7 Plus spellings and vocabulary
Seven Plus exams require a fairly robust command of basic spelling rules. Although a separate spelling test is not commonly part of the 7 Plus exam, children must demonstrate that they have a good understanding of basic spelling rules in order to score highly in the writing part of their assessment. Teaching this material can be tricky, so we enlisted the help of one of our Seven Plus tutors to make this section of our website in 鈥渇lashcard鈥� format.
We鈥檝e divided the 7 Plus requirements for spelling into their different parts. For each, we have made a set of flashcards to help your child learn the required spellings in a more straightforward way. Each set of flashcards provides an explanation of the rule, some ideas of how to teach the material and some example words. NB: these examples have been chosen as they are common words, not because they are more likely to feature on a 7 Plus test . All of this is written by an experience, qualified early years Primary teacher.
Most of the below is derived from material specified by the National Curriculum for students in Year 2, then adapted for the purposes of the 7+ exams.
Common exception words
Because, Children, Climb, Most & Only
Take off the 鈥榶鈥� and add 鈥榠es鈥�
Flies, Tries, Cries, Babies & Copies
Adding 鈥榚d鈥� 鈥榠ng鈥� 鈥榚r鈥� and 鈥榚st鈥� to a root word ending in 鈥榶鈥� with a consonant before it.
Copy, copied, copier, Happy, happier, happiest, Silly, sillier, silliest, Cry, cried, crier, Copying, crying & replying
Adding the endings 鈥� ing, 鈥揺d, 鈥揺r, 鈥揺st and 鈥搚 to words ending in 鈥揺 with a consonant before it
Hike, hiker, hiked, hiking, Nice, nicer, nicest, Shine, shinier, shiniest, shining, Take, taker, taking, Care, caring & cared
Adding 鈥搃ng, 鈥揺d, 鈥揺r, 鈥揺st and 鈥搚 to one-syllable words that end in a consonant
Pat, patting, patted, Hum, humming, hummed, Drop, dropping, dropped, Sad, sadder, saddest , Run, running & runny
Using 鈥榓鈥� to spell the 鈥榦r鈥� sound
All, Ball, Call, Talk & Wall
The 鈥榰鈥� sound spelt with an 鈥榦鈥�.
Other, Mother, Brother, Monday & Nothing
The 鈥榚e鈥� sound spelt 鈥榚y鈥�
Donkey, Chimney, Key, Monkey & Valley
Words ending in 鈥榯ion鈥�
Station, Action, National, Fiction & Motion
Using 鈥榓鈥� after 鈥榪u鈥� or 鈥榳鈥�
Want, Watch, Wander, Squash & Quantity
The suffixes 鈥搈ent, 鈥搉ess, 鈥揻ul , 鈥搇ess and 鈥搇y
Careful, Beautiful, Sadness, Enjoyment & Badly
Using 鈥榞鈥� to make a 鈥榡鈥� sound.
Giant, Giraffe, Gem, Magic & Energy
Contractions
Can't, Didn't, Shouldn't, Don't & I'll
Homophones and near-homophones
Hear / here, One / won, Sun / son, Be / bee & See / sea
Words that end in 鈥榞e鈥� or 鈥榙ge鈥�.
Edge, Bridge, Badge, Huge & Village
Using 鈥榗鈥� to make a 鈥榮鈥� sound.
Race, Ice, Fancy, City & Cinema
The 鈥榥鈥� sound spelt as 鈥榢n鈥� or 鈥榞n鈥�.
Know, Knock, Knee, Gnome & Gnaw
The 鈥榬鈥� sound spelt 鈥榳r鈥� at the beginning of words.
Write, Wrong, Written, Wrap & Wrote
The use of 鈥榣e鈥� at the end of words for the 'el' sound.
Apple, Middle, Bottle, Table & Title
Using the 鈥榚l鈥� sound at the end of words.
Camel, Squirrel, Tunnel, Travel & Towel
The 鈥榓l鈥� sound at the end of words.
Metal, Animal, Hospital, Capital & Final
The 鈥榠鈥� sound at the end of a word spelt with a 鈥榶鈥�
Cry, Dry, Try, Reply & July
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Dear Aartahi
We're glad you like them! Best of luck to your child in their studies.
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