Elmore Green Primary School
Termly Spelling Lists
AUTUMN (1st Half Term)Week
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Spellings /
- therefore
- particular
- peculiar
- occasion
- experiment
- surprise
- accommodate
- accompany
- according
- achieve
- aggressive
- amateur
- remember
- medicine
- exercise
- favourite
- famous
- special
- ancient
- apparent
- appreciate
- attached
- available
- adorable
- adorably
- considerable
- considerably
- tolerable
- tolerably
- average
- awkward
- bargain
- bruise
- category
- cemetery
- possible
- possibly
- horrible
- horribly
- terrible
- terribly
- committee
- communicate
- community
- competition
- conscience
- referring
- referred
- referral
- preferring
- preferred
- transferring
- transferred
- conscious
- controversy
- convenience
- correspond
- criticise
- reference
- referee
- preference
- transference
- curiosity
- definite
- desperate
- determined
- develop
- dictionary
- disastrous
- embarrass
AUTUMN (2nd Half Term)
Week
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Spellings /
- purpose
- knowledge
- library
- strength
- bicycle
- February
- environment
- equip
- equipped
- equipment
- especially
- exaggerate
- height
- ordinary
- position
- possession
- potatoes
- pressure
- excellent
- existence
- explanation
- familiar
- foreign
- forty
- innocent
- innocence
- decent
- decency
- frequent
- frequency
- frequently
- government
- guarantee
- harass
- hindrance
- identity
- fiction
- fictitious
- vice
- vicious
- caution
- cautious
- malice
- malicious
- immediate
- immediately
- individual
- interfere
- precious
- anxious
- atrocious
- religious
- interrupt
- language
- leisure
- lightning
- marvellous
- mischievous
- muscle
- necessary
- bridal
- bridle
- cereal
- serial
- effect
- affect
- ascent
- assent
- altar
- alter
- whether
- weather
SPRING (1st Half Term)
Week
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Spellings /
- ought
- bought
- thought
- nought
- brought
- fought
- rough
- tough
- enough
- cough
- though
- although
- dough
- through
- thorough
- borough
- plough
- bough
- neighbour
- nuisance
- occupy
- occur
- opportunity
- parliament
- facial
- official
- special
- artificial
- partial
- confidential
- persuade
- physical
- prejudice
- privilege
- profession
- programme
- essential
- beneficial
- commercial
- crucial
- social
- sociable
- pronunciation
- queue
- recognise
- recommend
- relevant
- restaurant
- antisocial
- financial
- unofficial
- rhyme
- rhythm
- sacrifice
- secretary
- shoulder
- signature
- sincere
- sincerely
- soldier
- stomach
- sufficient
- suggest
- symbol
- system
- temperature
- thorough
- twelfth
- variety
- vegetable
- vehicle
- yacht
SPRING (2nd Half Term)
Week
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Spellings / dessert
desert
stationery
stationary complement
compliment
principle
principal
prophet
profit
minute
minute /
- aisle
- isle
- allowed
- aloud
- compliment
- complement
- descent
- dissent
- draft
- draught
- steal
- steel
- unhappy
- unfriendly
- unsociable
- unacceptable
- undone
- unafraid
- accommodate
- accompany
- according
- achieve
- aggressive
- amateur
- ancient
- inactive
- inappropriate
- inconsiderate
- impolite
- immoral
- illegal
- apparent
- appreciate
- attached
- available
- average
- awkward
- re-enter
- co-ordinate
- co-ordination
- co-operate
- co-operation
- co-own
- bargain
- bruise
- cemetery
- committee
- communicate
- community
- competition
- advice
- advise
- devise
- device
- licence
- license
- practice
- practise
- prophecy
- prophesy
- father
- farther
SUMMER (1st Half Term)
Week
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Spellings /
- doubt
- island
- lamb
- thistle
- solemn
- knight
- knife
- knock
- gnat
- gnaw
- knowledge
- knives
hesitant
hesitancy
tolerant
tolerance
substance
conscience
conscious controversy convenience correspond / innocent
innocence
decent
decency
confident
confidence
criticise
curiosity
definite
desperate
determined
develop / assistant
assistance
obedient
obedience
independent
independence
dictionary
disastrous
embarrass
environment
equip
especially / draught
draft
dissent
descent
precede
proceed
wary
weary
exaggerate
excellent
existence
explanation / deceive
conceive
receive
perceive
ceiling
receipt
chief
thief
science (exception)
protein (exception)
caffeine (exception)
seize (exception)
SUMMER (2nd Half Term)
Week
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
Spellings / changeable
noticeable
forcible
legible
dependable
comfortable
understandable
reasonable
enjoyable
reliable
familiar
foreign / forty
frequently government guarantee
harass
hindrance
identity immediate
immediately
individual interfere interrupt / language
leisure
lightning
marvellous mischievous
muscle
necessary
neighbour
nuisance
occupy
occur
opportunity / parliament
persuade
physical
prejudice
privilege
profession
programme pronunciation
queue
recognise
recommend
relevant / restaurant
rhyme
rhythm
sacrifice
secretary
shoulder
signature
sincere
sincerely
soldier
stomach
sufficient / suggest
symbol
system
temperature thorough
twelfth
variety
vegetable
vehicle
yacht