Koala Study MateOpen the appSpelling words for Years 4, 5 and 6
Tricky words are easier to spell when you have a memory hook. Every word below comes with a tip. Look at the word, say it out loud, cover it up and try to write it, then practise by typing in the app.
Year 4 spelling words (49 words)
- believe Remember: i before e, except after c.
- because Think: Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants.
- beautiful 'Beauty' + 'ful' — remember the 'eau'.
- different Two syllables can hide: dif-fer-ent.
- favourite Australian spelling keeps the 'u' — favour + ite.
- separate There's 'a rat' in sep-a-rate.
- definitely There's 'finite' hidden inside definitely.
- necessary One collar, two sleeves: 1 'c', 2 's's.
- surprise Don't forget the silent 'r' — sur-prise.
- language Lang + u + age, not 'languege'.
- February Don't forget the first 'r' — Feb-ru-ary.
- Wednesday Wed-nes-day — the 'd' is silent.
- although 'Al' + 'though' — say each part slowly.
- thorough Th-orough, not 'thor-ow'.
- government Don't forget the 'n' before 'ment' — govern + ment.
- environment Don't forget the 'n' — environ + ment.
- immediately Double 'm' — im + mediately.
- occasion Double 'c', single 's' — oc-ca-sion.
- recommend One 'c', double 'm' — re-com-mend.
- disappear Double 's', single 'p' — dis-ap-pear.
- disappoint Double 's', double 'p' — dis-ap-point.
- embarrass Double 'r', double 's' — em-bar-rass.
- excellent Double 'l' — ex-cel-lent.
- opposite Double 'p' — op-po-site.
- possible Double 's' — pos-si-ble.
- address Double 'd', double 's' — ad-dress.
- achieve i before e, except after c — a-chieve.
- receive i before e, except after c — re-ceive.
- friend 'Fri' + 'end' — a friend to the end.
- knowledge Silent 'k' — know + ledge.
- island Silent 's' — i-s-land.
- answer Silent 'w' — an-s-wer.
- listen Silent 't' — lis-ten.
- straight Str + aigh + t — think of a straight line.
- though T-h-o-u-g-h — not pronounced how it looks.
- through Th-r-ough, like 'threw' but spelt differently.
- guard Silent 'u' — g-u-a-r-d.
- guide Silent 'u' — g-u-i-d-e.
- vegetable Don't forget the middle 'e' — veg-e-table.
- interesting In-ter-est-ing — five syllables, don't skip any.
- library Two 'r's hiding — lib-r-a-r-y.
- probably Prob-ab-ly — don't drop the middle 'a'.
- actually Act + u + ally, not 'actully'.
- especially E-special-ly — 'special' is hidden inside.
- experience Ex-peri-ence — say each part slowly.
- restaurant Rest + au + rant — tricky French spelling.
- neighbour Silent 'gh' — neigh + bour.
- height H-e-i-g-h-t, rhymes with 'kite'.
- weight W-e-i-g-h-t, rhymes with 'gate'.
Year 5 spelling words (20 words)
- accommodate Double 'c', double 'm' — ac-com-mo-date.
- appearance 'Appear' + 'ance', not '-ence'.
- argument No 'e' after argu- — ar-gu-ment.
- calendar Ends in '-ar', not '-er'.
- cemetery Three e's — cem-e-tery.
- colleague Co + lleague, with a silent ending.
- committee Double 'm', double 't', double 'e'.
- conscience Con + science — listen to your conscience.
- curiosity Curi(ous) + osity.
- desperate Des-per-ate, not 'desprate'.
- exaggerate Double 'g' — ex-agg-er-ate.
- familiar Famil + iar, not '-ier'.
- foreign Silent 'g' — this word breaks the 'i before e' rule.
- fascinating The 'sc' makes an 's' sound — fas-ci-nating.
- grateful Grate + ful, not 'greatful'.
- humorous 'Humour' drops the 'u' before '-ous'.
- jewellery Jewel + l + ery (Australian spelling).
- leisure E before i — an exception to the usual rule.
- maintenance Main + ten + ance.
- mischievous Mis-chiev-ous, not 'mis-CHEEV-ee-ous'.
Year 6 spelling words (20 words)
- accidentally Accident + ally — double 'l' at the end.
- acquire Silent 'c' after 'a' — ac-quire.
- bureaucracy Bur-eau-cra-cy — tricky French-style spelling.
- conscientious Con-science + tious.
- correspondence Cor + respond + ence.
- millennium Double 'l', double 'n' — mill-enn-ium.
- entrepreneur French origin — en-tre-pre-neur.
- exhilarate Ex + hil + a + rate.
- incidentally Incident + ally.
- inoculate One 'n', one 'c' — in-oc-u-late.
- liaison Lia + i + son.
- manoeuvre Australian spelling: man-oeu-vre.
- occurrence Double 'c', double 'r' — oc-cur-rence.
- parliament Par + lia + ment — the 'ia' is easy to miss.
- perseverance Per + severe + ance.
- privilege No 'd' — priv-i-lege.
- questionnaire Double 'n', French ending '-aire'.
- rhythm No standard vowels — only a 'y'.
- silhouette Sil + hou + ette.
- unnecessary Double 'n', double 's'.
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