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Year 2
Autumn Term
Week Spelling Statutory requirements Rules and Guidance Examples Exception words 1 dge The dge sound spelt as
dge at the end of words
After short vowels -dge
Badge, badger, edge, hedge, ledge, sledge, bridge, ridge, lodger, budget, fudge, judge, nudge, trudge, sludge, smudge
Door Floor poor
2 dge: ge The dge sound spelt as ge at the end of words
After all other sounds -ge
Age, cage, page, sage, damage, change, bulge, village, strange
because
3 dge: g The dge sound spelt as g often before e,i,y
In other positions in words
Gem, giant, magic, giraffe, energy, ginger, general, genius, gentle, gym, danger, angel, giant, imagine, stranger,
Find Kind Mind behind
4 dge: j Never j at the end of words
Jacket, jar, jog, join, adjust, joke, juggle, enjoy, joint, jerseys, jumper, jockey, journey, jelly, injury, banjo, January
Child Wild
5 s: c The s sound is spelt c before e, i and y
Ice, cell, city, fancy, dice, nice, price, rice, slice, spice, twice, rejoice, cinema, circle, circuit, circular, circus, city, cease, cellar, cement, centre, century, certain, cycle, cyclone, cygnet, cymbals, face, palace, place, race, space, surface, trace, chance, dance, pencil, decide, recite
children
6 n: kn and gn The n sound spelt kn and less often gn at the beginning of words
The k and g at the beginning of words was sounded out
Knee, knuckle, kneel, knew, knickers, knight, knit, knives, knob, knock, knot, know, knife
climb
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hundreds of years ago.
Gnarled, gnash, gnat, gnaw, gnomes, sign
7 r: wr The r sound spelt wr at the beginning of words
Wrap, wrapper, wreck, wrestle, wriggle, wrinkle, wrist, write, wrong, wriggly, wrinkly
most
8 l: le The l sound spelt -le at the end of words
This is the most common spelling for the l sound at the end of words
Bubble, scribble, cuddle, middle, muddle, puddle, paddle, riddle, saddle, juggle, smuggle, apple, battle, bottle, kettle, little, dazzle, drizzle, puzzle, bible, bundle, candle, dawdle, handle, needle, noodle, poodle, chuckle, prickle, tickle, uncle, angle, ankle, grumble, able, cable, fable, sable, table, sample, simple
only
9 l: el The l sound spelt -el at the end of words
After m,n,r,s,v,w and more often than not after s
Camel, tunnel, squirrel, travel, towel, tinsel, Marvel, excel, rebel, quarrel, angel, label, cancel
both
10 l: al and il The l sound spelt –al and -il at the end of words
Mostly adjectives end –al Very few end -il
Final, medical, magical, special, several, normal, natural, musical, initial Spoil, pencil, fossil, nostril
Old Cold Gold Hold told
11 igh: y The igh sound spelt as –y at the end of words
This is the most common spelling for this sound at the end of words
By, cry, dry, fly, my, sky, sty, sly, try, apply, deny, rely, reply, supply
Every everybody
12 Plural nouns y- ies
Adding –es to nouns ending in -y
Change y to an i and add ed
Armies, berries, babies, centuries, cities, countries, diaries, dictionaries, enemies, fairies,
even
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factories, families, hobbies, injuries, jellies, ladies, libraries, lollies, lorries, memories, ponies, puppies
13 y- ies Adding –es to words ending in -y
Change y to an i and add es
Applies, bullies, cries, denies, fries, lies, relies, replies, qualities, satisfies, spies, supplies, tries, carries, hurries, marries, scurries, tidies, varies, worries
Great Christmas
14 Verbs past tense y- ied
Adding –ed to a root word ending in-y with a consonant before it.
Change y to an i and add ed
Applied, bullied, cried, denied, fried, lied, relied, replied, qualified, satisfied, spied, supplied, tried, carried, hurried, married, scurried, tidied, varied, worried
Break steak
Year 2
Spring Term
Week Spelling Statutory requirements Rules and Guidance Examples Exception words 1 Comparative
y- ier Adding –er to a root word ending with a –y with a consonant before it
Change y to an i and add -er
Angrier, busier, clumsier, chillier, cosier, crazier, dirtier, dustier, funnier, happier, healthier, heavier, hungrier, lazier, lonelier, lovelier, luckier, merrier, nastier, noisier, prettier, rustier, sillier, tidier
pretty
2 Superlative y- iest
Adding –est to a root word ending in a –y with a consonant before it
Change y to an i and add -est
Angriest, busiest, clumsiest, chilliest, cosiest, craziest, dirtiest, dustiest, funniest, happiest, healthiest, heaviest, hungriest, laziest, loneliest, loveliest, luckiest,
beautiful
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merriest, nastiest, noisiest, prettiest, rustiest, silliest, tidiest
3 y- ing Adding –ing to a root word ending in a –y with a consonant before it
Just add -ing do not change the –y because it would be ii Only words with ii are skiing, taxiing
Crying, drying, frying, prying, trying, applying, carrying, denying, hurrying, marrying, replying, relying, scurrying, supplying, tidying, varying
after
4 Verbs e- ing
Adding –ing to a root word ending in an –e with a consonant before it
Take off the e and add -ing
Closing, driving, hoping, joking, liking, lining, making, naming, poking, saving, scraping, shaking, sliding, smiling, taking, timing, tuning, using, waving, bouncing, dancing, wriggling, writing
Fast Last past
5 Verbs e- ed
Adding –ed to a root word ending in an –e with a consonant before it
Take off the e and add -ed
Amazed, closed, named, saved, smiled, used, wave, baked, hoped, joked, liked, shaped, smoked, hated, grumbled, surprised
father
6 Comparative and Superlative e- er and est
Adding –er and -est to a root word ending in a –e with a consonant before it
Take off the e and add –er and -est
Closer, nicer, driver, hoper, joker, liker, liner, maker, poker, saver, scraper, shaker, slider, taker, timer, tuner, user, waver Closest, nicest
Class Grass pass
7 e- y Adding –y to a root word ending in an –e with a consonant before it
Take off the e and add –y Exceptions: Jokey, smiley
Smoky, wavy, shaky, shiny plant
8 Doubling consonants -ing
Adding –ing to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter.
The last consonant letter of the root word is doubled to keep the short vowel sound
Patting, clapping, cutting, digging, dragging, dropping, flapping, getting, grabbing, hopping, hugging, humming, letting, planning, running, shopping, skipping, spinning,
Path bath
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stepping, wetting, winning, slipping, stopping
9 Past tense Doubling Consonants -ed
Adding –ed to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter.
The last consonant letter of the root word is doubled to keep the short vowel sound
Chatted, chopped, clapped, dragged, dripped, dropped, fitted, grabbed, hopped, hugged, patted, planned, popped, rubbed, skipped, slapped, slipped, stepped, stopped, trapped wrapped
hour
10 Comparative Doubling consonants -er
Adding –er to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter.
The last consonant letter of the root word is doubled to keep the short vowel sound
Fatter, planner, winner, spinner, skipper, swimmer, beginner, thinner, fitted, robber, shopper, chopper, hopper, runner, drummer, rubber, cutter, bigger, hotter
Move Prove improve
11 Doubling consonants -est
Adding –est to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter.
The last consonant letter of the root word is doubled to keep the short vowel sound
Biggest, thinnest, fattest, fittest, hottest
sure
12 Doubling consonants -y
Adding –y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter.
The last consonant letter of the root word is doubled to keep the short vowel sound
Runny, funny, sunny sugar
Year 2
Summer Term
Week Spelling Statutory requirements Rules and Guidance Examples Exception words 1 or- a The or sound spelt a
before l and ll All, ball, call, walk, talk, always,
small, tall, wall, stalk, almighty, eye
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almost, alone, along, already, also, altogether, always
2 u: o The u sound spelt o Other, mother, brother, nothing, Monday, monkey
Could Should would
3 Plural -ey
The y sound spelt -ey The plural of these words is formed by the addition of -s
Trolleys, turkeys, valleys, donkeys, jerseys, jockeys, journeys, keys, monkeys, chimneys, abbeys
who
4 o: a The short o sound spelt a after w and qu
The most common spelling for the short o sound after w and qu is a
Wad, wallet, wand, wander, want, was, wash, wasp, watch, swab, swallow, swamp, swan, swap, swat, squabble, quality, quantity, quarter, squash, qualified
whole
5 er: or The er sound spelt or There are not many of these words
Word, work, worm, world, worth, earthworm
Any many
6 or: ar The or sound spelt ar after w
There are not many of these words
War, warm, towards clothes
7 Suffixes -ment
Suffix -ment If a suffix starts with a consonant letter, it is added straight on to most root words without any change to the last letter of the word. Exceptions:
1. argument 2. Root words
ending in –y with a consonant
achievement, advertisement, amusement, arrangement, employment, environment, excitement, government, management, movement, ornament, replacement, statement
busy
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before it but only if the root word has more than one syllable
3. Root words ending in –e with an l before it changes to -ly
8 Suffixes -ness and ful
Suffixes –ness and ful If a suffix starts with a consonant letter, it is added straight on to most root words without any change to the last letter of the word.
Braveness, childishness, darkness, fairness, foolishness, kindness, lateness, suddenness, willingness Emptiness, happiness, heaviness, hungriness, laziness, loneliness, tidiness Boastful, careful, faithful, forgetful, handful, grateful, harmful, hateful, helpful, hopeful, mouthful, painful, playful, powerful, spiteful, thankful, useful, beautiful, delightful, doubtful, fanciful, pitiful, plentiful, resentful, respectful, sorrowful, successful, thoughtful, truthful, wonderful
people
9 Suffixes -less and -ly
Suffixes –less and -ly If a suffix starts with a consonant letter, it is added straight on to most root words without any change to the last letter of the
Ageless, careless, endless, fearless, helpless, homeless, hopeless, lifeless, painless, powerless, seedless, shameless, smokeless, speechless, thankless, timeless, useless, colourless, thoughtless
water
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word. Blindly, bravely, correctly, fairly, hardly, kindly, lively, lonely, loudly, proudly, sadly, shyly, slightly, slowly, suddenly, sweetly
10 Contractions Contractions In contractions, the apostrophe shows where a letter or letters would go if the words were written in full. (can’t =can not) It’s = it is It’s = it was It’s is never used for the possessive
Aren’t, can’t, couldn’t, didn’t, don’t, hasn’t, hadn’t, haven’t, he’s, he’ll, he’d, I’d, I’m, I’ve, I’ll, isn’t, it’s, let’s, mightn’t, mustn’t, shan’t, she’d, she’s, she’ll, shouldn’t, that’s, there’s, they’ve, we’d, we’ve, we’re, they’d, they’ll, they’re, weren’t, what’ll, what’re, what’s, what’ve, where’s, who’d, who’ll, who’re, who’s, who’ve, won’t, wouldn’t, you’d, you’ll, you’re, you’ve
again
11 Apostrophes for possession
The possessive apostrophe Singular nouns
Simon’s coat Sarah’s jumper The boy’s toy The girl’s friend The dog’s bone The computer’s mouse The car’s engine The man’s boat The woman’s bike
half
12 -tion Words ending in -tion Action, addition, addiction, competition, condition, devotion, education, fiction, fraction, information, investigation, multiplication, prediction, question, reaction, reflection, relation, station, affection, caution, celebration, circulation,
money
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composition, conversation, conservation, description, direction, examination, exhibition, indigestion, precaution, prescription, promotion, protection, quotation, sensation, separation, subtraction, ventilation, vibration, refraction, transaction
13 Homophones Homophones It is important to know the difference in meaning between homophones
There/their Here/hear Sea/see Bare/bear Son/sun To/two/too Be/bee Blue/blew Night/knight Air/heir Eye/I Brake/break Buy/by Dear/deer Fir/fur Flour/flower Hair/hare Hole/whole Know/no Some/sum
Mr Mrs
14 Near homophones
Near homophones There/they’re Quite/quiet One/won
parents