06 January 2023
This week, we have been learning about homophones. Learn these words for a test on Friday 13th January. We recommend putting these words into sentences so that you understand the meaning of each word.
desert
dessert
stationary
stationery
complement
compliment
principle
principal
09 December 2022
This week, we’ve been learning about homophones. These are words that share the same pronunciation, but which have different spellings or meanings. It might be best to create sentences with these words to ensure the meaning is understood. Learn the following words for a test on Friday 16th December.
I’ll
aisle
Isle
aloud
allowed
herd
heard
passed
past
02 December 2022
This week, we have been learning about using an apostrophe for possession. Please learn the words for a test on Friday 9th December.
cemetery’s
committee’s
community’s
environment’s
government’s
neighbour’s
secretary’s
soldier’s
25 November 2022
This week, we have been learning about adding the suffixes –ible and –able to root words. Learn these words for a test on Friday 2nd December.
possible
reversible
invincible
legible
valuable
forgivable
reliable
respectable
18 November 2022
This week, we have been learning about adding suffixes to words. These suffixes include –ful, -ness, -less and –ly. Learn these words for a test on Friday 25th November.
aggressively
apparently
thoughtful
consciousness
careless
weakness
desperately
shyly
11 November 2022
This week, we’ve been learning about the ough letter string. Learn these words for a test on Friday 18th November.
thorough
bough
though
thought
although
brought
sought
enough
04 November 2022
This week, we have been learning about how to make words plural. Learn the following words for a test on Friday 11th November:
communities
attaches
categories
dictionaries
wolves
hooves
puppies
crutches
14 October 2022
This week, we’ve been adding prefixes to words. This can create an antonym – words opposite in meaning. Learn the following words for a test next Friday.
inactive
impossible
immature
illegal
disappear
irregular
unavoidable
impatient
07 September 2022
This week, we have been learning about suffixes – adding –ing and –ed to change the tense of words. Learn these words at home – maybe write some silly sentences or speed write them as many times as you can.
according
achieved
criticising
determined
embarrassing
developing
guaranteed
queued
30 September 2022
This week, we’ve been learning about using an apostrophe in contracted words. The apostrophe marks the spot where the letter or letters have been removed. Use the following words to create your own sentences.
haven’t
couldn’t
don’t
they’ve
we’re
won’t
aren’t
you’re