- did to first
- did dig do don't door down first
- from to has
- from girl good got had half has
- have to home
- have help her here him his home
- house to laugh
- house how if jump just last laugh
- little to many
- little live lived love made make man many
- may to next
- May more much must name new next
- night to one
- night not now off old once one
- or to pull
- or our out over people push pull
- put to sister
- put ran saw school seen should sister
- so to their
- so some take than that their
- them to time
- them then there these three time
- too to very
- too took tree two us very
- want to when
- want water way were what when
- where to your
- where who will with would your
Alphabetical lists
- A
- above across almost along also always animals any around asked
- B
- baby balloon before began being below better between birthday both brother brought
- C to D
- can't change children clothes coming didn't different does don't during
- E to F
- earth every eyes father first follow following found friends
- G to H
- garden goes gone great half happy head heard high
- I to L
- I'm important inside jumped knew know lady leave light
- M to N
- might money morning mother much near never number
- O to R
- often only opened other outside own paper place right round
- S
- second show sister small something sometimes sound started stopped such suddenly sure swimming
- T
- think those thought through today together told tries turn turned
- U to white
- under until upon used walk walked walking watch where while white
- whole to Z
- whole why window without woke woken word world write year young
Yr R alphabetical
- all to are
- all am and are
- at to can
- at away big can
- cat to dog
- cat come dad day dog
- for to he
- for get go going he
- in to look
- in is it like look
- me to of
- me mum my no of
- on to she
- on play said see she
- the to up
- the they this to up
- was to you
- was we went yes you
Main Word Lists
DfE National Curriculum 2014 Lists
Phonics - Letters & Sounds Word Lists
Yr2 to KS3 Lists (Not 3.1)