Year 4 Spelling Suggestions
Year 4 Spelling Suggestions
These words are taken from a list of spelling patterns that Y4are learning during the Summer Term as part of our Spelling Programme.
The idea is that they look at the word, say it, cover it, write it and then check it. If there is a particular pattern they keep getting wrong then make a list of words with a similar pattern and get your child to keep practising those.
There is nothing wrong with doing short, quick spelling tests (of 10 words or so) particularly of words they are unsure of or are learning now. If they don’t know what a word means then get them to use a dictionary to look them up. The idea of the list is that you focus on one per week.
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Days
1st try / 2nd try / 3rd tryMonday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
holiday
yesterday
tomorrow
birthday
anniversary
week
weekday
weekend
fortnight
tonight
today
month
morning
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Months and Seasons
1st try / 2nd try / 3rd tryJanuary
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
Christmas
Easter
birthday
season
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Contractions
1st try / 2nd try / 3rd tryis not
isn’t
was not
wasn’t
did not
didn’t
does not
doesn’t
will not
won’t
cannot
can’t
could not
couldn’t
should not
shouldn’t
I will
I’ll
do not
don’t
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More contractions
1st try / 2nd try / 3rd tryI would
I’d
I have
I’ve
they have
they’ve
she will
she’ll
there is
there’s
where is
where’s
here is
here’s
they are
they’re
has not
hasn’t
have not
haven’t
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Common Roots
1st try / 2nd try / 3rd tryadvent
invent
prevent
adventure
telegraph
television
telescope
telephone
phone
microphone
hydrophone
headphones
earphones
press
pressure
depress
impress
December
decimetre
decimate
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Suffixes – ‘ful’
1st try / 2nd try / 3rd tryhope
hopeful
care
careful
pain
painful
use
useful
wonder
wonderful
cheer
cheerful
beauty
beautiful
forget
forgetful
help
helpful
spite
spiteful
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Suffixes ‘ly’
1st try / 2nd try / 3rd trylove
lovely
nice
nicely
like
likely
safe
safely
mother
motherly
real
really
usual
usually
regular
regularly
proper
properly
short
shortly
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Suffixes ‘ive’
1st try / 2nd try / 3rd tryactive
captive
forgive
motive
native
massive
expensive
relative
competitive
inquisitive
expansive
corrosive
decisive
attractive
narrative
decorative
furtive
motive
missive
passive
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Suffix: ‘tion’
1st try / 2nd try / 3rd trystation
ration
competition
question
action
reaction
information
subtraction
fraction
direction
lotion
potion
construction
position
motion
calculation
hesitation
radiation
addition
multiplication
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Prefix: ‘ic’ ‘ist’
1st try / 2nd try / 3rd trymusic
cynic
tonic
mimic
manic
panic
tragic
magic
frantic
lactic
phonics
trombonist
violinist
flautist
physicist
chemist
biologist
scientist
resist
pianist
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Suffix: ‘sion’
1st try / 2nd try / 3rd trymansion
explosion
occasion
conclusion
division
extension
confusion
decision
collision
television
vision
invasion
expansion
revision
exclusion
inclusion
corrosion
erosion
derision
collision
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Suffix: ‘ible’ ‘able’
1st try / 2nd try / 3rd trypossible
impossible
reversible
terrible
horrible
edible
responsible
indestructible
flexible
invisible
laughable
enjoyable
valuable
breakable
agreeable
miserable
reliable
breakable
passable
impassable
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Common Letter Strings with different pronunciations
1st try / 2nd try / 3rd trythrough
nougat
dough
cough
rough
enough
tough
drought
would
could
should
found
round
ground
sound
mound
pound
hound
bound
journey
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Common Letter Strings with different pronunciations
1st try / 2nd try / 3rd tryhour
our
four
mouse
house
louse
plough
mouth
south
proud
cloud
spout
pout
gout
trout
nought
thought
brought
bought
sought