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Answer key · not for pupils Spelling sequence

The Word List

The words worth knowing by heart

Lesson 11 of 17
Year 3

Task 1 gives the letter of the right option as printed on the sheet. Task 2 lists the mistakes in the order they appear, with the correction. Task 3 and 4 answers are models, not the only acceptable wording: any answer that uses the rule the lesson taught should be credited.

MildLook at the word. Cover it. Write it. Then check every letter.

1 · Tick the right spelling

a Ab Bc Bd AA = left option, B = right option

3 · Now you write

Model answers
  1. My word is because.
  2. Tick: au
  3. Tick: February, enough · I keep forgetting the r in February.

4 · Help Polpetta

It is wrong because February cannot be sounded out; we do not say the r after Feb, so his ears missed it. It is a list word, so say it the spelling way, Feb-ru-ary, and learn it by heart.

2 · Find the 3 mistakes

1erlyearly
2frutefruit
3becosbecause

enough is the decoy, it looks odd and is right.

MediumLook, cover, write, check. Then ring the bit that tried to trick you.

1 · Tick the right spelling

a Bb Ac Ad BA = left option, B = right option

3 · Now you write

Model answers
  1. Tick: calendar, ordinary · calendar, ring the ar at the end.
  2. Tick: February, occasion · February, ring the ru.
  3. On a special occasion Nonna bakes a beautiful cake.

4 · Help Polpetta

February has an r after Feb that we do not say, so sounding it out loses it. It is a list word, so learn it by heart and say it the spelling way: Feb-ru-ary.

2 · Find the 5 mistakes

1erlyearly
2calendercalendar
3dordoor
4becosbecause
5beutifulbeautiful

enough is the decoy.

SpicyYour ears will lie to you here. Learn the word, then mark the part that lied.

1 · Tick the right spelling

a Ab Bc Bd AA = left option, B = right option

3 · Now you write

Model answers
  1. February, ring the ru: We open early in February.
  2. Wednesday. My ears say Wensday; the list says Wednesday.
  3. On a special occasion we walk to the beautiful garden. Ring the cc in occasion and the eau in beautiful.

4 · Help Polpetta

Februry is still wrong because now the a is missing. Sounding it out will not work; copy it from the list letter by letter: February, said Feb-ru-ary.

2 · Find the 7 mistakes

1erlyearly
2calendercalendar
3dordoor
4becosbecause
5beutifulbeautiful
6WensdayWednesday
7FebuaryFebruary

enough is the decoy.

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