Year 4 Spellings: Autumn 2
List A: quiz on 6.1.17 *
The suffix –ous
–our is changed to –or before –
ous is added.
A final ‘e’ of the root word must
be kept if the sound of ‘g’ is to be
kept. If there is an ‘i’ sound
before the –ous ending, it is
usually spelt as i, but a few words
have e.
List B: quiz on 13.1.17 *
The suffix –ous
–our is changed to –or before –
ous is added.
A final ‘e’ of the root word must
be kept if the sound of ‘g’ is to be
kept. If there is an ‘i’ sound
before the –ous ending, it is
usually spelt as i, but a few words
have e.
List C: quiz on 20.1.17 *
The suffix –ation
- ation is added to verbs to form
nouns.
List D: quiz on 27.1.17 *
The suffix –ly
The suffix –ly is added to an
adjective to form an adverb.
The suffix –ly starts with a
consonant letter, so it is added
straight on to most root words.
Spicy
enormous
jealous
humour
humorous
glamour
glamorous
dangerous
various
famous
continue
Hot
glamour
glamorous
poisonous
mountainous
tremendous
vigour
vigorous
famous
continue
continuous
Spicy
courageous
outrageous
Serious
obvious
curious
hideous
breathe
purpose
Hot
courageous
outrageous
spontaneous
courteous
ceremony
ceremonious
breathe
purpose
Spicy
inform
information
adore
adoration
prepare
preparation
admiration
experiment
Hot
sensation
admire
admiration
condensation
discolouration
exploit
exploitation
experiment
Spicy
sadly
usual
usually
finally
happy
happily
Hot
comically
usually
complete
completely
angry
angrily
Exceptions: If the root word ends
in –y with a consonant letter
before it, the y is changed to i,
but only if the root word has
more than one syllable.
List E: quiz on 3.2.17 *
The suffix –ly
Spicy
gentle
gently
Exceptions: If the root word ends simply
with –le, the –le is changed to –ly. basic
basically
If the root word ends with –ic, –
truly
ally is added rather than just –ly,
duly
except in the word publicly.
Hot
humbly
noble
nobly
frantic
frantically
dramatically
wholly
The words truly, duly and wholly.
List F: quiz on 10.2.17 *
A selection of words
throughout the half term.
* Occasionally, unforeseen events occur which necessitate re-scheduling the
spelling quiz. In such circumstances, we will endeavour to deliver the quiz the
following Monday.
At the end of each half term, the children may be quizzed on all of the spelling
rules which we have learnt over the course of the half term.