Level 4 Spelling Lists
These UK English word lists are included by default in level 4 of our Squeebles Spelling Connect app and focus on words children would be learning in UK school years 5 and 6 (age 10-11).
Each word has an associated audio recording made by us, but you can record your own audio if you'd prefer your child to hear your voice, or if you want to add an explanation, or context.
Lists 87-91: National Curriculum Words
These spelling lists contain over 100 statutory words that children must be taught as part of the UK National Curriculum. Aimed at children in years 5 and 6 (age 10-11).
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National Curriculum Words 6 |
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occur, accompany, according, achieve, aggressive, forty, ancient, apparent, occupy, attached, available, average, awkward, bargain, bruise, category, cemetery, critic, community |
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National Curriculum Words 7 |
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communicate, competition, conscience, conscious, dictionary, equipped, curiosity, definite, harass, foreign, controversy, convenience, correspond, criticise, desperate, determined, disastrous, embarrass, environment, equipment |
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National Curriculum Words 8 |
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especially, exaggerate, hindrance, excellent, existence, explanation, familiar, amateur, frequently, government, individual, interfere, interrupt, language, leisure, lightning, marvellous, mischievous, muscle, necessary |
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National Curriculum Words 9 |
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recommend, relevant, restaurant, signature, sincere, immediately, soldier, stomach, sufficient, suggest, twelfth, variety, vegetable, vehicle, yacht, neighbour, nuisance, appreciate, accommodate, opportunity |
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National Curriculum Words 10 |
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parliament, persuade, physical, prejudice, privilege, profession, programme, pronunciation, queue, recognise, symbol, system, temperature, thorough, committee, environment, government, communicate, accommodate, embarrass, rhyme, rhythm, sacrifice, secretary, shoulder |
Lists 92-155: Squeebles Phonics, Level 4
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'ay' - as in 'day' |
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day, stray, spray, crayon, delay, holiday, highway, mayhem, disarray, displayed, decayed, relayed |
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'ou' - as in 'sound' |
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sound, cloud, scout, found, proud, sprout, loudest, mountain, dismount, profound, pronoun, denounce, mouthful |
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'ie' - as in 'pie' |
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pie, cried, tried, spied, fried, replied, denied, multiplied, justified, occupied, satisfied |
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'ea' - as in 'sea' |
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sea, treat, least, steamy, repeat, underneath, wreath, release, beastly, retreated, seated |
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'oy' - as in 'boy' |
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boy, enjoy, annoy, loyal, royal, voyage, oyster, employed, flamboyant, coyote |
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'ir' - as in 'girl' |
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girl, shirt, skirt, birth, third, thirteen, thirsty, mirth, inspiration, twirled, thirteenth |
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'ue' - as in 'blue' |
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blue, clue, glue, argue, flue, issue, tissue, avenue, value, pursue, queue, statue, rescue |
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'aw' - as in 'saw' |
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saw, yawn, shawl, drawer, draw, strawberry, withdrawn, chainsaw, scrawny, squawk, sprawling |
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'ew' - as in 'blew' |
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blew, screw, threw, dew, pew, nephew, renew, review, interview, shrew, shrewd, cashew, sewage |
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'oe' - as in 'toe' |
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toe, doe, goes, tomatoes, potatoes, heroes, poetry, dominoes, mistletoe, woeful |
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'au' - as in 'haul' |
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haul, daub, launch, haunted, August*, jaunty, author, automatic, |
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'ey' - as in 'donkey' |
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money, honey, donkey, jockey, turkey, chimney, valley, trolley, monkey |
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'wh' - as in 'wheel' |
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wheel, when, what, which, where, why, whistle, whenever, whisper, white, who, whose, whole, whom, whoever |
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'ph' - as in 'phonics' |
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phonics, sphinx, dolphin, prophet, phantom, elephant, alphabet |
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Split Digraph 'a-e' |
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make, snake, amaze, escape, mistake, complicate, berate, fascinate, operate, gesticulate |
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Split Digraph 'e-e' |
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these, even, theme, gene, scene, complete, extreme, delete, swede, |
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Split Digraph 'i-e' |
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ripe, shine, slide, prize, invite, inside, underline, surprise, subscribe, compromise, dislike |
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Split Digraph 'o-e' |
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bone, alone, those, stone, explode, envelope, postpone, telephone, disclose, hopefully, saxophone, awoke |
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Split Digraph 'u-e' |
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June*, flute, prune, rude, rule, crude, brute, fluke, elude, salute, absolute |
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'a' - as in 'acorn' |
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acorn, bacon, apron, angel, apricot, bagel, station, nation |
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'a' - as in 'after' |
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after, class, branch, grass, afternoon, father, blasting, everlasting, masterpiece, broadcast |
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'a' - as in 'wasp' |
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wasp, whatever, squad, squash, watch, wallet, wander, quarrel |
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'e' - as in 'me' |
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she, recent, frequent, region, decent, infrequently |
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'i' - as in 'mind' |
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mind, blind, kind, grind, behind, remind, kindness, blinded, mastermind |
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'o' - as in 'both' |
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both, mango, soldier, beholder, household, scaffolding, foretold, mobile, scold, forego, marigold |
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'u' - as in 'music' |
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music, unit, union, unicorn, tuba, future, human, duty, pupil, uniform |
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'u' - as in 'push' |
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push, fullest, bully, cushion, crushing, flushed, ambushed, paintbrush, gracefully, lullaby, dulled, sputtered, pulley |
Alternative pronunciations of ow, ie, ea, ou...
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'ow' - as in 'low' |
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low, known, window, tomorrow, hollow, rainbow, marshmallow, harrowing, sorrowful |
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'ie' - as in field |
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field, chief, brief, shield, priest, yield, shriek, thief, relief, belief |
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'ea' - as in 'head' |
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head, dead, deaf, ready, bread, heaven, feather, pleasant, instead, breakfast |
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'ou' - as in 'through' |
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through, you, soup, group, toucan, crouton, wound, coupon, route |
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'ou' - as in 'shoulder' |
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mould, shoulder, boulder, poultry, though |
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'y' - as in 'fry' |
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fry, reply, skylight, spying, prying, bystander, standby |
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'y' - as in 'typical' |
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typical, gym, crystal, mystery, pyramid, Egypt*, bicycle, cygnet, rhythm, syrup, symptom |
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'y' - as in 'happy' |
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happy, very, carry, hairy, smiley, penny, crunchy, merrily |
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'ch' - as in 'school' |
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school, Christmas*, chemist, chord, chorus, chronic, chemical, echo, character, scheme |
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'ch' - as in 'chef' |
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chef, brochure, machine, parachute, chalet, moustache |
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'c' - as in 'cell' |
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cell, central, acid, cycle, icy, cent, success, December*, accent, ceremony, accept |
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'g' - as in 'gem' |
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gem, gentlemen, gym, gentle, ginger, magic, danger, energy, surgery, giant, agent |
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'ey' - as in 'they' |
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they, grey, obey, prey, survey, convey, disobey, conveyor, surveyor |
The following word lists cover some alternative spellings for /ch/, /j/, /z/, as well as words which contain some silent letters...
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The 'ch' sound - as in 'nature' |
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nature, picture, adventure, creature, future, capture, feature, puncture, signature, mixture |
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The 'ch' sound - as in 'catch' |
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catch, fetch, pitch, notch, crutch, stitch, match, ditch, kitchen, scratchy |
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The 'j' sound - as in 'fudge' |
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fudge, hedge, bridge, ledge, nudge, badge, lodge, badger, dodging |
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Silent 'b' - as in 'lamb' |
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lamb, limb, comb, climb, crumb, thumb, numb, plumbing, bomber |
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Silent 'g' - as in 'gnat' |
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gnat, gnome, design, benign, feign, campaign, foreign, assign, align, sign, gnash |
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Silent 'k' - as in 'knit' |
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knit, knot, knee, knock, knife, know, knew, knight, knuckle |
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Silent 'w' - as in 'wrap' |
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wrap, wren, wrong, wrench, write, wrote, wreck, wry, written, wretched |
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Silent 't' - as in 'listen' |
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listen, whistle, bristle, glisten, rustle, jostle, bustle, castle, wrestling |
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Silent 'e' - as in 'house' |
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house, mouse, grease, crease, horse, gorse, purse, grouse, loose, immense, increase, geese, promise |
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The 'z' sound - as in 'noise' |
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noise, please, tease, ease, rouse, browse, cheese, pause, blouse, because |
The following word lists cover a mixture of alternative spellings for /u/, /ear/, /ar/, /air/, /or/, /ur/, /ai/, /ee/, /igh/, /oa/, /(y)oo/, /oo/, /sh/, /zh/ ...
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The 'u' sound - as in 'son' |
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son, some, come, done, nothing, month, mother, worry, brother |
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'ear' sounds |
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here, mere, severe, interfere, adhere, sincere, persevere, jeer, cheer, steering, cheerful |
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The 'ar' sound - as in 'calf' |
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calf, half, calm, qualm, balm, palm, almond, gasp, class, branch |
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'air' sounds |
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there, where, nowhere, everywhere, somewhere, wherever, anywhere, bearable, swear, farewell, square, seafarers, underwear
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'or' sounds |
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all, always, talk, fall, calling, beanstalk, four, your, court, fourth, caught, naughty, haughty, daughter |
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'ur' sounds |
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learn, earn, earth, pearl, early, search, heard, earnest, rehearsal, word, world, worm, worth, worse, worship, worthy, worst, |
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'ai' sounds |
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stray, spray, crayon, escape, dismay, mayonnaise, displayed, replay, peacemaker, mistaken, caretaker, bracelet, disgraced, frame, earthquake |
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'ee' sounds |
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sea, seat, heap, steamy, these, theme, complete, extreme, chief, shield, relief, diesel |
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'igh' sounds |
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spied, replied, applied, denied, deny, reply, decide, polite, sublime, sometimes, meantime, preoccupied, magpie, retired, myself, skydiving, spineless, pineapple, landslide |
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'oa' sounds |
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grow, snow, show, window, toe, doe, goes, heroes, bone, pole, those, stone, woke, phone |
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'(y)oo' sounds |
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cue, avenue, pursue, queue, statue, cute, use, duke, huge, computer, stew, mildew, nephew |
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'oo' sounds |
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blue, untrue, glue, crude, prune, blew, flew, jewel |
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SQ4-149: 'sh' sounds |
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special, official, social, artificial, facial, station, caption, mention, position, sure, sugar, passion, session, chef, mission |
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Curious 'zh' sounds |
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pleasure, division, leisure, decision, television, casual, usual, collision, measure, treasure |
Lists 156-166: Tricky Words & Suffixes
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Tricky Words for Confident Readers 1 |
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antibody, census, edible, grammar, library, national, receive, personal, seasonal, sensational, incident, accident, agreeable, corrective |
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Tricky Words for Confident Readers 2 |
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reference, manageable, medical, musician, irresponsible, irrational, infusion, indecent, antifreeze, anticlimax, discern, enviable, exceptional, deafening, definite, collision, desperate |
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Tricky Words for Confident Readers 3 |
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antiseptic, voluntary, reversible, optician, magician, irregular, invincible, indestructible, inaccurate, identifiable, antibiotic, anticlockwise, circuit, alliterative, decisive, derivative, dietician, cylinder |
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Tricky Words for Confident Readers 4 |
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circumference, disciple, separate, parliament, jewellery, illegible, irresistible, occasional, successful, definitely, deceased, corrosion, decision, apprehensive, discipline |
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Tricky Words for Confident Readers 5 |
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susceptible, physician, poisonous, possession, profession, descend, anticyclone, cynical, discursive, miniature, intuition, inconvenient, depletion, parallel, exhaustive |
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Suffixes 's' and 'es' |
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mend, mends, quilt, quilts, melt, melts, circus, circuses, cross, crosses, fizz, fizzes, stitch, stitches, bunch, bunches, dish, dishes, crash, crashes |
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Suffixes for 'y' endings |
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fly, flies, bunny, bunnies, marry, marries, dry, dries, curry, curries, cry, cries, puppy, puppies, try, tries, fry, fries |
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More Suffixes for 'y' endings |
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marry, married, funny, funnier, hurry, hurried, messy, messiest, pony, ponies, merry, merrily, employ, employment, play, played, silly, silliness, obey, obeying |
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Suffixes for 'e' endings |
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like, liking, ride, rider, bake, baked, fine, finest, spite, spiteful, white, whiter, bite, biting, lame, lameness, safe, safely, amuse, amusement |
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Suffixes for single consonant endings |
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stop, stopping, mad, madder, skip, skipped, run, running, hop, hopper, hid, hidden, hot, hottest, bad, badly, sad, sadness, flat, flatten |
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A mixture of suffixes |
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hoping, hopeful, liked, likeness, happiness, happier, bushes, babies, carried, taxiing, skiing, hopped, hopping, redder, reddest, running, runner, gladly, buzzes, hottest, merrily, ponies, messiest |
Key:
- Asterisk (*) = this word must be spelled with case sensitivity taken into account
- Bold words have an audio definition given with the word. This is so, for example, homophones, such as 'wood' and 'would', can be differentiated.