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Spelling challenges (Spellofax)
122 Unit 3: Spelling © Crown Copyright 2000
1. Write the plurals of the words listed below.2. Write the rule and the strategy in your own words, in the
boxes at the bottom of the sheet.
Singular Plural
glass
box
watch
rope
sock
inch
tune
key
bush
dish
Rule What rule did you learn about plurals? Write it here:
Session 3.1 Spelling Challenge 1
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1. Write the plurals of the words listed below:
Singular Plural
turkey
jelly
fairy
tray
pony
story
Rule What is the rule about plurals ending in ‘y’?
Session 3.2 Spelling Challenge 2
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1. Write the plurals of the words listed below:
Singular Plural
dwarf
shelf
loaf
half
leaf
thief
2. Segment these words into syllables (the first one is done for you):
Feb/ru/ar/y
diary
Wednesday
remember
3. Write some 3 or 4-syllable words here:
Rule Write the rule about plurals that you learnt here:
Strategy Write the strategy that you learnt here:
Session 3.3 Spelling Challenge 3
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1. Add ‘ly’ to the following words, making sure that you spellthem correctly. Next, put two of the words into sentences,to show that you understand their meaning.
nasty
happy
proper
joking
active
secretive
whole
explosive
a)
b)
Rule What rule did you learn about the suffix ‘ly’? How does itchange the meaning of the word?
Session 3.4 Spelling Challenge 4
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1. Spell Puzzle: How quickly can you guess the words thatend with ‘ight’ or ‘ice’? Write them in the spaces when youhave guessed them.
‘not heavy’
‘cargo on ships’
‘catch burglars’
‘Sir Galahad was one’
‘Posh, Sporty and girls’
‘a bird has the power of this’
‘cats like to catch them’
Lastly, draw around the letter strings in each of these words.
Session 3.5 Spelling Challenge 5
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1. Write as many words as you can that sound the same anduse the same letter string (‘ough’), in each of the followingcolumns:
tough bought cough through plough dough
*Highlight the letter string in a different colour*
Strategy Write the strategy that you have learnt:
Session 3.6 Spelling Challenge 6
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1. Practise the words below, using the ‘Look / Say / Cover /Write / Check’ method:
Look and Say Cover and Write Check and Write Correctly
ghost train
frightening
helter-skelter
dangerous
candy-floss
delicious
3. Now write a story on the back of this sheet using all of thewords above! Check your spelling.
Strategy Write the strategy for remembering these spellings:
Session 3.7 Spelling Challenge 7
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1. Think of two tricky words that you find difficult to spell.Now, imagine a picture clue for each of them, and drawthem below:
Word 1: Word 2:
Strategy Write the strategy you have learnt for rememberingtricky words:
Session 3.8 Spelling Challenge 8
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1. It sometimes helps us to remember a word if we decorateit, like this:
Can you decorate these words?
‘supermarket’
‘discotheque’
‘school-friends’
‘library’
‘attic’
Strategy Now write the strategy you prefer to use forremembering how a word looks:
flower
Session 3.9 Spelling Challenge 9
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1. Roots
Use your dictionary to find the meaning and roots of thesewords:
Word Meaning Root
disobedient
publication
examination
operation
childish
enjoyment
Strategy Write the strategy that you learnt here:
Session 3.10 Spelling Challenge 10
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1. Create some new words of your own from these rootwords:
‘bi’ ‘audi’ ‘aqua’ ‘aero’ ‘super’ ‘micro’
Here are some examples:
‘aquacycle’
‘superphone’
‘microdrome’
Strategy Write the strategy that you have learnt here:
Session 3.11 Spelling Challenge 11
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1. Investigate some other roots.
Use your dictionary to find other roots and their meanings:
Root Meaning Worde.g. ‘octo’ (Latin) eight octopus
Strategy Lastly, write the strategy that you have learnt:
Session 3.12 Spelling Challenge 12
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1. Look carefully at this list of words, and then write as manywords with the same root next to them:
word other wordse.g. grateful gratitude, congratulate, gratify
mobile
memory
act
Strategy Write the strategy that you have learnt here (roots):
Session 3.13 Spelling Challenge 13
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1. Find a word of your own and design a word web:
Strategy Write the strategy that you have learnt here:
Session 3.14 Spelling Challenge 14
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To double…or not to double!1. Look at this list of words. Now add ‘ing’, ‘er’ or ‘ed’,
wherever it makes sense. Don’t forget the rule aboutdoubling the last letter!
‘ing’ ‘ed’ ‘er’
allot
buzz
comprehend
confer
jam
design
transmit
excel
Rule Write the rule you have learnt here (doubling):
Session 3.15 Spelling Challenge 15
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1. Find words to add to each of these words with unstressedconsonants:
sword - - - - - - - - -
gnome - - - - - - - - -
half - - - - - - - - - - -
Rule Write the rule that you have learnt here:
‘I’ anywhere inthe word
‘g’ at beginningof word
‘w’ anywhere ina word
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Session 3.16 Spelling Challenge 16
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Write the homophone for each of these words inside an emptyspace and then join them up:
Rule Now write the rule that you have learnt here:
Session 3.17 Spelling Challenge 17
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root beech
serial
waist
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Choose the right word from the box to fit in the sentencesbelow:
1. We have P.E. twice a ______________.
2. He was too ______________ to get out of bed.
3. It’s rude to ______________ at people.
4. Don’t trip up the top __________ when you go to bed!
5. Pin this list on the ____________ in the classroom.
6. I’m __________ with this game!
7. She was ___________ out of the room.
8. A dog picked up the _________ of the fox.
9. Is this the ___________ to the beach?
10. They __________ their bikes in the park.
weak stare board rode sent
week stair scent bored road
Rule Write the rule that you have learnt here:
Session 3.18 Spelling Challenge 18
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Create a poster which is full of words with apostrophes, alongwith the full form of the words, e.g.
Session 3.19 Spelling Challenge 19
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shan’t
shall not
we’ll
we will
don’t
do not
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‘its’ and ‘it’s’
1. Read the passage below and put the apostrophes inwherever necessary:
A dog will always protect its home and its food. If its unsure ofa visitor, its hair sometimes stands up on its neck and it growls.Its best not to touch any dog you don’t know, in case its old orbad-tempered. Its also a bad idea to get between a dog and itsbone or its toys. If you take a dog out for a walk, always take itslead with you just in case its tempted to run away and chase acat.
2. Now write your own passage or very short story whichincludes ‘its’ and ‘it’s’, but where the meaning is clear to thereader.
Rule Write the rule that you have learnt, here:
Session 3.20 Spelling Challenge 20a
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Write your tricky words in alphabetical order below:
a ___________ b ___________ c ___________ d ___________
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
e ___________ f ___________ g ___________ h ___________
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
i ___________ j ___________ k ___________ l ___________
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
m___________ n ___________ o ___________ p ___________
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
q ___________ r ___________ s ___________ t ___________
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
u ___________ v ___________ w ___________ x,y,z _________
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
Strategy Now, write the strategies that you have chosen here:
Session 3.20 Spelling Challenge 20b
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