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Year 3 and 4 Spellings
These are the focus words during our spelling lessons this term. We would appreciate your support in helping your child to learn them. Throughout the term, they will receive a mixture of focus words from each spelling pattern alongside the Y3/4 statutory words in their spelling tests.
Summer Term 2 Focus Words
Prefix ‘im’ To mean not. Before a root word starting with m or p, in becomes im | Prefix ‘un’ To mean not
| Prefix ‘super’ To mean above
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immature immortal impossible impatient imperfect immobile improper immediate important imagine | untidy untrained unable unhappy unwell undo unlucky uninvited unpopular untrained | supermarket superman superstar supernatural superhuman superfast supercharged superglue superficial |
ssion -ssion is used if the root word ends in ss or -mit | homophones
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mission passion session obsession discussion percussion impression submission aggression possession | mail/male main/mane meat/meet missed/mist plain/plane ball/bawl fair/fare grate/great here/hear knot/not |
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Summer Term 1 Focus Words
-sure The ending sounding like sh is always spelt -sure | Adding -ly y to i If the root word ends in -y with a consonant letter before it, the y is changed to i | ou, ous |
ensure insure unsure assure measure reassure pleasure displeasure closure enclosure | happily angrily lazily easily busily greedily messily sneakily tidily clumsily | trouble country found court couch mouse famous envious cautious conscious |
ch making the k and sh sounds | sc Latin origin – the Romans probably pronounced the c and the k as two sounds rather than one (s/k) |
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chrome chemical choir anchor monarch ruche niche charade machete pistachio | science scene scented muscle scissors ascend descend discipline fascinate crescent |
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Spring Term 2 Focus Words
'qu/que' | y for ‘i' | Prefix ir- To mean ‘not’ Before root word starting with r, in- becomes ir- |
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unique queue quest sequel queen squash squeak squeal aqua square | mystic mystery mysterious Egypt pyramid dynasty hyphen antonym synonym syllable | irregular irrelevant irresponsible irrational irretrievable irritable irruption irreversible irresistible irrefutable |
Prefix re- To mean ‘again’ or ‘back’ . | -sion -sion is used if the root word ends in d or se | -cian -cian is used if the root word ends in c or cs |
refresh return reappear redecorate reread replay remember remove revenge recent | division invasion confusion decision collision television expansion extension tension revision
| musician electrician magician politician mathematician beautician dietician optician physician |
Spring Term 1 Focus Words
‘-ture’ The ending sounding like 'tch' is often spelt ture, but check that the word is not a root word ending in (t)ch with an er ending eg teacher | words ending 'ly' | ‘ous’ Added to verbs to form nouns |
creature picture nature texture capture culture feature fracture future mixture | truly wholly lovely duly bully heavenly really reply holy monopoly | famous various jealous obvious curious furious serious anxious hideous devious |
‘ch’ ('sh') . |
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chic chef machine machinery brochure chute parachute chalet chiffon fucshia |
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Autumn Term 2 Focus Words
Prefix ‘in’ To mean ‘not’ or ‘no’ | Prefix ‘il’ To mean not. Before a root word starting with L, in becomes il | ‘ation’ Added to verbs to form nouns |
inactive incorrect inelegant indecent insecure inflexible invisible indefinite incredible injustice | illegal illegible illusion illustrate illiterate illness illogical illuminate illation illusive | information adoration sensation preparation admiration nation conversation deflation duration donation |
‘-tion’ The most common spelling. It is used if the root word ends in t or te. | 'ei' |
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action duration donation education operation location creation station position question | vein beige veil reign reindeer reins forfeit foreign receipt weird |
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Autumn Term 1 Focus Words
Double the final consonant when adding a suffix -ed, -ing, -er | Adding -ly | Words with ou |
planned stopped rubbed forgetting planning beginning stepping madder thinner chatter | sadly usually finally quickly quietly calmly clearly deadly exactly lovely | young touch double count about mouth aloud cloud group shout |
| Words with ‘ch’ pronounced as ‘k’ | Words with ‘gue’ | y for ‘i’ |
| Christ Christian Christmas chaos echo ache earache headache chord school | league tongue plague vague rogue colleague dialogue catalogue vogue fatigue | myth gym hymn lyric gypsy identify apply supply occupy multiply |
Spelling Word List for Year 3 and 4
Below are the 100 words that children in England are expected to be able to
spell by the end of Year 4 (age 9). How many can you spell?
Spelling Activities
