List 

 Spellings

A   easiest list

(10 spellings)

CVC + High Frequency Words

B

c-r-c-v ,s-c-v-c  -ing, sh-, ch-,  th-,  a-e

C

ow, or, HFW, ee, igh/i-e,  oo,  ar

D

oa/o-e,  er/ur/ir,  aw, ore/or, oi, HFW, prefix un-    are/air

E

ear, HFW, suffix -le, ing  -ed,  plurals

F

HFW, suffixes -er, -est,  -ness,  -ment,  silent letters,   -wh,  air, ear   revise ur/ir/er/or/ar

G

(15 spellings)

ee/ea ,  i-e/igh,  oa/ou/o-e/ow ,  ue/ow/ew/oo,  ar/a,  ur/er/or,  or/aw/au,  ou/ow, oi/oy

H

Prefixes un- de-  , air/are/ear ,  ea/ee/ei/ie,   suffixes -le, -ing,  -ed,   -ful      plurals,    

I

Suffixes -er and -est,  silent letters,  wh,   drop the e  +ing  ir/er/ar/ , adding y to words ending in 'e' ,  ur air/ear and ere,   

J

Words ending in o,  suffix -ful, tricky numbers, maths words,   homophones,   plurals,words  ending in y,     irregular plurals,  words ending in a,  doubling the consonant when adding -ed or -ing,  -igh/ie  words ending in y

K

silent letters,   apostrophes,    prefixes ,  suffixes -ary and -al,   -hood, -ship,   -tion and -ious.    irregular tense changes,       -nouns and adjectives into verbs    

L

prefix al- ass- aff-  att- , suffixes -ive   -ible   -able   -ian -tion   -tion,  v words,    k words ,     ss,    root words

M

root words,  words ending in u and I ,  prefixes auto-, bi- and tele-  ,  homophones,  wow words,

suffixes -ness -ment   -tion/-sion   -able and -ible   prefixes cir-   trans-    , soft 'c'

N

suffixes  -sion   -tion   -ness and -ment,     unstressed vowels,   word endings,    ie/ei,   prefixes im- and in-

O   hard list

-Lots of very tricky words,     -ex      suffixes -ology  -re  -le   prefix re-    ,qu-  ,  homophones

P  misspelled words

Various  tricky

Q  extremely hard

some from BBC hard spell quiz  and Spellingcity.com  and others hard words beginning with letters letters A to G

R   unusual words extremely hard

Find out the meaning of the unfamiliar ones-this makes it more interesting and purposeful!