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Frequently Misspelt Words

THINGS TO KNOW
Here are our top 100 words that often trick spellers when they write.

HINT
There are many ways to learn spelling –
• S tudy the word. Look at the vowel sounds, smaller words, the word shape and
tricky letter patterns.
• Sing, chant or move your body when you spell.
• U se a mnemonic. It is a way to help you remember a word –
because – Big elephants can always understand small elephants.
• S ay the word how it is spelt – say the word was with a short a sound (not a
short o sound).

about after again all always are around ask

ate away because been before blue brown by
call can’t come could day do does don’t
down each eight every fast find first found
four funny have her how into its jump
knee like little long look made make many
may meant more my new now number of
one or other our out party play please
people pretty said she should so some than
their them there these they though three time
to too two under use very was water
way were we’re what when where which who
why word won’t would write yellow you your

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Frequently Misspelt Words

HAVE A GO! The spelling mistake in each sentence has been underlined.
Write the correct spelling for each underlined word in the box.

1. T
 here are meny shells on this 1

beach.

2. I whont to have apple pie after 2

my dinner.

3. T
 here are too many peeplel in 3

this bus.

4. A
 nna sed she would wash the 4

dog this afternoon.

5. D
 o you remember wot we have 5

to do?

6. P
 ut a hat on so that the son 6

does not burn you.

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 Frequently Misspelt Words

STUDENT PAGE

The spelling mistake in each line has been underlined.

Write the correct spelling for each underlined word in the box.

1. Can you tell me wi you are upset? 1

2. I donnt know who forgot to lock 2

the door.

3. L
 iz shood win the race because 3

she has trained hard.

4. The frogs where croaking loudly. 4

5. I am feeling verey sick. 5

6. T
 he racing car is so farst that you 6

can hardly see it.

7. Could I use your pen plees? 7

8. L
 isa looked prity when she 8

dressed up like an angel.

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Homonyms

THINGS TO KNOW
• Homonyms are words that look or sound the same (or both) but have
different meanings.
• When you are working out the homonym to use, you need to think of the
meaning of the words.

HINT
You might use memory tricks and/or mnemonics to help you remember the
spelling and meanings of the homonyms –
This is the meat that you eat. A dear’s ear… Where are you – there or here?

Here are some homonyms:

ate be bean blew by bye cheep dear for
eight bee been blue buy cheap deer four
hear hole hour it’s knew knot know made
here whole our its new not no maid
mail meet one paw plain raw read road
male meat won poor plane roar red rode
saw sent son their to too weak which write
sore cent sun there two week witch right

HAVE A GO!
Which of the following completes the sentence correctly?

1. Can I      you at one o’clock? meet meat

 

2. Do you      what to do after this? no know

 

3. Yesterday I      on a horse for the rode road

first time.  

4. Australia      the football match. one won

 

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Homonyms

STUDENT PAGE

Which of the following completes the sentence correctly?

1. I can’t      what she is saying. hear here

 

2. The boys grabbed      shoes and their there

ran inside.  

3. I am too      to lift those bricks. week weak

 

4. K
 ate      four sandwiches and eight ate
two pieces of cake.  

Each sentence has one word that is incorrect.

Write the correct spelling of the word in the box.

5. I am going four a swim when I get 5

home.

6. I need to by a toothbrush to clean 6

my teeth.

7. T
 rish blue out all of the candles 7

on her cake.

8. Did you get that sum write? 8

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Making Plurals

THINGS TO KNOW
A plural means there are two or more of something or someone. One of
something or someone means it is singular.

1. Add the letter s to most nouns – dogs boys girls

2. A
 dd es to nouns ending in ch sh o s x or z. You can hear the extra es syllable
in most of these words – bunches bushes. Clap the syllables to see if you can
hear it.

3. Some words change their spelling – man/men goose/geese

4. S ome words have the same spelling for both singular (one) or plural (more than
one) – squid moose

HAVE A GO! Each sentence has one word that is incorrect.

Write the correct spelling of the word in the box.

1. T
 he farmer had to shear all of his 1

sheeps.

2. These henes have laid many eggs. 2

3. Y
 ou need to pack all of your 3

books into these boxs.

4. I have to clean all of my tooths. 4

5. W
 e have the best teacheres at 5

our school.

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Making Plurals

STUDENT PAGE

Each sentence has one word that is incorrect.

Write the correct spelling of the word in the box.

1. Mum said not to play with matchs. 1

2. W
 e fed the greedy duckes some 2

bread.

3. T
 here are ten fishes in my fish 3

tank.

4. I always wash the dishs after 4

dinner.

5. T
 he two mouse ran away from 5

the cat.

6. I had to make lunchs for my 6

brother and sister before they

went to school.

7. We have twenty child in our class. 7

8. M
 y teacher won’t let us throw 8

stonees in the playground.

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Making Words Past Tense

THINGS TO KNOW
The verb in a sentence must be in the past tense when it talks about something
that has already happened. This means it could have happened a minute or a
week ago, yesterday, last year or even ten years ago.

HINT
1. A
 dd ed to most verbs (or d if the word already ends in e) – jumped looked
pushed hopped hoped moped

2. S ome words use t rather than ed – wept felt slept

3. Some words change their spelling – run/ran wake/woke speak/spoke

TRAP
• D
 on’t get confused between past tense ed endings and simple d endings –
banned band
• Some words have ed endings that make a t sound – looked hopped

HAVE A GO! The spelling mistake in each line has been underlined.
Write the correct spelling for each underlined word in the box.

1. The baby pulld my hair. 1

2. H
 e keeped yelling even after 2

I asked him to be quiet.

3. I haven’t finishd cleaning up 3

yet.

4. J
 ames maked his bed this 4

morning.

5. The children singed well. 5

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Making Words Past Tense

STUDENT PAGE

The spelling mistake in each sentence has been underlined.

Write the correct spelling for each underlined word in the box.

1. It begin to rain so we went home. 1

2. T
 he car broke down so we walk 2

to the shops.

3. I sleeped in until ten o’clock. 3

4. M
 y brother writed down our 4

shopping list.

Each sentence has one word that is incorrect.

Write the correct spelling of the word in the box.

5. T
 he policeman helpt the people 5

in the car crash.

6. I waked when the sun came up. 6

7. I feeld happy when I got on the 7

boat.

8. The monkey climbd up the tree. 8

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Prefixes and Suffixes

THINGS TO KNOW
Prefixes and suffixes often help us understand the meanings of words and help
us with spelling.

HINT
• A
 prefix is a syllable that is added to the beginning of a word. It changes the
meaning of the word – happy unhappy
• A
 suffix is a syllable added to the end of a word. It changes its part of speech.
Sometimes the spelling of the base word may change when the suffix is added –
sun sunny

Prefix Meaning Example Suffix Meaning Example

one who (person) painter
in- not insane -er that which (thing) toaster
more softer
dis- not disagree -est most softest
re- again return -ful full of beautiful
un- not undo -ly / -y ike loudly, sandy

TRAP
Remember that the suffix -ful is spelt with only one l, not two – handful

HAVE A GO! The spelling mistake in each sentence has been underlined.
Write the correct spelling for each underlined word in the box.

1. T
 he bakar gets up early to bake 1

his bread.

2. P
 lease unnfold that dress and 2

hang it up.

3. T
 he ground is rockey so be 3

careful you don’t fall over.

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Prefixes and Suffixes

STUDENT PAGE

The spelling mistake in each sentence has been underlined.

Write the correct spelling for each underlined word in the box.

1. My sister is much olda than me. 1

2. I haven’t read any books latelee. 2

3. M
 y brother is always helpfull and 3

kind to me.

4. W
 e did not know who won the 4

game so we had to reaplay it.

5. T
 he judges had to check who 5

had the longist throw.

6. M
 y teachur lets us play games 6

when we finish our work.

7. It was raining so we played 7

endoors.

8. M
 y shoelace was all knotted so 8

I had to unntie it.

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 ANSWERS - SPELLING
Spelling Tips 1 3 fish
HAVE A GO! 4 dishes
1 sing 5 mice
2 dirt 6 lunches
3 wet 7 children
4 stamp 8 stones
5 When
6 chips Making Words Past Tense
7 flap HAVE A GO!
8 squeak 1 pulled
STUDENT PAGE: 2 kept
1 start 3 finished
2 strong 4 made
3 bin 5 sang
4 humps STUDENT PAGE:
5 thank 1 began
6 send 2 walked
7 wags 3 slept
8 splash 4 wrote
5 helped
Spelling Tips 2 6 woke
HAVE A GO! 7 felt
1 wake 8 climbed
2 hill
3 knit Prefixes and Suffixes
4 windy HAVE A GO!
5 head 1 baker
6 goats 2 unfold
7 hope 3 rocky
8 hatch STUDENT PAGE:
STUDENT PAGE: 1 older
1 beat 2 lately
2 fudge 3 helpful
3 today 4 replay
4 write 5 longest
5 pick 6 teacher
6 thirsty 7 indoors
7 thick 8 untie
8 deep
Homonyms
Making Plurals HAVE A GO!
HAVE A GO! 1 meet
1 sheep 2 know
2 hens 3 rode
3 boxes 4 won
4 teeth STUDENT PAGE:
5 teachers 1 hear
STUDENT PAGE: 2 their
1 matches 3 weak
2 ducks 4 ate

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 ANSWERS - SPELLING
5 for
6 buy
7 blew
8 right

Frequently Misspelt Words

HAVE A GO!
1 many
2 want
3 people
4 said
5 what
6 sun
STUDENT PAGE:
1 why
2 don’t
3 should
4 were
5 very
6 fast
7 please
8 pretty

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Spelling Tips 1

THINGS TO KNOW
• There are 5 vowels and 21 consonants in our alphabet.
• The vowels a e i o u can make a short, long or different sound.
• There is a vowel sound in every syllable of every word.

Good spellers listen to the sounds in a word. Then they write down the correct
letters that make those sounds. Here are some common letter choices we use when
we read and write. Practise reading them and saying the correct sounds.
1. Digraphs – sh ch th wh qu

HINT
• D
 on’t forget that th can make two sounds – a soft sound as in feather or a hard
sound as in thin.
• R
 emember that ch can make three sounds. The sound we use the most is in the
word chin. Other sounds are the k sound (school) or sh sound (machine chef)
• T
 he letter q is always followed by u – queen quack

2. B
 lends –
st sp sk sm sc sn sw – stop spot skip smock scan snip switch
pl cr cl fl fr – plan crab clap flag frog
bl br gr gl tr dr tw – black brim grin glad trip drip twin
str shr scr spr spl squ thr – string shrub scream spring splat squat throw
3. S hort vowels in consonant-vowel-consonant words with one syllable –
short a – map can cat sad short o – pot mop dot dog
short e – bed hen vet beg short u – fun rug bud sun
short i – bit zip his lid
4. Short vowels and beginning digraphs – then ship whip chop
5. Short vowels and beginning blends – grab drop flag flip
6. Short vowels and final digraphs – dish much with
7. S hort vowels before certain endings – ng nt nk and mp
Most vowels make a short sound –
– ing (ring) ong (song) ung (rung)
– ant (pant) ent (went) int (mint) ont (font) unt (grunt)
– ink (pink) onk (honk) unk (trunk)
– amp (ramp) emp (kemp) imp (chimp) omp (stomp) ump (bump)
Some vowels make a long vowel sound – ank (tank) ang (rang)
8. r -influenced vowels in words with one syllable –
the vowels or ar ir er ur now make a different sound – for car stir her fur

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Spelling Tips 1

HAVE A GO!
The spelling mistake in each sentence has been underlined.
Write the correct spelling for each underlined word in the box.

1. Can you seng me a song? 1

2. Y
 ou need to wash your face 2

because you have dert all over

you.

3. I need to dry myself because I 3

am very wit.

4. H
 ave you pasted a stap on the 4

letter?

5. Wen are we going there? 5

6. A
 re we having fish and ships for 6

dinner?

7. The bird likes to flep its wings. 7

8. I could hear the mouse sqeak. 8

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 Spelling Tips 1

STUDENT PAGE

The spelling mistake in each sentence has been underlined.

Write the correct spelling for each underlined word in the box.

1. When does the race strt? 1

2. Y
 ou will need to find someone 2

who is stong to lift that big box.

3. P
 lease put that mess in the 3

rubbish ben.

4. That camel has two hups on it. 4

5. I would like to thak you for 5

helping me.

6. M
 y Mum will sennd a letter to 6

me soon.

7. That puppy wugs its tail a lot. 7

8. I didn’t mean to spash water in 8

your face.

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Spelling Tips 2
1. We often double the letters f l s and z after the 5 short vowels – fizz off hiss

2. The letter patterns ck tch and dge are only used after a short vowel sound.
They are usually found at the end of words of one syllable –
• When the k sound is after a short vowel sound, it is spelt ck –
back neck kick
• When the j sound is after a short vowel sound, it is spelt dge –
edge badge bridge
• When the ch sound is after a short vowel sound, it is spelt tch –
itch match sketch

TRAP
There are many exceptions to the rule – rich sandwich much which

3. M
 ake sure the letter patterns found in these words don’t trick you –
ack (snack rack) and ake (snake rake)
ick (Mick lick) and ike (Mike like)
ock (rock stock) and oke (poke stroke)
uck (luck duck) and uke (Duke Luke)

4. W
 hen a word ends in a syllable making a long e sound, you often use y or
sometimes ey – happy untidy sunny monkey donkey

5. L
 ong vowel sounds – An e on the end of a word usually makes the vowel say its
name –
the a in game (a-e) the e in these (e-e) the i in time (i-e)
the o in bone (o-e) the u in cube (u-e)

TRAP
There are many exceptions to the rule – have gone give come one love

6. V
 owel pairs – Some vowel pairs make long vowel sounds. The letters in italics
below all make long vowel sounds –
long a (a-e ai) gate grape pain wait
long e (e-e ee ea) these here been green eat peach
long i (i-e) nice bite
long o (o-e oa) rope note road boat
long u (u-e oo ui) cute use moon boot fruit suit

HINT
The vowel pairs ai oa and ui are never found at the end of a word.

7. Silent beginning consonants kn wr – knot know wrap write

8. Short e sound spelled with letters ea – dead tread thread

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 Spelling Tips 2

HAVE A GO!
The spelling mistake in each sentence has been underlined.
Write the correct spelling for each underlined word in the box.

1. I have to wack up at five o’clock 1

on Sunday morning.

2. It was a long, hot walk up the hil. 2

3. My nana likes to nit. 3

4. It is very windee outside today. 4

5. J
 ade hit her hed when she fell 5

over.

6. W
 e loved the story about the 6

Three Billy Gots and the Troll.

7. The farmers hop it will rain soon. 7

8. W
 e were lucky to see the eggs 8

hach.

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Spelling Tips 2

STUDENT PAGE

The spelling mistake in each sentence has been underlined.

Write the correct spelling for each underlined word in the box.

1. I had to bet the eggs when I 1

made the cake.

2. I love to eat chocolate fudj. 2

3. Sam has to clean his room todai. 3

4. S
 imon said he would rite me a 4

postcard when he went away.

5. M
 arty dropped his books on the 5

floor so he had to pike them all up.

6. T
 hey were very thistee after 6

playing in the sun.

7. M
 y sister has thin hair but mine 7

is very thik.

8. I do not swim in the dep end of 8

the pool.

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