StarSpell 2.4: Literacy Hour Lists
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Year 1 term 1
'cvc' in rhyming sets
'.ad' as in dad
dad sad lad
‘.ag’ as in bag
rag bag wag
‘.am’ as in jam
ram jam
‘.an’ as in pan
pan man fan
‘.ap’ as in tap
gap nap tap
‘.at’ as in cat
cat rat hat
'.ed' as in bed
red fed bed
‘.eg’ as in leg
peg leg
‘.en’ as in hen
pen ten hen
‘.et’ as in pet
net pet
‘.ig’ as in pig
pig dig
‘.in’ as in pin
pin tin bin
‘.ip' as in lip
pip lip rip
'.it' as in bit
bit hit sit
‘.ob’ as in rob
job sob
‘.og’ as in dog
fog dog log
‘.ot’ as in cot
dot cot pot
‘.ud’ as in bud
mud bud
'cvc' non-rhyming sets
‘a’ as in cat
bad can ran bag jam had cat hat man
‘ch’ as in chin
chat chin
‘e’ as in bed
pen pet bed net get hen yes set red leg
‘I’ as in big
big bit lip hid him win pig his six lid
'o' as in dog
not box top dog pop job hot fox lot
‘sh’ as in shop
shop ship
‘th’ as in thin
thin thud
‘th’ as in this
this that them
'u' as in sun
cut sun sum bus but cup mug mum fun
Year 1 term 2
ck, ff, ll, ss, ng endings
'..ck' as in back
tick duck kick pick sick lock sack pack back luck
‘..ff’ as in puff
cuff puff off
‘..ll’ as in hill
pill doll fell tell bill sell will bell hill fill
‘..ng’ as in bang
song king wing lungs bang ring hang sing long
‘..ss’ as in kiss
fuss miss mess less boss hiss kiss loss
End consonant clusters
‘..ct’ as in act
fact act
‘..ft’ as in lift
left tuft lift loft soft
‘..ld’ as in held
sold hold fold bold held gold cold
‘..lf’ as in self
elf myself
‘..lk’ as in sulk
bulk hulk sulk silk milk
‘..lp’ as in help
yelp gulp help
‘..lt’ as in belt
felt melt belt kilt pelt
‘..lth’ as in filth
grill filth
‘..mp’ as in bump
damp imp limp mumps jump pump bump lump camp lamp
'..nch' as in pinch
bench punch bunch finch hunch lunch pinch munch
‘..nd’ as in bend
pond end and land sand send hand lend bend
‘..nk’ as in bunk
sink wink bank honk sunk tank bunk pink
‘..nt’ as in ant
pant sent hunt went dent tent bent ant
‘..pt’ as in kept
wept kept
‘..sk’ as in desk
husk dusk risk rusk tusk desk
‘..sp’ as in wisp
gasp lisp wisp
‘..st’ as in best
test best must west cost just rest list nest
‘..xt’ as in next
next text
Initial consonant clusters
‘bl..’ as in blot
blob block black blank blend blot blink blunt
‘br..’ as in brick
bring brisk brim brag bran brand brick
‘cl..’ as in clap
clang click clamp cliff clock clog club cling clump
‘cr..’ as in crisp
cramp crisp cross crust crop cress crack crab cricket
‘dr..’ as in drum
drum dragon dress drift drag drill drink drop drip
‘dw..’ as in dwell
dwell
‘fl..’ as in flat
fluff flop fling flat flan flag flap
‘fr..’ as in frog
frost frill frock from frond fret frog
‘gl..’ as in glad
glum glad glen glint gloss
‘gr..’ as in grin
grunt gruff grub grit grip grin grand grill
‘pl..’ as in plug
plan planet plank plastic plug plum plump plus
‘pr..’ as in pram
print prop prong prod prison press prank pram present
‘sc..’ as in scan
scab scoff scalp scum scan
‘scr..’ as in scrub
scrum scrap scrimp script scrub scruff
‘shr’ as in shred
shrug shrub shrink shrill shred shrimp
‘sk..’ as in skin
skid skill skim skin skip skull
‘sl..’ as in slug
sling slug slot slip slept slap slam slit slack
‘sm..’ as in smug
smock smug smell smack smut
‘sn..’ as in snap
snug snack snag snap sniff snip snob snub
‘sp..’ as in spit
spill speck spin spell spit spots spend span
‘spl..’ sa in split
splint split splat splendid
‘spr..’ as in spring
sprint sprang sprat sprig spring
‘squ..’ as in squib
squelch squib squint
‘st..’ as in step
stop stuck stunt sting stiff stick still step stamp stand
‘str..’ as in string
strand strap string strong struck
‘sw..’ as in swim
swank swift swig swill swim swing swell swam
‘thr’ as in thrill
thread threat throat three thrill throb throng thrush
‘tr..’ as in trip
trip trunk trot trim trick traffic track truck tramp
‘tw..’ as in twig
twig twin twang twist
Plurals with 's'
More plurals
chips wings hands ducks
short vowels, plurals
jugs rats nets pins legs beds dots pans cubs
Year 1 term 3
Long phonemes 'ee'
'ea' as in seat
seat heat beach beak team meal steam stream
‘ee’ as in feet
screen feel sleep speed street feet sweet tree green need
Long phonemes 'ai'
‘a-e’ as in name
scrape scales flame cake made late game same
‘ai’ as in train
train rain snail aim paint nail wait brain
‘ay’ as in play
spray stay way day crayon tray play away say
Long phonemes 'ie'
'i-e' as in bite
wide bike prize kite line slide size crime mile
‘ie’ as in lie
pie lie die tie
‘igh’ as in high
tight high right thigh night sigh
‘y’ as in fly
fly by fry sky dry try cry
Long phonemes 'oa'
‘o-e’ as in pole
rose hope home hole pole stone stroke note woke
‘oa’ as in boat
boat loaf coast soap foam coat road coal float coach
Long phonemes ‘oo’
‘ow’ as in show
throw yellow flow show grow window slow
‘ew’ as in flew
threw drew grew screw flew crew chew
‘oo’ as in moon
cool food boot smooth pool tooth spoon moon soon proof
‘u-e’ as in rude
rule crude rude flute plume brute June
‘ue’ as in blue
blue true glue clue
Verbs with ‘ed’
‘..ed’ aim > aimed
teamed fooled rained played aimed moaned sailed
‘..ed’ jump > jumped
milked crashed puffed reached dressed jumped asked limped
‘..ed’ rest > rested
mended melted lifted painted waited rested
Verbs with ‘ing’
'..ing' wait > waiting
standing dreaming carrying waiting going
Year 2 term 1
Short phonemes 'oo'
'oo' as in good
hood took book look good wooden foot hook cook
‘u’ as in pull
push full pull bush bull put
'ar' phoneme
‘ar’ as in car
park hard march market garden spark start farm star dark
'oy' phoneme
‘oi’ as in boil
coin boil moist noisy joint point soil poison oil toilet
‘oy’ as in toy
employ enjoy royal toy boy annoy destroy loyal convoy
'ow' phoneme
‘ou’ as in cloud
count ground cloud loud sound mouth south round out
‘ow’ as in cow
vow prowl rowdy growl crowd now clown cow brown
Endings, 's', 'ed', 'ing'
‘..ed’ past tense
rained reached painted shouted sailed jumped waited
'..ing' wait > waiting
carrying standing going dreaming waiting
dot > dots
hills frills spots apples dots
Year 2 term 2
'air' phoneme
‘..ere’ as in there
nowhere anywhere where there
‘air’ as in fair
hair unfair stairs chair dairy fair fairy pair
‘are’ as in scare
square spare share scare rare dare care beware
‘ear’ as in bear
swear tear bear pear wear
'or' phoneme
‘au’ as in haunt
launch haunt laundry taunt taut gaunt
‘aw’ as in claw
draw paw law lawn straw crawl raw thaw claws jaw
‘oor’ as in floor
poor floor moor door
‘or’ as in sport
sport sort north short corn morning fork
‘ore’ as in more
more score shore sore store swore wore before snore
'er' phoneme
‘er’ as in her
herb her fern term stern perfect person kerb
‘ir’ as in bird
bird shirt first skirt third girl birth dirty
‘ur’ as in fur
curly fur burn turnip burst hurt turn church
'wh', 'ph', 'ch' digraphs
‘ch’ as in chemist
echo Christmas stomach scheme school chemist anchor ache
‘ph’ as in photo
dolphin photo phantom alphabet nephew elephant graph orphan
‘wh’ as in wheel
whisper whiskers whip wheel whack wheat whirl
'un' and 'dis' prefixes
‘dis..’ as negative
disagree disappear disease dislike distrust disconnect
'un..' as negative
uncertain unfriendly unknown untidy untrue unwell unsafe unfair
Year 2 term 3
Suffixes 'ful' and 'fully'
'..ful' cup > cupful
spoonful mouthful cupful bucketful armful
‘..ful’ truth > truthful
harmful faithful powerful careful truthful useful colourful
‘..fully’ careful > carefully
truthfully hopefully faithfully cheerfully painfully gracefully carefully
'ear' and 'ea phonemes
‘ea’ as in bread
breath dead deaf bread health instead sweat wealth head
'ear' as in beard
fear gear appear ear clear rear spear hear beard
Year 3 term 1
'..le' endings
‘..le’ as in apple
bubble middle gobble dribble bottle battle cuddle apple
‘..le’ as in candle
single nimble handle grumble simple bundle ankle candle
‘..le’ as in table
noble maple sidle cable ladle table cradle
Prefixes
‘de..’
defrost deforested dethrone decode decamp
‘dis..’
disposable disappointed dismay disgusting discovery
‘pre..’
precooked prepacked prehistoric preschool prefix
‘re..’
rehouse replay renew review replace
‘un..’ undoing actions
unload unearth uncover undo untwist unwrap
Similar patterns
building similar words
medicine sign climb two rehearse
Verbs with '..ing'
'..ing' rub > rubbing
swimming rubbing hopping getting digging
‘..ing’ care > caring
hoping writing moving caring coming
‘..ing’ grin > grinning
panicking travelling referring grinning
‘..ing’ visit > visiting
visiting targeting limiting happening carpeting
‘..ing’ with eye ..ie ..o
radioing shoeing lying hoeing tying eyeing echoing vetoing
Year 3 term 2
..er, ..est, ..y' alter spelling
‘..y’ fun > funny
starry spotty funny furry baggy tinny muddy foggy witty
‘..y’ grease > greasy
shady noisy tasty hasty shiny easy slimy greasy
easy > easier >easiest
funniest happier healthiest easiest easier happiest funnier healthier
late > later > latest
fiercest larger simplest largest simpler fiercer whiter whitest
red > redder > reddest
hotter hottest biggest redder bigger reddest
'..ly, ..ful, ..less' endings
‘..ful’ cup > cupful
mouthful cupful bucketful armful spoonful
‘..ful’ truth > truthful
faithful harmful truthful careful powerful colourful useful
‘..less’ air > airless
countless aimless effortless careless breathless airless pointless
‘..ly’ friend > friendly
queenly motherly friendly cowardly beastly
‘..ly’ loud > loudly
only bravely suddenly slowly silently quietly lovely loudly lonely
‘..ly’ wrong > wrongly
badly suddenly slowly silently quietly wrongly bravely quickly
's' plurals alter spelling
baby > babies
cities pennies daisies puppies babies families ponies stories
half > halves
halves knives wolves wives shelves thieves loaves
hero > heroes
heroes cargoes dominoes echoes potatoes volcanoes tomatoes
kilo > kilos
radios solos videos pianos photos kilos embryos
kiss > kisses
kisses boxes matches coaches brushes
monkey > monkeys
monkeys trays ways toys guys keys boys
roof > roofs
chefs cliffs chiefs beliefs roofs
Compound words
compound words
handbag windmill notebook lipstick sunset dustbin birthday milkman
Silent letters
‘gn’ as in gnat
gnome design gnarl gnash gnat sign reign
‘kn..’ as in knee
knob knee knot kneel knit knight knife knock knew
‘wr..’ as in write
wrench wrong wren wring wrist write wrap wreck
Word contractions
do not > don’t
haven’t won’t didn’t shan’t wasn’t couldn’t isn’t can’t don’t
he has, he is > he’s
there’s she’s it’s where’s he’s
I had, I would > I’d
they’d he’d I’d she’d you’d
I will, I shall > I’ll
she’ll it’ll they’ll we’ll I’ll
we are > we’re etc.
they’re you’re we’re I’m
we have > we've
might've should've could've we've I've
Year 3 term 3
Contractions
do not > don’t
haven’t won’t didn’t shan’t wasn’t couldn’t isn’t can’t don’t
he has, he is > he’s
there’s she’s it’s where’s he’s
I had, I would > I’d
they’d he’d I’d she’d you’d
I will, I shall > I’ll
she’ll it’ll they’ll we’ll I’ll
we are > we’re etc.
they’re you’re we’re I’m
we have > we've
might've should've could've we've I've
Prefixes
‘anti..’
antidote antifreeze antiseptic anticlockwise anticlimax
‘co..’
coerce coexist cooperate
'ex..' out of
excluding excluding excursion export excavate except exit extract
‘mis..’
mishap misunderstood mistreat mistimed misspell misuse mislead misprint
‘non..’
nonentity nonplussed nondescript nonconformist nonchalant
Year 4 term 1
Longer words
Split like bas-ket
zebra trumpet picnic panda basket plastic pumpkin napkin
Split like cot-ton
rabbit cotton sudden hidden paddock lesson kitten puffin
Homophones
3-way homophones
their too two they’re there to
Consonant phonemes
right one no won new knew hole wear where know whole write
Vowel phonemes
peace piece some sum would your threw you’re wood through
Verb endings
‘..ed’ cry > cried
worried married cried dried hurried fried
‘..ed’ date > dated
hoped droned moved dared dated amused
‘..ed’ radio > radioed
videoed echoed radioed vetoed
‘..ed’ sounding as "d"
teamed growled poured sailed showed rained
‘..ed’ sounding as "ed"
painted mended wounded greeted shouted crowded waited delighted
‘..ed’ sounding as "t"
asked crashed reached puffed dressed jumped
‘..ing’ rub > rubbing
hopping rubbing swimming getting digging
‘..ing’ care > caring
writing hoping caring coming moving
‘..ing’ grin > grinning
travelling referring panicking grinning
‘..ing’ visit > visiting
happening carpeting targeting visiting limiting
‘..ing’ wait > waiting
waiting standing dreaming carrying going
‘..ing’ with eye ..ie ..o
eyeing lying shoeing tying vetoing radioing hoeing echoing
‘..s’ cry > cries
dries worries cries hurries carries
Irregular tense changes
Basic past tenses
went saw was had got did could came were
More past tenses
told ate took slept spoke stood drew won heard paid knew began
Past participles
done been begun given gone seen taken known
Past participles 2
ridden written spoken chosen drawn driven fallen broken grown flown
Past with ‘..ught’
taught fought thought caught brought bought
Suffixes
‘..al’
final equal hospital central local annual natural animal personal several
‘..ary’
dictionary temporary voluntary ordinary library necessary
‘..hood’
falsehood neighbourhood childhood adulthood
‘..ic’
metallic magnetic athletic historic artistic demonic alcoholic
‘..ment’
payment development movement measurement treatment advertisement
‘..ness’
sickness darkness goodness fitness carelessness eagerness sadness kindness
‘..ship’
relationship companionship hardship friendship citizenship
Appendix list 2 words
Some useful verbs
walking coming began might show told write being walk does
Some useful verbs 2
change found watch tries heard leave
Verbs, adding ‘..ed’
stopped opened jumped walked asked started used turned
Verbs, contractions
can’t don’t didn’t I’m
Verbs, past and present
brought thought woken know goes think gone knew woke
Year 4 term 2
Word endings
'..ar' as in sugar
sugar cellar vinegar collar mortar
‘..el’ as in model
quarrel model label parcel kennel travel angel level
‘..ey’ as in monkey
turkey chimney abbey valley journey monkey money honey
‘..ight’ as in bright
fright highlight tight night might right bright fight
‘..il’ as in pencil
council stencil daffodil utensil pencil fossil lentil civil
‘..le’ as in apple
apple cuddle dribble bottle gobble middle battle bubble
‘..le’ as in candle
nimble grumble single handle ankle simple bundle candle
‘..le’ as in table
cable sidle noble ladle cradle table maple
‘..ought’ as in bought
fought thought nought bought brought
half > halves
thieves wives knives loaves halves shelves wolves
roof > roofs
roofs beliefs chiefs cliffs chefs
Some prefixes
‘al..’
also although always already almost
‘be..’
before behind because below beneath beside beyond between
‘en..’
encircle engulf encourage enforce enrich enlarge enable
‘fore..’
forecast foreground forehead foreman foresee forewarn forefinger forecourt
‘forth..’
forthright forthcoming forthwith
‘per..’ through
permanent percolate perspire permit perfume pervade perforation
‘with..’
withdraw withstand withhold
Appendix list 2 words
‘Time’ words
never always during sometimes suddenly before before often
‘Time’ words 2
year today while first morning until still second
Useful words
half almost young much only any every number upon better
Year 4 term 3
Investigations
‘..ck’ as in back
sick pack kick tick lock luck back duck pick sack
‘..ve’ as in five
live improve have five sieve above gave believe
‘c..’ soft or hard?
coast cycle cinema cinder cell collar centre cellar curly candle
'k' on its own
brisk like week milk park park beak tank
‘k’ or hard ‘c’ at start?
coffee coat camera cage kennel kind kick
'ss' in words
cassette hiss necessary pressure senseless goodness impressive misspell assistant admission missile
‘v’ in words
very visible shrivel over survey advice deliver valley
‘wa’ in words
beware unwanted swat forward always awake towards water
‘wo’ in words
worship women swore woman sword two awoke plywood wobble won
Spoken in different ways
Sounds of ‘ea’
beach already area idea ocean bread beautiful cleaner reality theatre
Sounds of ‘ear’
bear rehearse endear disappear linear wear beard search earth swear
Sounds of ‘ou’
wounded adventurous couple route ground shouted should double
Sounds of ‘ough’
drought dough enough through although nought thorough plough bought bough cough
Sounds of ‘our’
journey encourage colour hour fourteen four behaviour courtship
Common roots
fortis strong
fortify force effort fortress reinforce comfort
gramma letter
anagram programme diagram grammar gramophone hologram
pendere to hang
pendulum pendant independent depend suspense pending appendix
phone sound
microphone gramophone telephone cacophony symphony phonetics
portare carry
portable report support import export
press press
express impression compress impressive pressure expression press
vent come
invent adventure convent event prevent
Adding parts to words
‘..ed’ sounding as "t"
dressed puffed asked jumped reached crashed
‘..ful’ truth > truthful
powerful colourful faithful truthful useful careful harmful
‘..ic’
alcoholic artistic metallic athletic magnetic historic demonic
‘..ist’
chemist journalist guitarist cyclist florist pianist biologist balloonist
‘..ive’
defensive expensive active defective impressive attractive effective
‘..ly’ friend > friendly
cowardly beastly queenly friendly motherly
‘..tion’ elect > election
suggestion exhibition election connection collection invention
More suffixes
‘..able’
reasonable breakable enjoyable bookable acceptable drinkable
‘..ible’
sensible visible responsible reversible digestible incredible accessible collapsible
‘..ive’
expensive impressive effective defective defensive active attractive
‘..sion’ confuse > confusion
precision tension fusion confusion profusion revision
‘..sion’ divide > division
explosion division conclusion decision persuasion invasion
‘..tion’ elect > election
exhibition election connection invention collection suggestion
Appendix list 2 words
‘Place’ words
around along between across above below high inside
‘Place’ words 2
near outside under where through together round
Useful words 3
also different right such without following both place other
Year 5 term 1
Words ending with vowels
'..a' as in banana
banana cinema camera cocoa saga umbrella vanilla zebra
‘..ea’ as in idea
area rhea panacea idea nausea
‘..ee’ as in coffee
jubilee degree coffee toffee guarantee committee chimpanzee pedigree
‘..i’ as in taxi
hi-fi taxi spaghetti macaroni graffiti fungi alibi safari
‘..o’ as in potato
tomato cargo hero volcano zero potato echo photo
‘..oo’ as in bamboo
bamboo cuckoo hullabaloo igloo shampoo tattoo
‘..u’ as in menu
gnu tutu impromptu flu emu caribou menu
Rules for plurals
baby > babies
stories ponies families daisies cities babies pennies puppies
half > halves
halves knives wives shelves thieves wolves loaves
hero > heroes
heroes cargoes volcanoes potatoes tomatoes echoes dominoes
kilo > kilos
pianos videos radios photos kilos embryos solos
kiss > kisses
coaches boxes kisses brushes matches
monkey > monkeys
trays ways monkeys toys boys guys keys
Prefixes
‘auto..’
autopilot autograph automatic automobile
‘bi.., bin..’ twice
bicycle binoculars biscuit binary
‘circum..’
circumvent circumscribe circumference circumstance
‘trans..’
translate transfer transform transmit transparent transport transatlantic
tele far
television telepathy telephone telescope telegram
Appendix list 2 words
Some nouns
brother baby birthday clothes children garden balloon head work world word
Useful words 2
happy heard sure great swimming those something
Year 5 term 2
Consonant rules
'..ed' hop > hopped
grabbed slammed nodded knitted hopped sunned
‘..ing’ grin > grinning
travelling grinning panicking referring
‘gi’ as in giant
rigid original magic origin giant ginger gin
red > redder > reddest
reddest biggest hotter hottest bigger redder
Differing pronunciations
Sounds of ‘ea’
area beautiful reality idea cleaner theatre already ocean bread beach
Sounds of ‘ear’
disappear earth endear wear search linear bear swear rehearse beard
Sounds of ‘oo’
foolish shampoo knowing cooperate floor balloon wooden door
Sounds of ‘ou’
adventurous couple wounded ground should shouted double route
Sounds of ‘ough’
nought enough although drought dough through thorough cough plough bought bough
Sounds of ‘our’
hour four journey fourteen encourage courtship behaviour colour
Homophones
3-way homophones
to their there too they’re two
Consonant phonemes
where won whole write right knew hole one wear no know new
Long phoneme ‘ai’
way wait rein grate great weight reign rain weigh
Long phoneme ‘air’
pear stair pair bare there bear their stare
Long phoneme ‘ee’
peace reed meet flea piece meat flee read
Long phoneme ‘oa’
so road loan sew rowed lone
Long phoneme ‘or’
board for bored sore four saw
Phoneme ‘n’
night new knot knight no knew know not
Phoneme ‘r’
right wring wrap rap write ring
Phoneme ‘s’
cereal serial practice licence license practise
Spellings of ‘..ole’
whole holed soul bowled sole bold hole hold
Vowel phonemes
through would you're sum peace some threw piece your wood
Suffixes
‘..ance’
appearance attendance clearance allowance disturbance performance
‘..ant’
ignorant hesitant important significant triumphant
‘..cian’
musician magician electrician beautician optician politician
‘..ence’
evidence difference silence reference presence
‘..ent’
urgent excellent absorbent persistent different independent
‘..er’
teacher worker cleaner painter speaker builder farmer
‘..ment’
development treatment payment measurement advertisement movement
‘..or’
visitor actor decorator editor narrator sculptor director sailor
‘..ous’
dangerous bulbous poisonous murderous thunderous
Possessive pronouns
Possessive pronouns
theirs your yours our their ours mine my
Appendix list 2 words
Some nouns 2
window earth eyes father mother money friends lady sister paper
Useful words 4
important small sound why white light own whole
Year 5 term 3
Rules for endings
'..ed' cry > cried
married worried fried hurried dried cried
‘..ely’ safe > safely
nicely lonely lovely widely safely lively bravely closely
‘..ful’ care > careful
careful wakeful tuneful grateful hopeful peaceful plateful useful
‘..ing’ care > caring
moving caring coming hoping writing
‘..s’ cry > cries
hurries worries dries carries cries
‘..ying, ..yly’ cry > crying
gratifying carrying shyly tidying crying
'i before e' rules
‘cei’ as in receive
conceited receive conceive receipt deceit ceiling
‘I before e’ exceptions
ancient glacier neither leisure neighbour reindeer science weight height
'ie' as in field
shield shriek thief grief chief brief field
Tense-changing suffixes
‘..ed’ cry > cried
fried dried hurried cried married worried
‘..ed’ date > dated
moved hoped droned dated amused dared
‘..ed’ radio > radioed
radioed vetoed videoed echoed
‘..ed’ sounding as "d"
poured rained sailed growled teamed showed
‘..ed’ sounding as "ed"
mended crowded wounded greeted waited shouted delighted painted
‘..ed’ sounding as "t"
reached jumped asked dressed crashed puffed
‘..ing’ rub > rubbing
swimming rubbing getting hopping digging
‘..ing’ care > caring
caring moving writing coming hoping
‘..ing’ grin > grinning
grinning travelling referring panicking
‘..ing’ visit > visiting
visiting happening carpeting targeting limiting
‘..ing’ wait > waiting
waiting standing going dreaming carrying
'..ing' with eye ..ie ..o
tying shoeing lying hoeing echoing vetoing radioing eyeing
Prefixes of negation
‘il..’ as negative
illegal illogical illicit illegible
‘im..’
imbalance immune immense immediate immaculate impede
‘un..’ as negative
uncertain unsafe unfair unfriendly unknown untidy untrue unwell
Suffixes of comparison
‘..ish’ fool > foolish
darkish babyish foolish fiendish greenish outlandish smallish
easy > easier >easiest
happier funnier easier happiest funniest healthier healthiest easiest
late > later > latest
simplest simpler larger whiter whitest fiercest fiercer largest
old > older
older longer taller higher younger deeper smaller
old > oldest
fastest tallest oldest deepest highest longest smallest youngest
red > redder > reddest
hotter biggest reddest redder bigger hottest
Verb to noun suffixes
‘..age’
wastage passage postage coverage leakage blockage
‘..ance’
appearance allowance attendance disturbance performance clearance
'..ant'
immigrant servant inhabitant descendant attendant assistant informant
‘..er’
speaker teacher painter farmer cleaner builder worker
‘..ion’ verb to noun
promotion decoration invention exhibition discussion collection election revision
‘..ism’ verb to noun
realism idealism hypnotism terrorism mechanism vandalism criticism
‘..ment’
movement advertisement measurement payment treatment development
‘..or’
sailor sculptor director editor decorator actor visitor narrator
Noun to verb suffixes
‘..en’ noun to verb
lengthen strengthen
‘..ify’ noun to verb
mummify glorify signify notify solidify beautify
‘..ise’ noun to verb
patronise fossilise idolise itemise legalise
Meaningful prefixes
‘il..’ as negative
illegal illogical illegible illicit
‘im..’ as negative
immature impatient impolite impossible immortal imperfect
‘in..’ as negative
inactive insincere indignity inhuman incredible invalid
‘ir..’ as negative
irresistible irreversible irrational irreplaceable irresponsible irregular irrelevant
‘pro..’
projector product propose provide protest
‘sus..’
sustain suspect suspense suspicious
Unstressed vowels
'schwa' sound
description poisonous company freedom portable extra interesting carpet
Year 6
Roots, prefixes, suffixes
'bi.., bin..' twice
biscuit bicycle binoculars binary
‘con..’ with
concern concert condemn connect conquer contain continue confront
‘du..’ two
duplicate duet duo duel
‘ex..’ out of
excluding excavate excluding except exit extract export excursion
‘micro..’ little
microphone microwave microscope
‘per..’ through
permit perfume perforation percolate permanent pervade perspire
‘prim..’ first
primitive primate primary prime
‘sub..’ under
subject submarine subside subdue suburbs subtract submerged
‘tri..’ three
tricycle triple tripod trio
aer air
aerobics aeroplane aerobatics aerodrome aerodynamic
aqua water
aqualung aquamarine aqueduct subaqua aquarium
audire hear
audible audition audiovisual audience
cedere go
recede precede precedent concede
claudire close
include secluded conclude exclude
crederer believe
discredit incredible credit credible
hydor water
hydrogen dehydrated hydraulic hydrotherapy hydrofoil
logos word
biology technology illogical dialogue prologue
okto eight
octopus octave octagon October
photos light
photogenic photon photograph photocopier telephoto photosynthesis
portare carry
export support portable import report
scopeein view
periscope microscope scope stethoscope telescope
scribere, scriptum write
description script nondescript postscript inscribe scribe scribble
tele far
television telephone telescope telegram telepathy
Connectives
Connectives
therefore furthermore notwithstanding besides however nevertheless
Appendix List 1 Words
Reception year words
Being words
is am can are was
Doing words
go get said like went
Doing words 2
see play going come look
Names
cat dad mum day dog
Other words
it of and the
Other words 2
no yes away this for big
People words
he she we me
People words 2
my all they you
Where words
to up in on at
'People' words
People words
her our him us their them your
'Being and doing' words
Being words 1
will been had has have were be
Being words 2
should don’t would can’t could may must
Doing words 1
got live came did made do saw want
Doing words 2
ran put look take called make lived seen
Doing words 3
help jump dig push pull laugh love
'When and where' words
When words 1
next once then first last
When words 2
just again now after
Where words 1
here down with by there
Where words 2
from off over out about
Nouns (names of things)
Nouns 1
house home school ball name tree
Nouns 2
time bed water way door night
Words before nouns
Words before nouns 1
two that three these some an one
Words before nouns 2
old another many more good little
Other lists
Joining-up words
but than because or as so if
Other frequent words
very too not back much
Question words
who what how where when
Colours numbers days months
Colour words
yellow black brown green red blue white purple
Days of the week
Sunday Friday Thursday Tuesday Wednesday Saturday Monday
Months
November October August May February March June September April January July December
Numbers 1 to 10
Six five four one two nine three ten eight seven
Numbers 11 to 20
nineteen eighteen seventeen sixteen twenty thirteen twelve eleven fourteen fifteen
Appendix List 2 Words
Verbs
Some useful verbs
told being does coming walking walk began might show write
Some useful verbs 2
tries watch found change heard leave
Verbs, adding ‘..ed’
jumped asked stopped walked used turned started opened
Verbs, contractions
didn’t can’t don’t I’m
Verbs, past and present
knew brought goes woken think thought woke gone know
Nouns
Some nouns
baby work world head garden brother balloon clothes children word birthday
Some nouns 2
money sister earth father friends eyes paper window mother lady
'Time' words
‘Time’ words
during before suddenly often sometimes never before always
‘Time’ words 2
second today year first still morning while until
'Place' words
‘Place’ words
inside between across along around above below high
‘Place’ words 2
under near outside round where together through
Other useful words
Useful words
half young any every better almost upon much only number
Useful words 2
those heard something happy swimming sure great
Useful words 3
right without following such different place also other both
Useful words 4
important small sound why white light own whole