Year 3 and 4

• Spelling Rule 1 - Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable
• Spelling Rule 2 - The /ɪ/ sound spelt y elsewhere than at the end of words (e.g. gym, myth... etc.)
• Spelling Rule 3 - The /ʌ/ sound spelt ou (e.g. couple, touch... etc.)
• Spelling Rule 4 - More prefixes (1 of 3)
• Spelling Rule 5 - More prefixes (2 of 3)
• Spelling Rule 6 - More prefixes (3 of 3)
• Spelling Rule 7 - The suffix –ation
• Spelling Rule 8 - The suffix –ly
• Spelling Rule 9 - Words with endings sounding like /ʒə/ or /tʃə/ (e.g. adventure, creature... etc.)
• Spelling Rule 10 - Endings which sound like /ʒən/ (e.g. erosion, pension... etc.)
• Spelling Rule 11 - The suffix –ous (1 of 2)
• Spelling Rule 12 - The suffix –ous (2 of 2)
• Spelling Rule 13 - Endings which sound like /ʃən/, spelt –tion, –sion, –ssion, –cian (1 of 2)
• Spelling Rule 14 - Endings which sound like /ʃən/, spelt –tion, –sion, –ssion, –cian (2 of 2)
• Spelling Rule 15 - Words with the /k/ sound spelt ch (Greek in origin) (e.g. echo, chemist... etc.)
• Spelling Rule 16 - Words with the /ʃ/ sound spelt ch (mostly French in origin) (e.g. chalet, chef... etc.)
• Spelling Rule 17 - Words ending with the /g/ sound spelt – gue and the /k/ sound spelt –que (French in origin) (e.g. rogue, unique... etc.)
• Spelling Rule 18 - Words with the /s/ sound spelt sc (Latin in origin) (e.g. science, ascent... etc.)
• Spelling Rule 19 - Words with the /eɪ/ sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey (e.g. eight, they... etc.)
• Spelling Rule 20 - Possessive apostrophe with plural words
• Spelling Rule 21 - Homophones and near-homophones (1 of 4)
• Spelling Rule 22 - Homophones and near-homophones (2 of 4)
• Spelling Rule 23 - Homophones and near-homophones (3 of 4)
• Spelling Rule 24 - Homophones and near-homophones (4 of 4)
• Spelling Rule 25 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - a to bi-
• Spelling Rule 26 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - br- to ce-
• Spelling Rule 27 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - ci- to ea-
• Spelling Rule 28 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - ei- to fe-
• Spelling Rule 29 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - fo- to h
• Spelling Rule 30 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - i to ma-
• Spelling Rule 31 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - me- to op-
• Spelling Rule 32 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - or- to pre-
• Spelling Rule 33 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - pro- to sen-
• Spelling Rule 34 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - sep- to su-
• Spelling Rule 35 - Word list – years 3 and 4 - t to w
• Spelling Rule 36 - Random selection of 12 words taken from years 3 and 4 word list