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Word split: compound words puzzle

Word split: compound words

A mix and match puzzle created by teachers, using compound words, to support primary school literacy and demonstrate examples of compound words.
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Word colouring: nouns and pronouns

Word colouring: nouns and pronouns

Colour the squares with nouns in green. Colour the squares with pronouns in brown. Leave the blank squares empty, then work out what the picture is.
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Irregular past tense verbs wordsearch

Irregular past tense verbs wordsearch

A fun and free activity created by an experienced teacher with the aim of teaching KS2 children about irregular past tense verbs. Each of the sentences on the worksheet includes an incorrect past-tense verb. Circle the incorrect verb and then find the correct form of the verb in the wordsearch.
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Spelling patterns: the prefix cir- worksheet

Spelling patterns: the prefix cir-

Can you complete this mini-wordsearch? All the words you need start with the prefix circ- and are below. What do you think circ- means?
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Write your own homonyms crossword puzzle

Write your own homonyms crossword puzzle

Homonyms are pairs of words that are spelled and pronounced the same way, but have different meanings. Look at these words. Can you work out the two different meanings?
If not, look them up in the dictionary. On the next page you’ll need to create TWO crossword puzzles where the homonyms are the answers. Each word will need two different clues, one for each meaning.
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Words containing ‘y’ making different sounds worksheet

Words containing ‘y’ making different sounds

Read these words and say them out loud. The ‘y’ in the words makes three different sounds: /i/ as in cygnet, /igh/ as in high, /y/ as in yellow. Can you group them into the three sound columns below?
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Spelling patterns: words starting co- or re- worksheet

Spelling patterns: words starting co- or re-

The prefix re- means again and the prefix co- means with. Have a look at these words and decide which one would fit best in the sentence gaps below.
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Spelling patterns: words ending in -il worksheet

Spelling patterns: words ending in -il

All of these words end in -il but the letters have been jumbled up. Can you unjumble them to make the correct words?
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Spelling patterns: words ending -y wordsearch

Spelling patterns: words ending -y wordsearch

Can you find all the words in this wordsearch that end in -y?
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Spelling patterns: words ending -ve worksheet

Spelling patterns: words ending -ve

All these words end in -ve (not many English words end in -v without an ‘e’!). Some of them have a long vowel sound (like ‘five’) and some of them have a short vowel sound (like ‘give’). Can you sort them into words with short vowels and words with long vowels?
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Spelling patterns: words ending -que / -gue worksheet

Spelling patterns: words ending -que / -gue

In words like antique and catalogue the letters ‘que’ make the /k/ sound and the letters ‘gue’ make a /g/ sound. Look at the clues on the left and then enter what you think is the correct word (from the group above) into the code grids below. At the end, see if you can work out the mystery word using the codes.
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Spelling patterns: words ending -ey worksheet

Spelling patterns: words ending -ey

In these words the /ee/ sound is written with the grapheme ‘ey’. Look through this nonsense passage and underline the ‘ey’ words. Then write each word out three times to help you learn them
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Spelling patterns: words ending -ably / -ibly worksheet

Spelling patterns: words ending -ably / -ibly

Each of these adverbs ends in -ably or the less common suffix -ibly. See if you can put each of the words into the correct gaps in these sentences.
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Spelling patterns: words ending -able and -ible

Spelling patterns: words ending -able and -ible

The endings -able and -ible are both common adjective spelling patterns and they usually sound the same, which can make it tricky to know which is the correct spelling. Add the correct suffix to each of these words then see if you can find them in the wordsearch.
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Spelling patterns: words containing ‘ch’ as a /sh/ sound

Spelling patterns: words containing ‘ch’ as a /sh/ sound

All these words contain the letters ‘ch’ but they make the sound /sh/. Each of these words fits with a clue in the crossword below. Can you work out where all the words go to solve the puzzle?
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Spelling patterns: the suffix -ly worksheet

Spelling patterns: the suffix -ly

Words ending -ly are used to describe how something is done; they are called adverbs. Cut out these cards and match up the root words on the left with the suffix -ly on the right, then decide which words go in each sentence.
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Spelling patterns: the suffix -less worksheet

Spelling patterns: the suffix -less

When the suffix -less is added to the end of adjectives the new word indicates the absence of the root word. For example, a person without hope is hopeless. Fill the correct word in these sentences.
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Spelling patterns: the prefix super- worksheet

Spelling patterns: the prefix super-

Underline all the words with the prefix super- you can find in the passage. Then write each word in the column on the left. Now look up the word’s meaning in a dictionary and write it in the column on the right.
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Spelling patterns: ‘wa’ or ‘qua’ words worksheet

Spelling patterns: ‘wa’ or ‘qua’ words

When the graphemes ‘w’ or ‘qu’ are followed by the single vowel ‘a’, it usually represents the /o/ sound as in swan. For each of these words, add an ‘a’ to complete the word. Say the
word out loud. Can you hear how the ‘a’ makes an /o/ sound? Then have a go at the wordsearch.
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Spelling patterns: ‘or’ representing the /er/ sound worksheet

Spelling patterns: ‘or’ representing the /er/ sound

The letter ‘w’ followed by the ‘or’ grapheme makes the /er/ sound as in worm. Can you work out where these words should go in these sentences?
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Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ure/, /ur/ and /er/ blends

Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ure/, /ur/ and /er/ blends

Let's play a game of snap! Listen out for the /ure/, /ur/ and /er/ blends.
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Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /igh/, /air/, /ear/ and /ure/ blends

Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /igh/, /air/, /ear/ and /ure/ blends

Let's play a game of sound snap. Listen out for the /igh/, /air/, /ear/ and /ure/ blends!
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Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ee/, /oo/ and /oo/ sounds

Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ee/, /oo/ and /oo/ sounds

Let's play a game of sound snap with the /ee/, /oo/ and /oo/ sounds. Just cut out the card, shuffle and deal!
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Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ar/, /or/ and /ur/ blends

Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ar/, /or/ and /ur/ blends

Let's play a game of sound snap! Listen out for the /ar/, /or/ and /ur/ blends.
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Phase 2 phonics sound snap: middle sound

Phase 2 phonics sound snap: middle sound

Let's have a game of snap! Can you hear the middle sound in these words?
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