To make a word past tense we add -ed.
hunted
jumped
painted
If a word ends in a short vowel sound then a consonant, we double the consonant before adding -ed.
chop --> chopped
slip --> slipped
hug --> hugged
spot --> spotted
slip --> slipped
Spell o with an a after w - (as in wash)
Spell o with an a after qu- (as in squash)
Drop the e before adding -ing
bake --> baking
chuckle --> chuckling
phone --> phoning
ride --> riding
make --> making
race --> racing
shade --> shading
slide --> sliding
If a verb ends in a short vowel sound followed by a consonant, we have to double the consonant before adding -ing.
clap --> clapping
-clapping
-dropping
-humming
-nodding
-shopping
-running
-shrugging
-tripping
When the letter y is not at the end of a word, it makes the "igh" sound.
butterfly
horrify
multiply
reply
nearby
my
cry
fly
Some words begin with the n sound but have a silent k (kn) or g (gn).
gnarl
gnaw
gnat
gnome
knife
knight
knuckle
know
Adding the suffix -ly
badly
kindly
loudly
slowly
quickly
quietly
nearly
normally
Spellings for 7th February
We add the suffix -y to some root words that end in e.
We drop the e before adding the -y.
shiny
spicy
bony
cheesy
smoky
wavy
crazy
greasy
+es
1. fixes
2. catches
3. brushes
4. passes
+s
5. plays
6. teams
7. flows
8. doors
Spellings for week ending Friday 22nd November
1. unhappy
2. unfold
3. untidy
4. unsafe
5. undress
6. unpack
7. unfair
8. unroll
Please practise regularly at home. You can use read, write, cover and check.
Spellings for 8/11/24
Please find below the spellings for this week:
Compound words: (Made up of two words - break them down into their parts to help spell them!)
football
staircase
sunglasses
afternoon
raincoat
cardboard
moonlight
daydream
Spellings for 18/10/24
Please find below the spellings for this week:
-ow:
show
flow
-igh:
flight
night
-are:
share
spare
-ee:
screen
been
Hi,
For your spellings this week (for Friday 11/10/24), please practise:
ay:
stray
ee:
sleep
igh:
flight
oo:
smooth
oo:
shook
ow:
snow
ar:
apart
are:
share
Hi,
For your spellings this week (for Friday 04/10/24), please practise:
gn:
gnaw
gnome
kn:
knock
knight
tious/cious:
delicious
scrumptious
tch:
witch
switch
Hi,
For your spellings this week (for Friday 27/09/24), please practise:
au
launch
pause
are
dare
care
or
fork
sport
air
chair
hair
Hi,
For your spellings this week (for Friday 20/09/24), please practise:
nk
think
shrink
aw
yawn
crawl
air
hair
stair
are
share
spare