Year 3 Spellings – Autumn 2

In Year 3, we will have a spelling test each Friday. This half term we focus on creating adverbs by adding the suffix ‘ly’ and learn about the way different root words need to be adapted. We will also be learning some words from the statutory Year 3 and 4 spelling list.

Friday 5th November

Adverbs made by adding –ly to an adjective.

 

kindly

quickly

safely

rudely

sweetly

strongly

bravely

secretly

finally

usually

 

Friday 12th November

Adverbs made by changing y to i and adding –ly.

happily

angrily

lazily

easily

busily

greedily

messily

wearily

cheekily

clumsily

Friday 19th November

Adverbs made by dropping the final e and adding -ly

gently

simply

humbly

nobly

horribly

terribly

possibly

comfortably

incredibly

probably

 

Friday 26th November

Adverbs ending -ally

basically

frantically

dramatically

magically

tragically

comically

actually

accidentally

occasionally

eventually

Friday 3rd December

Some tricky adverbs that don’t follow the usual rules

 

truly

duly

wholly

fully

daily

publicly

dryly

slyly

shyly

coyly

 

 

Friday 10th December

Some challenging words from the Y3/4 spelling list

 

believe

appear

often

group

breath

continue

arrive

women

describe

height