Year/group: Year 4 – Pioneers
Date set: Week beginning 02.01.17
Date set: Week beginning 09.01.17
Please learn these spellings and practise writing them in readiness for
your spelling test.
These words add the prefix ir- to words beginning with r. This changes
the word to its opposite meaning. There are also some common words to
know.
irresponsible
irrepressible
irresistible
irregular
irrelevant
irradiated
irrationally
irreconcilable
irredeemable
irrefutable
Year/group: Year 4 – Pioneers
Date set: Week beginning 09.01.17 Test date: Week beginning 16.01.17
Please learn these spellings and practise writing them in readiness for
your spelling test.
The sound ‘shun’ can be spelt in different ways. When the root word
ends in ‘ss’ just add –ion, and a ‘t’ should be swapped for ‘ss’ to add –
ion.
confession
possession
discussion
depression
expression
concession
transmission
concussion
oppression
percussion
Year/group: Year 4 – Pioneers
Date set: Week beginning 16.01.17
Test date: Week beginning 23.01.17
Please learn these spellings and practise writing them in readiness for
your spelling test.
The sound ‘shun’ can be spelt in different ways. When the root word
ends in ‘d’ we swap the ‘d’ for an ‘s’ before adding –ion. When the word
ends in ‘se’ we drop the ‘e’ and add –ion. There are also some common
words to know.
pretension
suspension
overextension
expansion
precision
comprehension
expulsion
incision
business
knowledge
Year/group: Year 4 – Pioneers
Date set: Week beginning 23.01.17
Test date: Week beginning 30.01.17
These are words related to our topic this week. They involve
the Vikings and the Saxon story of Beowulf.
thundered
mischief
sought
buried
distraught
shamble
manipulate
victorious
thirty
forty
Year/group: Year 4 – Pioneers
Date set: Week beginning 30.01.17
Date set: Week beginning 06.01.17
These are words related to our topic this week. They involve
Alfred the Great and the Danelaw.
monarch
ambush
invasion
marshes
Wessex
Mercia
Northumbria
Guthrum
convert
fyrd
Year/group: Year 4 – Pioneers