Spellings Year 8 Term 1

Task 1: ‘ing’ suffix and ‘re’ prefix Accomplishing According Expecting Pressing Refreshing Reminder Replacement Returning Revision Wandering Challenge: Find a synonym for as many words as you can.

Task 2: final consonant ‘t’ Budgeted Defeated Eaten Floated Limitation Profited Putting Treating Quitting Visiting Challenge: Find an antonym for as many words as you can.

Task 3: ‘est’ suffix and ‘un’ prefix Busiest Friendliest Happiest Lightest Quietest Unacceptable Unaware Unconscious Until Unwrap Challenge: Write a definition of as many words as you can.

Task 4: ‘e’ ending and final consonant ‘p’ Disgracing Dropping Famous Injuring Leaping Likable Sleeping Staring Stooped Using Challenge: Write as many sentences as you can that include these words.

Task 5: final consonant ‘p’ and silent ‘w’ Dripped Popped Snapped Stepping Wrapper Wreck Wrestle Wretched Wriggle Write Challenge: Write headline for a newspaper article that includes at least one of these words.

Task 6: silent ‘g/k’ and ‘less’ suffix Fearless Gnarled Gnome Knitting Knock Knowledge Noiseless Restless Thoughtless Useless Challenge: Find a rhyming word for as many spellings on the list as you can.

Spellings Year 8 Term 2

Task 1: final consonant ‘l’ Appalling Appealed Boiling Cancelled Concealed Dealing Levelling Foolish Patrolled Veiled Challenge: Write a 150 word speech about a subject of your choice, using the words on the list.

Task 2: ‘ful/full’ suffix and silent ‘h’ Echoes Ghastly Honest Peacefully Pitifully Powerfully Rhyme Rhythm Truthfully Usefully Challenge: write a verse for a song, rap or poem using as many words as you can.

Task 3: silent ‘n/t/g’ and ‘able’ suffix Autumn Avoidable Campaign Castle Considerable Foreign Likable Reasonable Solemn Unimaginable Challenge: Write a slogan to advertise a product of your choice, using words from the list.

Task 4: final consonant ‘r’ Answered Appearance Considerable Despaired Hovering Jarred Recurring Stirred Tourist Transferred Challenge: Create the opening paragraph of a story of your choice, using as many words off the list as you can.

Task 5: final consonant ‘d’ Dreaded Exceeding Leader Raider Reader Saddened Shredded Spreading Thudding Wedding Challenge: Use words off the list to create alliterative sentences on a subject of your choice.

Task 6: ‘mis’ prefix and ‘y’ endings Babies Bodies Misled Mismatch Misspell Mistake Misunderstanding Replied Satisfied Varied Challenge: Think of an adjective to describe as many of these words as you can.

Spellings Year 8 Term 3

Task 1: ‘ness’ suffix and ‘con’ prefix Confuse Consideration Consistency Continuous Conversation Darkness Deceitfulness Helplessness Resourcefulness Thoughtlessness Challenge: Use the words off the spelling list (or their root words) to create your own metaphors.

Task 2: final consonant ‘n’ Awakened Banned Bargained Beginner Obtainable Planning Reasoned Sinned Stained Straightened Challenge: Create as many new words as you can from each of the words on the spelling list.

Task 3: silent ‘c’ and ‘b’ Climb Crumb Debt Descent Discipline Doubtful Miscellaneous Scene Scissors Subtle Challenge: Write the final paragraph of a narrative of your choice, using as many of these words as you can.

Task 4: ‘pre/post’ prefix and ‘ex’ prefix Exaggerate Excellent Exclude Extend Extraordinary Precious Prehistoric Prepare Preview Postphone Challenge: Write a short extract from a horror story using the words in the list.

Task 5: ‘ion’ suffix Application Attention Challenge: Audition Decision Distraction Frustration Passion Rejection Repression Station Challenge: Choose a word that you would use in a sentence to best describe a holiday you have had. Justify your choice.

Task 6: ‘ous’ suffix Cautious Challenge: Devious Famous Gracious Hideous Marvellous Religious Spacious Superstitious Vicious Challenge: Select your favourite word and write a short evaluation of your choice.