Does the word have more than one meaning?
Can you use the word in a sentence?
Do you know the meaning of the word?
Do you know how to spell it?
Can you relate the word to any of your subjects?
Can you define the word to a friend?
If you can use the word of the week in any of your lessons then you will be rewarded!
Spelling Strategies
#6 – ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’ Receive Believe
#7 – Use a song to help you.
#8 – When you add ‘ing’ to a word ending in ‘e’ then you drop the
‘e’. Bake = Baking
#9 – Use basic rules to help you.
Add ‘es’ to words ending in ‘ch’, ‘sh’, ‘s’, ‘ss’, ‘x’ or ‘z’ to make the
plural. wish → wishes
Discuss: Why is spelling words correctly important?
Your teacher will write ‘sp’ when you have made
a spelling error in your book.
Year 7 Task
Select a word from the chart below and working in pairs come up with a
mnemonic to help you remember how to spell it.
abandoned conference easily generous library offering similar
abominable consonant explanatory geography literacy original skeleton
alcohol corporal extra grammar literate parallel smuggler
animal deafening factory heaven literature parliament stationary
astronomy definite familiar history locomotive poisonous stationery
benefit definitely family holiday lottery predict telephone
boundary describe fattening hospital margarine prepare television
business description February illiterate marvellous primary vegetable
carpet desperate flattery interest mathematics prosperous voluntary
category dictionary formal interested medicine reference Wednesday
Catholic difference freedom January memorable Saturday widening
centre different frightening jewellery messenger secretary
company disinterest general journalist miniature separate
compromise doctor generally lettuce miserable signature
Year 7 Answers
Would anyone like to share their mnemonic?
Year 8 Task
Spelling (Plurals for words ending in y)
To spell plurals of words ending in 'y': change 'y' to 'i' and add 'es'. If you learn this, you
should be confident when asked what the plural is of any word ending in 'y'.
Try this quiz to improve your spelling knowledge.
Select the correct spelling of the missing plural words.
There are three
........ open late.
a.) Pharmacie
b.) Pharmacies
c.) Pharmacy
d.) Pharmacys
The torch needs
new .......
a.) Batterie
b.) Batterys
c.) Battery
d.) Batteries
The director found
his .................
seriously.
a.) Responsibilities
b.) Responsibility
c.) Responsibilitie
d.) Responsibilitys
We will eat ...........
and cream for tea.
a.) Strawberry
b.) Strawberrys
c.) Strawberries
d.) Strawberrie
Year 8 Answers
Answers
There are three
........ open late.
a.) Pharmacie
b.) Pharmacies
c.) Pharmacy
d.) Pharmacys
The torch needs
new .......
a.) Batterie
b.) Batterys
c.) Battery
d.) Batteries
The director found
his .................
seriously.
a.) Responsibilities
b.) Responsibility
c.) Responsibilitie
d.) Responsibilitys
We will eat ...........
and cream for tea.
a.) Strawberry
b.) Strawberrys
c.) Strawberries
d.) Strawberrie
Year 9 Task
Write present participle and past tense of these verbs.
Verb
Present
Past
Run
Running
Ran
Stop
Drop
Watch
Decide
Year 9 Answers
Answers
Verb
Present
Past
Run
Running
Ran
Stop
Stopping
Stopped
Drop
Dropping
Dropped
Watch
Watching
Watched
Decide
Deciding
Decided
Year 10 Task
Solve these anagrams:
pupmink
crudloan
anewhello
viperam
blackact
letgosprite
Year 10 Answers
Answers
pupmink
Pumpkin
crudloan
Cauldron
anewhello
Halloween
viperam
Vampire
blackact
Black Cat
letgosprite
Poltergeist
Year 11 Task
Correct the spelling errors below:
It is 2025.Your mobile is now much more then just a communication device - more
like a remote control for your life. You still call it an ‘mobile’ from habit, but it is a
organisur, entertainment device, payment device and security centre, all developed
and manufactured by enginers.
On typical day it will start work even before you wake. Because it nose your travel
schedule it can check fir problems on the roads or with the trains and ajust the
time it wakes you up acordingly, giveing you the best route into work.
Year 11 Answers
Answers
It is 2025. Your mobile is now much more than just a communication
device – more like a remote control for your life. You still call it a ‘mobile’
from habit, but it is an organiser, entertainment device, payment device
and security centre, all developed and manufactured by engineers.
On a typical day it will start work even before you wake. Because it knows
your travel schedule it can check for problems on the roads or with the
trains and adjust the time it wakes you up accordingly, giving you the best
route into work.