These PDF worksheets, covering statutory spelling words for years 3 and 4, are an excellent way for children in LKS2 to revise and practise spelling these words.
The words included in this resource are often misspelt and include words that contain the letters 'ear' and the different sounds these letter make (early, learn, earth, heart, heard, height, eight, eighth, reign, weight, breath, straight, guard).
The worksheets include five different activities in which children look at spelling patterns, identify misspelt words and apply their spellings in context. They can be used within lessons, as an assessment or as a homework task.
This primary resource is divided into five sections:
Tips
Tick which sounds the letters 'ear' are making in each word.
Check
Circle the words that are spelt correctly, and place the words into the correct sentences
Use
Use the images, and the words underneath, to write a sentence about each
Change
Read each sentence and change the underlined word or phrase for a new word, which should be one of the Year 3/4 statutory spelling words
Apply
Write a description of the picture, trying to use as many of the words listed as possible
What are statutory spelling words?
The statutory spelling words, listed in English Appendix 1: Spelling, are words that pupils should learn in years 3/4 and years 5/6. These lists contain a mixture of words pupils frequently use in their writing and those which pupils often misspell.
Year 3 and 4 common exception words
accident(ly)
actual(ly)
address
answer
appear
arrive
believe
bicycle
breath
breathe
build
busy/business
calendar
caught
centre
century
certain
circle
complete
consider
continue
decide
describe
different
difficult
disappear
early
earth
eight/eighth
enough
exercise
experience
experiment
extreme
famous
favourite
February
forward(s)
fruit
grammar
group
guard
guide
heard
heart
height
history
imagine
increase
important
interest
island
knowledge
learn
length
library
material
medicine
mention
minute
natural
naughty
notice
occasion(ally)
often
opposite
ordinary
particular
peculiar
perhaps
popular
position
possess(ion)
possible
potatoes
pressure
probably
promise
purpose
quarter
question
recent
regular
reign
remember
sentence
separate
special
straight
strange
strength
suppose
surprise
therefore
though/although
thought
through
various
weight
woman/women
National Curriculum English programme of study links
spell words that are often misspelt