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