Skip to content

Spellings

Statutory Spelling Challenge Words

  1. amateur
  2. ancient
  3. bargain
  4. muscle
  5. queue
  6. recognise
  7. twelfth
  8. profession
  9. develop
  10. harass

Unstressed vowels in polysyllabic words

  1. definite
  2. desperate
  3. literate
  4. secretary
  5. stationary
  6. dictionary
  7. Wednesday
  8. familiar
  9. original
  10. animal

Adding verb prefixes de- and re-

  1. deflate
  2. deform
  3. decode
  4. decompose
  5. defuse
  6. recycle
  7. rebuild
  8. rewrite
  9. replace
  10. revisit

Adding verb prefix over-

  1. overthrow
  2. overturn
  3. overslept
  4. overcook
  5. overreact
  6. overtired
  7. overcoat
  8. overpaid
  9. overlook
  10. overbalance

Convert nouns or verbs into adjectives using suffix -ful

  1. boastful
  2. faithful
  3. doubtful
  4. fearful
  5. thankful
  6. beautiful
  7. pitiful
  8. plentiful
  9. fanciful
  10. merciful

Convert nouns or verbs into adjectives using suffix -ive

  1. attractive
  2. creative
  3. addictive
  4. assertive
  5. abusive
  6. cooperative
  7. exhaustive
  8. appreciative
  9. offensive
  10. expressive

Convert nouns or verbs into adjectives using suffix -al

 

  1. musical
  2. political
  3. accidental
  4. mathematical
  5. functional
  6. tropical
  7. bridal
  8. central
  9. global
  10. industrial