English National Curriculum KS3 Spellings
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
diary
lonely
peaceful
remember
secondary
soldier
Saturday
beautiful
health
chocolate
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
interesting
autumn
climb
daughter
women
height
lovely
people
W ednesday
environment
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
modern
material
reaction
strength
evidence
safety
pattern
listening
diamond
technology
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
February
atmosphere
nervous
weight
physical
straight
surprise
conclusion
design
energy
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
argument
knowledge
original
parallel
happened
consequence
concentration
disappear
imaginary
accommodation
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
actually
evaluation
audience
texture
guard
enquire
continuous
development
persuade
reference
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
participation
disappoint
assessment
explanation
strategy
sequence
process
research
success
marriage
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
murmur
survey
necessary
alcohol
jealous
business
possession
meanwhile
fulfil
beginning
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
weird
potential
technique
sincerely
relief
unfortunately
skilful
interrupt
receive
queue
91
92
93
94
analyse
conscience
resources
embarrass
95
96
97
analysis
believe
prioritise
98 questionnaire
99 outrageous
100 miscellaneous
English National Curriculum KS3 Spellings
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
diary
lonely
peaceful
remember
secondary
soldier
Saturday
beautiful
health
chocolate
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
interesting
autumn
climb
daughter
women
height
lovely
people
W ednesday
environment
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
February
atmosphere
nervous
weight
physical
straight
surprise
conclusion
design
energy
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
argument
knowledge
original
parallel
happened
consequence
concentration
disappear
imaginary
accommodation
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
modern
material
reaction
strength
evidence
safety
pattern
listening
diamond
technology
Grammar Definitions
Learn them for the exam!
Noun
A person, place or thing.
Non-count Noun
A noun that cannot be counted; sheep,
water, fish.
Count Noun
A noun which can be counted and made
plural; pens, desks, pictures.
Abstract Noun
A noun which cannot be seen or
touched; joy, democracy, love.
Proper Noun
A noun which has a capital letter; Rachel, Birmingham, ‘Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban’.
Concrete Noun
A noun which can be seen or touched;
carpet, book, bag.
Verb
A word which suggests an action or a
state of being; to run, to sit, to prioritise,
to be, to have.
A word which describes a noun;
pink,clear, quiet, exciting.
Adjective
Comparative Adjective
An adjective which compares and has
an ‘-er’ ending; better, faster, stronger,
quicker, paler.
Superlative Adjective
An adjective which is superior to all others and has an ‘-est’ ending; best,
brightest, loudest, safest.
Preposition
A position word; to, from, over, under,
between, behind, at, in, on, above.
Adverb
A word which adds detail to a verb;
suddenly, quickly, basically, nicely.
Personal Pronoun
A word which refers to a person or
thing instead of using a name; he, she,
it, we, I, they.
A word which shows an object belongs
to someone; his, hers, theirs, my.
Possessive Pronoun
Conjunction
A word which joins two parts of a sentence together; and, but, or, however,
therefore, because.
Skills Test Revision: Colour the Word Classes
Rapidly
shoal
Poisonous Immediately
Because
Keyring
Wanted
Necklace
Grubby
Wooden
Stroll
alongside
Playing
Table
Banana
Dropped
Impatiently
Glittery
Sticky
Insect
Christmas
plastic
astonishing
tray
Font
Wig
Speckled
hungrily
before
Daffodil
Moon
Shakespeare
Green
Overhead
Reading
Tidy
family
Tuesday
Golden
Weatherhead
swarm
noisily
Katherine
team
wish
Annoying
Evil
Lunchbox
curiously
Adjectives – Red
Collective nouns – yellow
Verbs – Blue
Prepositions – pink
Proper Nouns – purple
Adverbs – brown
Common nouns – green
Conjunctions - orange
Look at the made up words – can you tell if they are nouns,
verbs or adjectives?
The BFG looked at Sophie and smiled, showing about twenty of his
square white teeth,
“Yesterday‟ he said „We was not believing in giants was we?‟ Today we
is not believing in snozzcumbers. Just because we happen to not have
actually seen something with our own two little winkles, we think it is
not existing. What about for instance the great squizzly scotch
hopper?”
“I beg your pardon?” Sophie said
“And the humplecrimp?”
“What‟s that?” Sophie Said
“And the wraprascal?”
“The what?” Sophie Said
“And the crumpscoddle?”
“Are they all animals” Sophie said.
“They is Common animals,” said the BFG contemptuously. “I is not a
very know-all giant myself, but it seems to me that you is a knownothing human bean. Your brain is full of rotten wool.”
“You mean cotton wool?” Sophie said.
Read the story carefully. Fill in the blanks putting VERBS and
ADVERBS in the right places.
Imogene ……. angrily into her bedroom, ……… the door behind her. She had
just had the worst day of her life! Her best friend Emily had ……… flour
at her in front of the whole class. When she ……. Emily why afterwards,
Emily said it was because Imogene had ……… her favourite dress at Lucy’s
party last week. Imogene ……. ……..on the bed, put her head in her hands
and ……. ……… What was she going to do? She had been so cross with Emily
that she hadn’t been able to …….. to her ………. about it.
Imogene decided to ……….. Emily on the telephone to ……. about it …….. She
……… down the stairs …………. After three rings Emily ……… up the
telephone.
“Can we be friends again?” Imogene asked.
“OK, I’m sorry that I ……flour at you.” Said Emily.
“Let’s never ……. friends again.” Said Imogene ………
“I’ll …….. agree with that” Said Emily.
Cried Properly Break Speak Thrown Ruined Gladly Ring Sat Talk Quietly Noisily Flew
Cheerfully Miserably Slamming Asked Calmly Picked Stormed Threw.
Read the following passage and add the correct punctuation:
the day after my birthday party kipper found a soggy blue balloon
in the garden it was odd because the balloons at my party were
red and white i blew it up at first i thought it was just an
ordinary balloon but now i am not so sure it is shiny and squeaky
and you can make rude noises with it and if you give it a rub you
can stick it on the ceiling just like an ordinary balloon but there is
something odd about my balloon it doesn’t matter how much you
blow it up it just goes on getting bigger and bigger you see it
never bursts never ever i have squeezed it squashed it and
whacked it with a stick i have kicked it run it over and stretched
it and kipper has attacked it but it is indestructible
Task 1: Read the extract from ‘The Boy in the Striped
Pyjamas’ and add the correct punctuation marks.
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Chapter One
Bruno Makes a Discovery
one afternoon when Bruno came home from school he was
surprised to find Maria the familys maid who always kept her
head bowed and never looked up from the carpet standing in
his bedroom pulling all his belongings out of the wardrobe and
packing them in four large wooden crates even the things that
hed hidden at the back that belonged to him and were nobody
elses business
what are you doing he asked in as polite a tone as he could
muster for although he wasn’t happy to come home and find
someone going through his possessions his mother had always
told him that he was to treat Maria respectfully and not just
imitate the way father spoke to her You take your hands off my
things
maria shook her head and pointed towards the staircase
behind him where Brunos mother had just appeared She was a
tall woman with long red hair that she bundled into a sort of
net behind her head and she was twisting her hands together
nervously as if there was something she didn’t want to have to
say or something she didnt want to have to believe
mother said Bruno marching towards her whats going on Why
is Maria going through my things
shes packing them explained Mother.
packing them he asked, running quickly through the events of
the previous few days to consider whether hed been
particularly naughty or had used those words out loud that he
wasn’t allowed to use and was being sent away because of it.
He couldnt think of anything though In fact over the last few
days he had behaved in a perfectly decent manner to everyone
and couldnt remember causing any chaos at all Why he asked
them What have I done
mother walked into her own bedroom by then but Lars the
butler was in there packing her things too She sighed and threw
her hands in the air in frustration before marching back to the
staircase followed by Bruno who wasnt going to let the matter
drop without an explanation.
mother he is insisted Whats going on Are we moving
come downstairs with me said Mother leading the way towards
the large dining room where the Fury had been to dinner the
week before Well talk down here
bruno ran downstairs and even passed her on the staircase so
that he was waiting in the dining room when she arrived He
looked at her without anything for a moment and had thought
to himself that she couldnt have applied her make up correctly
that morning because the rims of her eyes were more red than
usual like his own after hed been causing chaos and got into
trouble and ended up crying
now you dont have to worry Bruno said Mother sitting in the
chair where the beautiful blonde woman who had come to
dinner with the Fury had sat and waved at him when Father
closed the doors In fact if anything its going to be a great
adventure
what is he asked Am I being sent away
no not just you she said as if she might smile for a moment but
thinking better of it We all are Your father and I Gretel and you
All four of us
bruno thought about this and frowned He wasnt particularly
bothered if Gretel was being sent away because she was a
Hopeless Case and caused nothing but trouble for him But it
seemed a little unfair that they all had to go with her
but where he asked Where are e going exactly Why cant we
stay here
your fathers job explained Mother You know how important it
is dont you
yes of course said Bruno nodding his head because there were
always so many visitors to the house men in fantastic uniforms
women with typewriters that he had to keep his mucky hands
off – and they were always very polite to Father and told each
other that he was a man to watch and that the Fury has big
things in mind for him
well sometimes when someone is very important continued
Mother the man who employs him asks him to go somewhere
else because there’s a very special job that needs doing there
what kind of job asked Bruno because if he was honest with
himself which he always tried to be he wasnt entirely sure what
job Father did
in school they had talked about their fathers one day and Karl
had said that his father was a greengrocer which Bruno knew to
be true because he ran the greengrocers shop in the centre of
town And Daniel had said that his father was a teacher which
Bruno knew to be true because he taught the big boys who it
was always wise to steer clear of And Martin had said that his
father was a chef which Bruno knew to be true because he
sometimes collected Martin from School and when he did he
did he always wore a white smock and a tartan apron as if hed
just stepped out of his kitchen
but when they asked Bruno what his father did he opened his
mouth to tell them, then realised that he didnt know himself All
he could say was that his father was a man to watch and that
the Fury had big things in mind for him Oh and that he had a
fantastic uniform too
it’s a very important job said Mother hesitating for a moment
A job that needs a very special man to do it You can understand
that cant you
and we all have to go too asked Bruno
Of course we do said Mother You wouldn’t want Father to go
to his new job on his own and be lonely there would you
I suppose not said Bruno
father would miss us all terribly if we weren’t with him she
added
who would he miss the most asked Bruno Me of Gretel
He would miss you both equally said Mother for she was such a
great believer in not playing favourites which Bruno respected
especially since he knew that he was her favourite really
But what about our house asked Bruno
whos going to take care of it while were gone
Mother sighed and looked around the room as if she might
never see it again It was a very beautiful house and had five
floors in total if you included the basement where Cook made
all the food and Maria and Lars sat at the table arguing with
each other and calling each other names that you weren’t
supposed to use And if you added in the little room at the top
of the house with the slanted windows where Bruno could see
right across Berlin if he stood up on his tiptoes and held onto
the frame tightly
We have to close up the house for now said Mother But well
come back to it someday
And what about Cook asked Bruno And Lars and Maria Are they
not going to line in it
theyre coming with us explained Mother But thats enough
questions for now Maybe you should go upstairs and help
Maria with your packing
Bruno stood up from the seat but didnt go anywhere There
were just a few more questions he needed to put to her before
he could allow the matter to be settled
Personal Pronouns
Subject pronouns can be used to substitute a noun in the subject position in
a sentence.
Singular I You He She It
Plural We You They
Example: Martha works for a cellular company. She has to travel to Orlando every week.
Note on usage: Keep in mind that a name or noun should be used first to establish a frame of
reference in a conversation or a piece of writing.
Exceptions to this rule would be in creative writing, story telling, or when
using the pronouns you and I.
Possessive Pronouns
Possessive pronouns are used to show possession. They are not used with an
apostrophe or to modify a noun. They serve their purpose on their own.
Singular Mine Yours His Hers Its
Plural Ours Yours Theirs
Examples: This scientific discovery is theirs.
I want mine to go there.
Exercise: Identify the pronouns in the following sentences and work out
whether they are personal or possessive.
Bethany felt proud because she had scored 100% in her homework.
I walked to the park to meet my friend but she had already left.
My brother lost his calculator and asked to borrow mine.
Saskia and Carina boasted about their recent trip to the cinema.#
The dog licked its paws gently.
You should not make anyone feel uncomfortable.
I would like to see your new mobile phone.
Kelsey considered her options carefully before deciding that she did not want
another sandwich.
Reading Revision
Log onto SAM Learning (www.samlearning.com)
and practise your comprehension skills.
Click on Activities then Key Stage 3 then English
then Reading then Reading Focus: Critical
Interpretation then Reading Assessments.
There are five texts to work through:
 The Dreaded Day
 The Lost World
 Interview with a Vampire
 The Legend of the Vampire
 Dracula Theme Park