Expand your vocabulary and improve your spellling with the activities below. 

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Word endings

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Word endings

Do you want to get better at spelling? Would you like to know more about how to spell word endings? Do these activities and improve your spelling.

Missing letters

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Missing letters

When you add word endings to some words you have to think about what happens to the letters in the word. Some go missing and some stay the same.

Silent letters

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Silent letters

Do you want to get better at spelling? Would you like to know more about silent letters? Do these activities and improve your spelling.

Transport

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Transport

Can you spell ‘bus’, or ‘car’ or ‘ticket’? Practise spelling different types of transport in these activities.

Homophones

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Homophones

What do you notice about these words; ‘no’ and ‘know’ - ‘by’ and ‘buy’? Their pronunciation is the same, but the spelling is different. Words like these are called ‘homophones’. These activities help you to learn and practise 24 of them.

Free time

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Free time

Would you like to improve your spelling? These activities will give you lots of practise in spelling some free time activities. How many of the 18 words can you spell correctly?

Words ending in 'e'

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Words ending in 'e'

Some words lose a final ‘e’ (e.g. hope > hoping). But some words keep the ‘e’ (e.g. hope > hopeful). Do you know the spelling rules for when to lose the final ‘e’?

Countries

Students in a ESOL class.

Countries

Would you like to improve your spelling? These activities will give you lots of practise in spelling some countries. How many of the words can you spell correctly?

Food

Food in a canteen kitchen

Food

These activities will give you lots of practise in spelling some food vocabulary. How many of the words can you spell correctly?

Adjectives of personality

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Adjectives of personality

Do you want to get better at spelling? Would you like to know more about adjectives of personality? Learn ten positive and ten negative adjectives of personality. Do these activities and improve your spelling.

Refugees

Greenhouse

Refugees

A refugee, defined by the United Nations, is a person who is unable or unwilling to return to their country because of a well-founded fear of persecution based on their race.

Politics

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Politics

Here are some more words related to politics. Can you put the words in the right spaces to complete the definitions?

Recycling

Machinery in a workshop.

Recycling

We can recycle glass, paper, plastic and metal. We can also put left over food into our compost to use in a garden. Can you put the rubbish in the correct recycle bin?