Grammar and spelling expectations year 4:
Grammar:
1. To become secure in choosing nouns and pronouns appropriately within a
sentence to avoid ambiguity and repetition.
2. To become secure in using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express
time and cause.
3. Using commas after fronted adverbials e.g. later that day, I heard the bad
news.
Indicate grammatical and other features by:
1. Using commas after fronted adverbials
2. To become secure in indicating possession by using the possessive
apostrophe with singular and plural nouns.
3. To become secure in using and punctuating direct speech using inverted
commas.
Terminology for pupils year 4: pronoun, possessive pronoun, adverbial
and subordinate clause determiner.
Spelling:
The Sounds
Soft c
Soft g
Unusual plurals
Short vowels
Le words
al il el words
*Suffix tion sion ation cian ssion
ent and ant
ence and ance
*Ous cious tious
Schwa ure or our
ible ibly
able ably
ful fully
Double consonants
Common homophones and near from new
curriculum spelling bank
Example words
See RW Inc book also words from new
curriculum spelling bank : information
adoration sensation preparation admiration
invention injection action hesitation
completion expression discussion
confession permission admission expansion
extension comprehension tension musician
electrician magician politician
mathematician
See spelling bank sheet
Suffixes al ary ic and auto anti super
Prefixes ad af al
Ough letter strings different pronunciation
Possessive and contractions
Words with the K sound spelt ch
Words with the sound spelt ch (mostly
French in origin)
Words ending in g spelt gue and the k
sound spelt que (French in origin)
Word with the s sound spelt sc (Latin in
origin)
Possessive apostrophe with plural words
The apostrophe is placed after the plural
form of the word;-s is not added if the plural
already ends in s but is added if the plural
does not end in s ie is and irregular plural
eg children’s
Words list for 3 and 4
Year 4 words to be learnt
Accept/except affect/effect ball/bawl
berry/bury brake/break fair/fare grate/great
groan/grown here/hear heel/heal/he’ll
knot/not mail/male main/mane meat/meet
medal/meddle missed/mist peace/piece
plain/plane rain/reign scene/seen
weather/whether whose/who’s
See spelling bank sheet also new
curriculum spelling bank words:
supermarket superan superstar
Antiseptic anti-clockwise antisocial
autobiography autograph
Scheme chorus chemist echo character
Chef chalet machine brochure
League tongue antique unique
Science scene discipline fascinate crescent
Girls’ boys’ babies’ children’s men mice’s
( note singular proper nouns ending in an s
uses the ‘s suffix eg Cyprus’s population)
accident(ally) actual(ly) address answer appear
arrive believe bicycle breath breathe build
busy/business calendar caught centre century
certain circle complete consider continue
decide describe different difficult disappear
early earth eight/eighth enough exercise
experience experiment extreme famous
favourite February forward(s) fruit grammar
group guard guide heard heart height history
imagine increase important interest island
knowledge learn length library material
medicine mention minute natural naughty
notice occasion(ally) often opposite ordinary
particular peculiar perhaps popular position
possess(ion) possible potatoes pressure
probably promise purpose quarter question
recent regular reign remember sentence
separate special straight strange strength
suppose surprise therefore though/although
thought through various weight
woman/women