Year 2

Contractions (Words that have been contracted to form a shorter word)

can’t, didn’t, hasn’t, couldn’t, it’s, wouldn’t, shouldn’t, wasn’t, Mr, Mrs

Year 3

Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning.

instruct, structure, construction, instruction, instructor, unit, union, united, universe, university.

Year 4

Adding the prefix non- (meaning ‘not’)

exit, extend, explode, excursion, exchange, export, exclaim, expel, external, exterior.

Year 2

Words ending in -tion

station, fiction, motion, national, section, addition, subtraction, potion, option, introduction.

Year 3

Words with a short ‘u’ sound spelt with ‘ou’

enough, young, touch, double, trouble, country, courage, rough, tough, cousin

Year 4

Adding the prefix auto- (meaning ‘self or own’)

autograph, autobiography, automatic, autofocus, autocorrect, autopilot, autorotate, automobile, autonomy, autocue.

Year 2

The suffixes -less and -ly

badly, hopeless, penniless, happily, lovely, joyless, slowly, quickly, careless, fearless

Year 3

Words with a short ‘u’ sound spelt with ‘o’

Woman, wonder, month, govern, brother, another, shovel, above, Monday, discover

Year 4

Adding the prefix anti- (meaning ‘against’)

antiseptic, anticlockwise, antisocial, antidote, antibiotic, antivenom, anti-ageing, antifreeze, antiperspirant, antigravity

Year 2

The suffixes -ment, -ness and -ful

enjoyment, sadness, careful, playful, plainness, argument, merriment, happiness, plentiful, cheerful

Year 3

Words ending in -ary

library, February, dictionary, boundary, salary, summary, primary, secondary, ordinary, necessary

Year 4

Adding the prefix inter – (meaning ‘between or among’)

interact, interfere, intercity, international, intermediate, internet, intergalactic, interrupt, intervene, interlude

Year 2

even, break, steak, great, move, prove, improve, sure, sugar, eye

Year 3

address, busy, business, heart, fruit, breathe, strange, complete, extreme, forwards

Year 4

length, strength, purpose, history, different, difficult, separate, suppose, therefore, knowledge

Year 2

television, treasure, usual, division, vision, pleasure, measure, occasion, usually, leisure

Year 3

chef, chalet, machine, brochure, crochet, ricochet, parachute, moustache, champagne, chute

Year 4

solve, solution, insoluble, dissolve, solvent, sign, signature, assign, design, signal

Year 2

word, work, worm, world, worth, worst, war, warm, towards, ward

Year 3

league, plague, rogue, vague, fatigue, unique, antique, mosque, cheque, technique

Year 4

phone, phonics, microphone, telephone, homophone, real, reality, realistic, unreal, realisation

Year 2

want, watch, wander, quantity, squash, quality, squabble, squad, quad, quarrel

Year 3

bicycle, biplane, bisect, bilingual, biannual, reappear, redecorate, reapply, repay, rebuild

Year 4

circle, decide, medicine, exercise, special, cinema, decimal, accident, city, citizen

Year 2

key, donkey, monkey, chimney, valley, trolley, turkey, hockey, parsley, journey,

Year 3

scent, sent, vain, vein, rode, road, steel, steal, waist, waste

Year 4

centre, century, certain, recent, experience, sentence, notice, celebrate, ceremony, certificate

Year 2

other, mother, brother, nothing, Monday, money, cover, honey, discover, wonder

Year 3

grate, great, grown, groan, plain, plane, peace, piece, rain, reign

Year 4

science, crescent, discipline, fascinate, scent, scissors, ascent, descent, scientist, scenery