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