Year 4 Spelling, Bradshaw Hall Primary School
Below is an overview of the spelling rules/sounds taught for each wordlist in year 4.
Wordlists 19 - 24 (Year 4)
List 19
List 20
List 21
List 22
List 23
List 24
Sounds/Spelling Rules
Endlings which sound like /ʃən/, spelt –tion,
-sion, -ssion and -cian
Common exception words
The suffixes –ation and -sion
Common exception words
The suffic -ous
Common exception words
More prefixes
Common exception words
The /ɪ/ sound spelt y elsewhere than at the
end of words
More prefixes
Common exception words
The suffix –ous
Words with the /k/ sound spelt ch (Greek in
origin)
Words with the /ʃ/ sound spelt ch (mostly
French in origin)
Words ending with the /g/ sound spelt –gue
and the /k/ sound spelt –que (French in
origin)
Common exception words
Below are the wordlists that relate to the spelling objectives in year x. These words
are used to teach the spelling pattern; it is not intended to be a list of words for
children to memorise.
Shakespeare and More Spelling Wordlist 19
Regular Spellings
invention, injection,
permission, admission musician, electrician,
action, hesitation,
expansion, extension
magician, politician,
completion
comprehension,
mathematician
expression,
tension
discussion,
confession
Common Exception Words
accidentally, actually, 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
Shakespeare and More Spelling Wordlist 20
Regular Spellings
invention, injection,
permission, admission
musician, electrician,
action, hesitation,
expansion, extension
magician, politician,
completion
comprehension,
mathematician
expression,
tension
division, invasion,
discussion,
information, adoration, confusion, decision,
confession
sensation,
collision, television
preparation,
admiration
Common Exception Words
accidentally, actually, 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
Shakespeare and More Spelling Wordlist 21
Regular Spellings
invention, injection,
permission, admission
musician, electrician,
action, hesitation,
expansion, extension
magician, politician,
completion
comprehension,
mathematician
expression,
tension
division, invasion,
discussion,
information, adoration,
confusion, decision,
confession
sensation,
collision, television
poisonous, dangerous,
mountainous, famous,
various
preparation,
courageous,
admiration
outrageous
tremendous,
enormous, jealous
humorous, glamorous,
vigorous
Common Exception Words
accidentally, actually, 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
Shakespeare and More Spelling Wordlist 22
Regular Spellings
invention, injection,
permission, admission
musician, electrician,
action, hesitation,
expansion, extension
magician, politician,
completion
comprehension,
mathematician
expression,
tension
division, invasion,
discussion,
information, adoration,
confusion, decision,
confession
sensation,
collision, television
poisonous, dangerous,
preparation,
courageous,
mountainous, famous,
admiration
various
humorous, glamorous,
outrageous
autobiography,
tremendous,
vigorous
autograph
enormous, jealous
antiseptic,
supermarket,
interact, intercity,
anti-clockwise,
superman, superstar
international,
antisocial
interrelated
Common Exception Words
accidentally, actually, 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
Shakespeare and More Spelling Wordlist 23
Regular Spellings
invention, injection,
permission, admission
musician, electrician,
action, hesitation,
expansion, extension
magician, politician,
completion
comprehension,
mathematician
expression,
tension
division, invasion,
discussion,
information, adoration,
confusion, decision,
confession
sensation,
collision, television
poisonous, dangerous,
preparation,
courageous,
mountainous, famous,
admiration
various
humorous, glamorous,
outrageous
autobiography,
tremendous,
vigorous
autograph
enormous, jealous
antiseptic,
supermarket,
interact, intercity,
anti-clockwise,
superman, superstar
international,
antisocial
myth, gym, Egypt,
interrelated
redo, refresh, return,
pyramid, mystery
irregular, irrelevant,
reappear, redecorate
immature, immortal,
irresponsible
impossible, impatient,
imperfect
Common Exception Words
accidentally, actually, 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
Shakespeare and More Spelling Wordlist 24
Regular Spellings
invention, injection,
permission, admission
musician, electrician,
action, hesitation, completion
expansion, extension
magician, politician,
expression, discussion,
comprehension, tension
mathematician
confession
information, adoration,
division, invasion,
poisonous, dangerous,
sensation, preparation,
confusion, decision,
mountainous, famous,
admiration
collision, television
various
humorous, glamorous,
courageous,
tremendous,
vigorous
outrageous autobiography,
enormous, jealous
antiseptic, anti-clockwise,
autograph
interact, intercity,
antisocial
supermarket,
international,
redo, refresh, return,
superman, superstar
interrelated
reappear, redecorate
myth, gym, Egypt,
irregular, irrelevant,
serious, obvious, curious
pyramid, mystery
irresponsible
hideous, spontaneous,
immature, immortal,
scheme, chorus, chemist,
courteous
impossible, impatient,
echo, character
chef, chalet, machine,
brochure
imperfect
league, tongue, antique,
unique
science, scene, discipline,
fascinate, crescent
Common Exception Words
accidentally, actually, 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