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Year 3/4 and 5/6 spelling lists, ready to test

The statutory word lists in lists of ten, or your own spellings for the week. Print the teacher copy with sentences, the test, spelling sentences with a gap, or a look, say, cover, write, check grid. Free, A4, no account.

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The statutory word lists for Years 3 and 4 and Years 5 and 6, in lists of ten, or your own weekly words. Print the teacher copy with sentences, the test sheet, SATs-style sentences with a blank, or a look, say, cover, write, check grid.

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Teacher copy · Years 3 and 4

List 1: accidentally to breathe

Say the word, read the sentence, then say the word again. Leave time to write.

Words

  1. accidentallyI accidentally knocked the paint pot over.
  2. actuallyThe quiet boy was actually the fastest runner.
  3. addressWrite your address on the envelope.
  4. answerPut your hand up to answer the question.
  5. appearStars appear in the sky when it gets dark.
  6. arriveWhat time does the coach arrive?
  7. believeI believe that honesty matters.
  8. bicycleShe rides her bicycle to school.
  9. breathTake a deep breath before you dive.
  10. breatheFish breathe through their gills.
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Statutory word lists

The Year 3/4 and Year 5/6 word lists

The two lists of English Appendix 1, in their official order. Each block of ten opens in the tool.

100 words · 10 lists of ten

Years 3 and 4 spelling list

  1. List 1
    accident(ally), actual(ly), address, answer, appear, arrive, believe, bicycle, breath, breathe
  2. List 2
    build, busy/business, calendar, caught, centre, century, certain, circle, complete, consider
  3. List 3
    continue, decide, describe, different, difficult, disappear, early, earth, eight/eighth, enough
  4. List 4
    exercise, experience, experiment, extreme, famous, favourite, February, forward(s), fruit, grammar
  5. List 5
    group, guard, guide, heard, heart, height, history, imagine, increase, important
  6. List 6
    interest, island, knowledge, learn, length, library, material, medicine, mention, minute
  7. List 7
    natural, naughty, notice, occasion(ally), often, opposite, ordinary, particular, peculiar, perhaps
  8. List 8
    popular, position, possess(ion), possible, potatoes, pressure, probably, promise, purpose, quarter
  9. List 9
    question, recent, regular, reign, remember, sentence, separate, special, straight, strange
  10. List 10
    strength, suppose, surprise, therefore, though/although, thought, through, various, weight, woman/women

100 words · 10 lists of ten

Years 5 and 6 spelling list

  1. List 1
    accommodate, accompany, according, achieve, aggressive, amateur, ancient, apparent, appreciate, attached
  2. List 2
    available, average, awkward, bargain, bruise, category, cemetery, committee, communicate, community
  3. List 3
    competition, conscience, conscious, controversy, convenience, correspond, criticise (critic + ise), curiosity, definite, desperate
  4. List 4
    determined, develop, dictionary, disastrous, embarrass, environment, equip (-ped, -ment), especially, exaggerate, excellent
  5. List 5
    existence, explanation, familiar, foreign, forty, frequently, government, guarantee, harass, hindrance
  6. List 6
    identity, immediate(ly), individual, interfere, interrupt, language, leisure, lightning, marvellous, mischievous
  7. List 7
    muscle, necessary, neighbour, nuisance, occupy, occur, opportunity, parliament, persuade, physical
  8. List 8
    prejudice, privilege, profession, programme, pronunciation, queue, recognise, recommend, relevant, restaurant
  9. List 9
    rhyme, rhythm, sacrifice, secretary, shoulder, signature, sincere(ly), soldier, stomach, sufficient
  10. List 10
    suggest, symbol, system, temperature, thorough, twelfth, variety, vegetable, vehicle, yacht

Word lists from the national curriculum in England, English Appendix 1 (Department for Education, 2013). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Read English Appendix 1 (PDF, gov.uk)

How to use it

A week of spellings in four steps

  1. Choose a list

    Pick the year group and one of the ten lists of ten statutory words, or type your own spellings for the week.

  2. Teach and practise

    Print the look, say, cover, write, check grid for the week. Point out the tricky part of each word.

  3. Test in sentences

    Read each word in its sentence from the teacher copy. Pupils write the word in the gap, as in the KS2 spelling test, or on the numbered sheet.

  4. Go back to the words

    Mix up the order for a later test and bring back the words that caused trouble.

FAQ

Spelling list questions

Are these the official statutory word lists?

Yes. The two lists are those of English Appendix 1 of the national curriculum in England, in their official alphabetical order: 100 words for Years 3 and 4 and 100 for Years 5 and 6. Where the list gives a word family, such as accident(ally), the test uses the longer form. The sentences are written by Draft My Lesson.

Why are the words in lists of ten?

Ten words is a manageable weekly amount, so each statutory list makes ten weeks of work. The lists follow the official alphabetical order: choose the ones that match the spelling rules you are teaching, and mix up the order for the test.

Can I add my own spellings?

Yes. Choose “My own words” and type up to 40 words, one per line. Type a colon after a word to add a sentence. Your words stay in this browser and are never sent to our servers.

Can the spellings be read aloud?

Yes. Every word of the statutory lists is recorded with a synthetic British English voice: the word, a sentence that uses it, then the word again. Play one word, repeat it, then move on, in the same order as the test sheet. It suits catch-up tests, intervention groups and practice at home. Your own spellings are not recorded.

Do I need an account?

No. Every list and sheet is free to print with no account. A free account lets you print the chosen sheet for all ten lists of a year group in one go.

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