Year 4 Spelling Patterns - Word Sorting Grammar Game

This pack contains a variety of Lower Key Stage 2 spellings split into different spelling patterns. Children can be given sets of word cards and asked to discuss the common spelling patterns, before sorting the cards into groups. It’s a hands-on way to revise and improve pupils’ understanding of key spellings.

The spelling patterns covered in the Year 4 spelling test are:

• Use the prefixes in-, im-, il-, ir-, sub-, inter-, super-, anti-, auto-
• Understand and add the suffix -ation
• Add endings which sound like ‘shun’ spelt -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian
• Spell words ending with the ‘g’ sound spelt -gue and the ‘k’ sound spelt -que
• Spell homophones and near homophones
• Spell words with the ‘s’ sounds spelt ‘sc’
• Place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular plurals and in words with irregular plurals
• Understand and add suffix -ous