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National Curriculum Statutory Word Lists for each year group,
arranged by sound/spelling pattern.
Spelling patterns for KS2 are split into single year groups to correspond with the order in which they are taught on wordstudyspelling.com
Foundation Stage
/u/thesomecomeonelittle
/th/the
/ee/heshewebeme
/oo/tointodo
/o/what
/w/whenwhatone
/ie/Ilike
/oa/nogoso
/er/herwere
/l/little
/v/have
/ow/out
/e/said
Year One
/z/ishishas
/ay/saystodaythey
/u/pushpullfulllookedput
/oo/todayschooldotoyou
/e/friendsaid
/ie/myby
/ear/here
/air/wheretheirthere
/w/where
/v/oflove
/ar/areaskasked
/a/has
/or/yourcalled
/ow/ourhouse
/se/house
/o/was
/oa/nogoso
/ee/weshehebeme
/ar/ask
/er/were
/u/loveoncecomesome
Year Two
/or/ door floor poor water
/o/because
/oa/ most only both old cold gold hold told
/ie/ find kind mind behind child wild climb eye
/ar/ halfafterfastlastpastfatherclassgrasspassplantpathbath
/oo/ moveproveimprovebeautifulwho
/er/ every everybody
/ee/ even people money
/ay/ greatbreaksteak
/oul/ could should would
/e/ childrenagain
/i/ prettybeautifulbusy
/h/who whole
/e/any many
/ow/ hour
/s/ Christmas
/z/ busy clothes
/sh/ sure sugar
/air/ parents
/th/ (voiced) clothes
Abbreviations Mr Mrs
/u/ parents sugar
Year Threesuffix ~ly, ~allyaccidentallyactuallyoccasionallyprobably
/n/ spelled knknowledgeableknowledge
/or/ spelled aughcaughtnaughty
/ay/ spelled eieighteighthreignweight (exception is height)
/ee/ spelled ubusybusiness
words with prefixesdis / appeardis / believere / buildre / position
words with unstressed vowels (schwa)differentfavouriteFebruaryinterestlibraryordinaryseparate
split digraphsarrivedecidedescribeextremeguidesurprise
words with double consonantsaddressappeararrivedifferentdifficultdisappeargrammaroccasionoppositepressuresuppose
~tion and ~sion suffix
mentionoccasionpositionpossess (ion)question
~ous
famousvarious
s spelled c before e, i and y
bicyclecentrecenturycertaincircledecideexerciseexperiencemedicinenoticerecent
other words
answerbreathbreathebuildcalendarcompleteconsidercontinueearlyearthexperimentgroupguardforward /sfruitheardhearthistoryimagineimportantincreaseislandlearnlengthmaterialminutenaturaloftenparticularpeculiarperhaps
popularpotatoespromisepurposequarterregularremembersentencespecialstraightstrangestrengthsurprisethereforewomanwomen
Year Four
Year Fivewords with un-stressed vowels
accommodatebruisecategorycemeterydefinitedesperatedictionaryembarrassenvironmentexaggeratemarvellousnuisanceparliamentprivilegesecretaryvegetable
i before e except after c where following vowel has an ee sound
achieveconveniencemischievous
short i spelled yphysicalsymbolsystem ous suffix
disastrousmarvellousmischievous
l spelled le
availablevegetablevehiclemuscle
ous suffix
disastrousmarvellousmischievous
tion suffixcompetitionexplanationprofessionpronunciation
s spelled c before e, i and y
cemeteryconscienceconsciousconveniencecriticiseexcellentexistencehindrancenecessaryprejudicesacrifice
words with other prefixes and suffixesaccordingattachedcriticisedeterminedequipmentequippedespeciallyfrequentlyimmediateimmediatelyun / necessarysincere / ly
adjacent iesoldiersufficientvarietyancient(exception is for-eign)
words with double consonantsaccommodateaccompanyaccordingaggressiveapparentappreciateattachedcommitteecommunicatecommunitycorrespondimmediateoccupyoccuropportunityrecommendsuggest
Year Six
amateuraverageawkwardbargain controversycuriositydevelopfortyguaranteeharasshindranceidentityindividualinterfereinterruptlanguageleisurelightning
muscleneighbourpersuadeprogrammequeuerecogniserelevantrestaurantrhymerhythmshouldersignaturestomachtemperaturetwelfthvegetablevehicleyacht