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
/ observant observance
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