S3 spelling

1. Stage 3 spelling plan
Class 4/5Z – Year 4 word list
Class 4/5Z - Year 5 word list
Class 5A - Year 5 word List
Class Year 6 Word List

2. Based on PMWords, K-6 Spelling document & NSWEnglishSyllabusforAustralianCurriculum
Week
Term One Term Two Term Three Term Four
High Frequency Phonics Rule High Frequency Phonics Rule High Frequency Phonics Rule High Frequency Phonics Rule
1 None
opposite
kilometre
feature
straight
should've
ttle
bottle
throttle
little
settle
rattle
hop
rub
shrug
trim
level
research
material
language
necessary
tomorrow
might've
ph
phone
orphan
photo
nephew
phantom
beauty
bounty
duty
fancy
plenty
himself
themselves
your
yours
yourselves
occupy
ou
pounce
amount
counter
fountain
trousers
armful
basketful
bucketful
cupful
handfuls
Rule When a word ends in a short vowel followed bya
singular consonant, double the last letter before
adding ‘ed’ or ‘ing’.
Words that have a consonant followedbyy,
change the yto i before adding-ful.
Words endingin -ful form the pluralby
adding -s.
2 orchestra
computer
special
message
passenger
observe
o-e
close
smoke
froze
spoke
drove
whiz
quiz
prefix
reflex
search
already
sincerely
tomorrow
whenever
although
it's
oi
boil
soil
coin
choice
noise
funny
busy
tidy
cheery
easy
behave
collect
create
decide
defend
been
ound
sound
hound
round
found
mound
dingo
echo
hero
mosquito
potato
Rule Words that endin‘ch’, ‘x’ or ‘z’ are made plural
byadding ‘es’.
Describing words that endin‘y’, change ‘y’ to ‘I’
before adding‘er’ and‘est’.
Some words endingino canbe made plural
byadding -es.
3 without
or
yet
animal
length
isn't
-are
fare
stare
dared
spared
careful
test
earn
warn
alarm
doubt
fauna
Aboriginal
calendar
canteen
colony
circuit
i-e
drive
beside
thrive
wire
shire
empty
bury
marry
reply
copy
theirs
its
thousand
research
Australia
orange
silent ‘k’
knot
kneel
known
knuckle
knitting
silent
bold
surprising
kind
proud
shouldn't
would've
wouldn't
mightn't
could've
useful
qu
queue
queen
quite
quiet
liquid
domino
ghetto
gazebo
halo
lasso
Rule When a word hastwo consonants at the
end, just addthe endings ‘ed’ and‘ing’.
Words that endin‘y’ change the ‘y’ to ‘I’ when
adding ‘es’ and ‘ed’. Keep the ‘y’ when adding
‘ing’.
Most adjectives that endin consonants add‘ly’
to form the adverb.
A few words ending inthe single vowel ‘o’
add ‘s’ to make the plural.
4 custom
lunch
dinner
instrument
respect
won't
-ear
bear
wear
wearing
hear
hearing
stop
trim
scrub
travel
model
difficult
equal
length
different
female
-ea
beat
cheap
peace
scream
cheat
dispatch
sandwich
bench
approach
blotch
digest
discuss
discover
divide
explain
ow
yellow
sorrow
shown
fellow
barrow
half
knife
leaf
shelf
thief
photograph
autograph
occupy
present
require
there's
less
bless
worthless
lessons
tireless
useless
sleepy
heavy
easy
steady
cosy
Rule Verbs that have a short vowel followedbya
single consonant, double the last letter
before adding-edor -ing.
Words endinginch addes For some words endinginf or fe, change the f or
fe to v and add -es for plurals.
When anadjective (describingword) ends in
‘y’, change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ before adding
‘ly’.Example: happy, happily
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3. Based on PMWords, K-6 Spelling document & NSWEnglishSyllabusforAustralianCurriculum
Stage Two- Year Four
Week Term One Term Two Term Three Term Four
6 further
important
compare
contain
depend
settle
air
dairy
pair
stairs
aircraft
airport
write
race
amuse
trade
handle
escape
respect
estimate
identify
need
travel
ai
paid
saint
remain
praise
grain
abolish
duplex
flummox
accomplish
dress
finalist
finally
being
be
transport
portable
ect
direct
effect
inject
select
defect
achieve
believe
piece
ceiling
receive
wasn't
aren't
man
men
octagon
octopus
dge
badge
hedge
ledge
wedge
bridge
shorten
lengthen
sweeten
ripen
deepen
Rule When a word ends witha silent ‘e’ dropthe ‘e’
before adding‘ing’.
Words endingins, x, sh addes i' before 'e' except after 'c'. Manywords that end in‘en’ do not have to
double the last letter whenadding‘ed’ or
‘ing’.
7 whomever
therefore
whatever
everyone
everywhere
imagine
tch
hatch
hatching
patch
patched
match
bottle
flood
rattle
length
badge
question
Sydney
who's
quarrel
clause
alter
au
cause
fraud
exhaust
naughty
applaud
employ
follow
empty
marry
reply
telephone
telescope
television
couldn't
agree
frozen
ness
business
quickness
laziness
closeness
brightness
injury
duty
baby
family
city
locate
measure
modify
activities
person
personal
silent ‘b’
comb
crumb
doubt
bomb
thumb
railway
boy
valley
journey
convoy
Rule Most nouns are made plural by adding ‘s’. Usually, whena word contains a long vowel
sound, donot double the last consonant when
adding ‘er’, ‘ed’ and‘ing’
Words that endina ‘y’ immediately
precededbya consonant, change ‘y’ into
‘i’ before adding ‘es’. Example: ferry,
ferries
Words that endin‘ay’, ‘oy’, ‘ey’ and ‘uy’ add
‘s’ to form the plural.
8 Britain
method
phrase
should
flavour
activity
tion
caption
traction
fiction
traction
satisfaction
cheer
wonder
thought
delight
power
Canberra
religion
among
against
principal
trust
silent ‘h’
honour
honest
ghost
ache
stomach
cherry
biography
emergency
accuracy
apology
must've
mustn't
needn't
women
here's
advertise
silent w
wrist
wrote
wrong
whole
wrestle
cliff
bluff
sniff
staff
puff
trail
track
aloud
create
hasten
December
ear
earn
early
pearl
heard
earned
mean
meant
learn
learnt
burnt
Rule When adding ‘full’ to the end ofa word drop
one ‘l’.
Words endinginychange to ies whenno
vowel
For words ending in -ff, just addan -s Some words endingin'n', whenchanging
from present to past tense, adda 't' to the
end.
9 centre
office
system
guess
community
personality
bble
rabble
dabble
bubbles
squabble
babble
study
fly
fairy
ferry
butterfly
neighbour
false
human
naughty
breathe
mountain
ew
chew
fewer
grew
threw
newest
apply
satisfy
worry
qualify
mystify
narrator
narrative
student
octagonal
office
yesterday
er
baker
sister
mister
neither
allergic
fish
deer
sheep
salmon
offspring
cent
centimetre
centigrade
angry
careless
follow
igh
sigh
fright
higher
plight
tighten
fungus
fungi
larva
larvae
cactus
Rule Words endinginychange to ies whennovowel Changing yto i before adding -ed Some words, when referring to singular
and plural, staythe same.
Some words change, whenpluralized,
change to new words.
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4. Based on PMWords, K-6 Spelling document & NSWEnglishSyllabusforAustralianCurriculum
Yearly Overview- Stage 3
Stage Three – Year 5
Week Term One Term Two Term Three Term Four
Core Words Phonics Rule High
Frequency
Phonics Rule High
Frequency
Phonics Rule High
Frequency
Phonics Rule
1
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And
Testing
nor
reduce
consequently
direction
hygiene
influence
issue
rhombus
-ough
bough
trough
enough
though
thorough
annoy
buy
convey
copy
delay
although
area
opinion
meanwhile
parallel
except
illustrate
survey
-ed
invited
scared
divided
surprised
abolished
appear
offer
order
suffer
whisper
predict
desert
coastal valley
erosion
climate
February
magazine
situation
-ign
sign
reign
resign
design
foreign
discussion
election
invention
objection
admit
Rule Some words ending in y remainunchanged when
adding -ing.
Normally whenadding anending to a wordwith a
final r, just add the ending.
For words that end inct,ssor t, add -ion.
2 leisure
material
intersect
investigate
famous
favourite
figure
author
-our
four
detour
armour
saviour
harbour
control
level
quarrel
travel
marvel
barometer
yourselves
thirsty
archer
bought
absurd
material
January
-ery
fiery
grocery
bakery
recovery
machinery
jar
mar
occur
prefer
tar
disaster
breeze
happily
wearily
exclaim
squeeze
neighbour
manufacture
-age
savage
voyage
package
carriage
marriage
deletion
education
fascination
confusion
reduction
Rule When a word ends inl, doublethel before adding
the suffix.
Double the r before adding -ing to words thathave a
single vowel followedby a consonantattheend.
Ifthe word ends inte, ce or se drop the ebefore
adding -ion.
3 annoy
business
tradition
therefore
guard
official
reign
heritage
-ai
abstain
campaign
fainthearted
mosaics
domain
armful
basketful
bucketful
pocketful
spoonful
except
expect
percussion
purchase
quite
appear
accurate
health
--able
comfortable
suitable
available
lovable
adorable
bare
close
firm
glad
quick
decide
identify
appreciate
demonstrate
elect
interrupt
manage
prepare
-y
scenery
naughty
necessity
cemetery
difficulty
cancel
label
level
marvel
patrol
volcano
insect
delightful
caption
function
bisection
calculation
cancellation
-ion
friction
opinion
session
election
selection
picnic
mimic
traffic
frolic
panic
Rule Words ending in-ful form the plural by adding -s. The basicruleis that-ly is addedto the end ofthe
adjective.
When adding a suffixbeginning with a vowel,to
words ending inl, doublethel.
Ifa verb ends in ac or ic, always adda –k before
adding thesuffixes-ed,-ing, -y, or -er.
4 arrange
besides
height
fright
frighten
frightened
frightening
absurd
-ure
future
picture
feature
fracture
creature
beauty
bounty
duty
fancy
plenty
variety
foreign
suggest
energy
identical
accident
accept
artificial
-ful
peaceful
colourful
powerful
thoughtful
helpful
comfortable
gentle
horrible
incredible
simple
cyclone
famous
vertebrate
decoration
canoe
launch
explain
mischief
-ible
legible
visible
possible
responsible
flexible
glamour
humour
labour
odour
alternatively
considerate
reptile
mammal
earthquake
vacation
happiest
overbearing
-ous
curious
famous
cautious
gracious
generous
cease
celebrate
cement
bicycle
lacy
Rule Words that havea consonant followed by y, change
the y to i before adding -ful.
Ifthe word ends with a consonant followedby le,
replacethefinale with -y on its own.
When adding suffixes to a noun thatends in -our,
drop the u beforeadding the following endings:
-ous, -ious, -ary -ation, -ific or -ise.
When a word starts with c and is followed by e,i or
y, it is pronouncedas s. Otherwise,it says cas in
cat. Whena c is followed by e,i, or y it is
pronounced as s.
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5. Based on PMWords, K-6 Spelling document & NSWEnglishSyllabusforAustralianCurriculum
Stage Three – Year 5
Week Term One Term Two Term Three Term Four
High
Frequency
Phonics Rule High
Frequency
Phonics Rule High
Frequency
Phonics Rule High
Frequency
Phonics Rule
6 complete
compete
breathe
broad
despite
emergency
service
sphere
-ect
correct
select
respect
inspect
perfect
bliss
care
cheer
doubt
dread
rhyme
rhythm
separate
accident
accept
queue
appreciate
Melbourne
-ory
glory
history
victory
territory
introductory
extreme
futile
serene
sole
vile
miserable
species
Hobart
applied
satisfied
worried
falsified
qualified
-ly
frequently
peacefully
gradually
occasionally
accidentally
peculiar
helpful
Mercury
invertebrate
planet,
discovery
departure
attractive
-ance
romance
entrance
abundance
attendance
substance
antique
aqua
quake
quality
quiz
Rule The related ending fully forms adverbs. This suffixis
always spelled withdoublel.
When a word ends ine aftera long vowel, add -ly. When adding other endings, suchas -ful, -ite, -
able or -less, the -our spelling stays thesame.
In the spelling ofEnglish words, the letter q is
always followed by theletter u.
7 consider
continue
apology
apologise
curious
sign
significant
Victoria
-le
able
single
stable
couple
trouble
convey
delay
employ
enjoy
spray
affectionate
asteroid
vertebrate
vacuum
jewel
energetic
implement
grandfather
-oi
moisture
joint
poison
avoid
embroider
angry
busy
greedy
happy
heavy
Tasmania
experiment
express
property
instantly
surround
breakers
drowned
-al
trial
spiral
factual
cordial
personal
colour
favour
odour
honour
humour
anxious
nephew
hurrying
complaint
policeman
heroes
annual
tomato
silent k
knot
knife
kneel
knight
knowledge
adopt
confess
extinct
invent
product
Rule Words that havea vowel followedby y, just add
the suffix. ed, er, s
Ifan adjective has twosyllables and ends in y,
change they to i beforeadding -ly.
When adding other endings, suchas -ful, -ite, -able
or -less, the -our spelling stays the same.
For words that end inct,ssor t, add -ion.
8 continue
dangerous
belief
beliefs
believe
believer
certain
Canberra
-ain
main
brain
claim
contain
entertain
apply
satisfy
worry
falsify
qualify
mystify
variety
terrible
compete
experiment
unenviable
gigantic
thorough
horizontal
-au
cause
beauty
caution
August
applaud
awful
careful
hopeful
local
magical
Neptune
double
remark
appoint
applying
excellent
chocolate
complaint
-ise
rise
wise
realise
advise
devise
apply
carry
empty
heavy
pretty
factory
arrange
slippery
memory
property
usefully
source
poison
silent s
isle
aisle
island
debris
viscount.
create
decorate
educate
fascinate
separate
Rule Words that havea consonant followed by y, change
the y to i beforeadding a suffix
Ifthe word ends inful or al, add-ly When adding a suffixbeginning with a vowel toa
word ending in y, change the y to i beforeadding
the suffix:-ed, -est,-er, -ance,-es, -ous, -able
Ifthe word ends inte, ce or se drop the ebefore
adding -ion.
9 condition
exciting
piece
solution
peace
beginning
pedestrian
emergency
-ue
avenue
pursue
rescue
value
argue
tie
die
lie
vie
pleasure
relative
headache
manage
variety
terrible
compete
experiment
-ow
clown
drown
browse
shower
coward
basic
comic
magic
electric
tragic
startle
employ
journey
helpless
obedient
difficult
popular
nature
-en
sicken
shorten
broaden
sweeten
lengthen
beauty
cloudy
drowsy
happy
magnify
wharves
wharfs
umbrella
lightning
remember
handkerchief
adventure
safety
silent p
cupboard
tempt
empty
raspberry
receipt
challenge
damage
emergency
exaggerate
fragile
Rule Verbs thatend in -iechange the-ie to -y before
adding -ing.
When a word ends inic,add -ally When adding a suffixbeginning with a consonant to
a word ending in y, changethey to i before adding
the suffix: -ness, -less, -ful, -ly,-ment, -cation
When g used in themiddleofa wordand is
followed by e,it makes a j sound.
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6. Based on PMWords, K-6 Spelling document & NSWEnglishSyllabusforAustralianCurriculum
Stage Three- Year Six
Week Term One Term Two Term Three Term Four
High Frequency Phonics Rule High Frequency Phonics Rule High Frequency Phonics Rule High Frequency Phonics Rule
1
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And
Testing
besides
despite
except
nor
acute
immediate
lastly
neither
otherwise
previously
-er
anger
canter
proper
faster
cheaper
catch
discuss
fast
notify
supply
obtuse
absence
discount
permanent
employment
though
practice
ancient
appropriate
average
auto-
auto
automatic
autograph
automobile
autopilot
assistant
brilliant
defiant
distant
elegant
continuous
degree
electric
disease
busy
coarse
sculpture
conscious
guest
settlement
-arium
aquarium
terrarium
planetarium
solarium
oceanarium
agree
disagree
knee
decree
oversee
Rule When a word ends intwoconsonants andyou want
to add the suffix -ing, no letters are doubled.
Words ending in-ant changeto -ancein the noun
form
Words withdouble‘ee’s keep their ‘e’s when adding
‘ing’ e.g. referee/refereeing
2 theatre
collage
tourist
character
culture
physical
physician
argument
according
department
-or
terror
visitor
author
equator
collector
monstrous
curious
generous
glamour
humour
indigenous
national
excursion
afterwards
indigenous
diagonal
diameter
obstacle
signature
advertise
-ei
deceit
ceiling
receipt
receive
conceited
absent
evident
innocent
resident
silent
vehicle
temperature
environment
equal
equilateral
equivalent
amazement
arrangement
certificate
candidate
-dge
bridge
dodge
gadget
pledge
edge
different
evident
competent
defend
patient
Rule Ifa word ends in our orousleaveouttheu before
adding thesuffixes -ousand -ity.
Words ending in-ent changeto –encein thenoun
form.
Most words that end in‘end’ or ‘ent’change to‘ence’
to take thenounform
3 national
tonne
occasion
necessary
quite
civil
civilian
medical
medicine
medication
-ey
valley
money
chimney
journey
monkey
dissolve
evolve
resolve
revolve
solve
several
equipment
similar
opponent
vegetation
accommodate
communicate
accompany
compete
reserve
re-
repair
relax
replay
reduce
repossess
anxiety
victory
fury
luxury
victory
vary
exercise
evaluate
practise
economy
economic
economical
population
popular
popularity
pre-
previous
precede
predict
preserve
prepare
build
employ
lecture
plumb
repair
thermometer
thermal
thermostat
expel
dispel
propel
judge
judgment
adjudicator
judicial
-ian
magician
musician
electrician
politician
technician
final
lethal
classical
annual
unusual
Rule If a word ends in -ve, changetheve tout before
adding -ion.
When adding -ous to words that end ince ory,
change thee or y toi before adding -ous.
For most commoneverydaywords just add -er. Double the‘l’, beforeadding ‘y’ e.g final/finally
4 official
tradition
survey
museum
vacuum
revive
survive
symmetry
sympathy
symphony
-ar
solar
molar
guitar
calendar
caterpillar
conclude
decide
divide
invade
persuade
ache
guide
especially
appreciate
persuade
equal
equilateral
equivalent
maximum
maximize
-our
colour
flavour
saviour
humour
labour
change
courage
manage
love
notice
eventually
ascend
balance
specific
descend
geology
geometry
geographic
million
millilitre
-ience
science
patience
audience
obedience
impatience
conduct
educate
illustrate
instruct
navigate
organise
calculate
disappoint
celebrate
pollute
involve
revolve
evolve
sympathy
encourage
-tude
attitude
longitude
attitude
gratitude
latitude
altogether
although
almost
already
always
Rule If a word ends in de,change the deto sbefore
adding -ion.
When adding -ableor -ous to words ending in ge or
ce, keep thee.
Words which end inct, it, ate,or ess, takethe
ending -or.
When adding ‘all’ tothebeginning ofwords,dropone
‘l’ e.g all +most=almost
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7. Based on PMWords, K-6 Spelling document & NSWEnglishSyllabusforAustralianCurriculum
Week Term One Term Two Term Three Term Four
High Frequency Phonics Rule High Frequency Phonics Rule High Frequency Phonics Rule High Frequency Phonics Rule
6 temporary
fraction
implement
minister
politics
avert
convert
revert
divert
statement
-eigh
eight
eighteen
neighbour
sleigh
weigh
weight
comprehend
expand
extend
suspend
enlarge
introduce
injure
relax
represent
aspire
conspire
respire
perspire
awkward
mis-
misfire
mistake
misplace
miscount
misbehave
arrange
amaze
state
advance
move
vertical
thorough
product
affect
issue
dessert
cereal
envelope
sufficient
library
ped-
pedal
pedlar
pedestal
pedigree
pedicure
confectionary
disciplinary
legendary
revolutionary
stationary
classify
examine
recognise
commit
recommend
interior
applaud
persuade
character
ornament
-cede/ -eed
precede
concede
recede
exceed
proceed
sudden
free
hopeful
careful
beautiful
Rule If a word ends in nd, change the d to s before adding -
ion.
Keep the e before adding an ending beginning with a
consonant - ment
If a word ends in -ary, it is usually an adjective. Most adjectives add ‘ly’ to form the adverb
e.g sudden/suddenly
7 entirely
computing
surgeon
approach
awesome
spectacular
benevolent
annoyance
complimentary
desert
-ae
aerobics
aeroplane
aerial
aerosol
aeronaut
aerate
describe
inscribe
prescribe
subscribe
miser
miserable
curiosity
envy
purpose
question
machine
direction
condition
serial
-ity
ability
quality
community
majority
minority
forgive
late
pale
close
sore
apologetic
exhaust
exhausted
exhausting
inexhaustible
describe
inscribe
proscribe
transcribe
beginning
dis-
disease
dislodge
distribute
dishonest
disapprove
bravery
delivery
discovery
recovery
stationery
negotiate
approve
occur
alternate
determine
their
there
they’re
difficult
unusual
-ive
creative
active
detective
protective
festive
accept
avoid
comfort
distinguish
laugh
Rule If a word ends in ibe, drop the e and change the b to pt
before adding -ion.
Keep the e before adding an ending beginning with a
consonant - ness
If a word ends in -ery, it is probably a noun. Review - For many words, no spelling changes are
necessary. Suffix -able
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actual
interior
imitate
beauty
warrior
exterior
superior
applaud
aeroplane
cent-
cent
century
centenary
centigrade
centimetre
centipede
conceive
deceive
perceive
receive
exactly
unusual
exercise
example
vigour
visible
safely
grammar
verdict
honour
-ant
vacant
pleasant
ignorant
elephant
attendant
care
help
sincere remorse
success
continue
virtual
suddenly
structure
fragile
venture
capsule
reliable
cultural
misspell
-ious
anxious
gracious
precious
spacious
delicious
radio
video
cameo
ratio
studio
remember
procession
suite
leisure
feature
customise
vacuum
treasure
discussion
conclusion
-ise
advertise
exercise
improvise
compromise
despise
adore
believe
compare
debate
describe
Rule If a verb ends in eive, drop the silent e and change the
ve to pt before adding -ion.
Keep the e before adding a suffix beginning with a
consonant- less –ful -ly
Words ending in a double vowel with an –o sound, just
add -s
Review- For most words that end in e, drop the e
before adding -able.
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average
beneath
education
calculate
liquid
college
contestant
origin
circular
-ee
referee
refugee
carefree
employee
guarantee
indent
celebrate
decorate
educate
present
diary
territory
intimate
appetite
precious
purchase
develop
beneath
although
varied
-iety
piety
variety
society
anxiety
propriety
carry
copy
defy
marry
occupy
confide
investigate
announce
contribute
faulty
rodent
sincere
obvious
curiosity
sacrifice
-let
booklet
pamphlet
droplet
anklet
bracelet
available
flexible
possible
responsible
visible
envious
insignificant
enviable
significance
unenviable
strength
sensible
approval
statement
location
-ary
temporary
primary
necessary
extraordinary
summary
change
enforce
manage
notice
peace
Rule The suffix -ation can be added to words to form nouns.
If the word ends in te drop the e before adding -ation.
Always keep the y when adding the suffix –ing or any
other suffix beginning with an -i.
Drop the le before adding –ility to a base word. Review- Words that end in e following the consonants
c or g, usually retain the e before adding -able
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