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WORD Grade SYLLABLES PHONEMES GRAPHEMES part of speech Definition Sentence ETYMOLOGY
Level

pitch 3 pitch p, i, ch p, i, tch singluar the level or She was


noun tune of a singing in a
sound different
pitch.

taken 3 tak/en past verb to have My dad has


gotten a taken my
hold of; game away
grasped from me.

cannot 3 can/not present to not be I cannot eat


verb able to do dessert
something before
dinner.

stayed 3 stayed past verb to have We stayed at


been a hotel when
somewhere we were on
for a short holiday.
time

denim 3 den/im irregular a type of I like to wear


noun material denim jeans.
used for
jeans

doctor 3 doc/tor singlular a person I went to the Latin


noun that treats doctor when
sick people I was sick.

gloves 3 gloves plural noun hand covers I put on


to protect gloves
hands before I
wash the
dishes.

ocean 3 o/cean singular a large area The ship Greek


noun of water sailed over
covering the ocean.
Earth

cadet 3 ca/det singular a person The cadet French


noun training in was in
the armed training to be
forces or a police
police officer.

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oxen 3 ox/en plural noun plural of ox, A herd of


a large oxen were
domestic grazing on
animal kept the grass.
for milk

quail 3 quail kw,ai,l qu,ai,l irregular a small A quail was French


noun brown bird in the nest.

arch 3 arch ar, ch ar, ch singlular a curved top You enter Latin
noun that is held the hall
by two through a
supports huge arch.

cheese 3 cheese ch,ee,z ch,ee,se singlular a food made I like to eat Germanic
noun from milk cheese and
curd crackers.

teach 3 teach t, ee, ch t, ea, ch present to help He will teach Germanic


verb someone me how to
learn how to play the
do game.
something

liver 3 liv/er singlular an organ in The liver is


noun the body an organ that
that cleans filters blood.
and filters
blood

river 3 riv/er singlular a natural, The canoe Latin


noun large stream drifted up
of water the river.

story 3 sto/ry singlular a fictional My teacher Latin


noun tale shorter reads us a
than a novel story every
day.

thank 3 thank th, a, n, k th, a, n, verb to show you Please thank Germanic
k are pleased her for all
by her help.
something
or someone

mammal 3 mam/mal singlular an animal A mammal Latin


noun that feeds its feeds its
young with young with
milk from the milk.
mother

mammoth 3 mam/moth singlular an extinct The


noun elephant mammoth
covered in lived long
long hair and ago and had
curved tusks long hair and
tusks.

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Level
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events 3 e/vents plural noun things that There will be


are planned; three events
social to raise
occasions or money.
activities

facts 3 facts f,a,c,t,s f,a,c,t,s plural noun things that The facts
are proven have been
or known to proven and
be true are true.

people 3 peo/ple plural noun more than Ten people Latin


one person came to the
party.

once 3 once adverb one time I have only


been to
hospital
once.

coming 3 com/ing adjective about to We will have


happen or a lot of fun in
just the coming
beginning year.

inside 3 in/side preposition within a I want to see


container or what is
room inside the
box.

parents 3 par/ents plural noun plural of My parents


parent, a will not let
mother or me stay up
father late.

guard 4 guard g, ar, d gu, ar, d present to watch or The dog was Germanic
verb protect set to guard
the gate.

lamb 4 lamb l,a,m l,a,mb singluar a young A baby


sheep sheep is
called a
lamb.

wrap 4 wrap r,a,p wr,a,p present to cover by We will wrap


winding or the present
folding with green
paper.

coarse 4 coarse k,or,s c,oar,se having a The coarse


harsh or sand was
rough quality hard to walk
on.

geese 4 geese g,ee,s g,ee,se plural more than The goose


one goose flew over to
the other

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Level
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geese in the
flock.

gel 4 gel j,e,l g,e,l singluar a thick As the


jellylike mixture
substance cooled it
turned into a
gel.

gem 4 gem j,e,m g,e,m singluar a cut and The precious


polished gem
stone sparkled in
the light.

rye 4 rye r,igh r,ye irregular a type of Bread made German


grain used in with rye
baking tastes
different to
wheat.

touch 4 touch t, u, ch t, ou, ch present to put your Do not touch


hand or the wet
fingers on paint.
someone or
something

wreck 4 wreck r, e, k wr, e, ck singluar the remains The divers


of a ship or enjoyed
other vehicle diving on the
wreck.

quiche 4 quiche k, ee, sh qu, i, singluar a pie made We made the French
che with eggs quiche with
lots of eggs.

foul 4 foul f, ou, l f, ou, l extremely There was a


unpleasant foul smell
coming from
the
bathroom.

lure 4 lure l, ure l, ure present to persuade I tried to lure


someone to the dog
do outside with
something a bone.
by offering
something
exciting

chief 4 chief ch, ee, f ch, ie, f singluar a person A new chief
who is in of police has
charge just been
appointed.

gnat 5 gnat n, a, t gn, a, t singluar a small, A gnat is a German


flying, biting small flying
insect insect which
bites.

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Level
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gnaw 5 gnaw n, aw gn, aw present to bite or My dog German


chew loves to
something gnaw on
repeatedly bones.

quip 5 quip kw, i, p qu, i, p singluar a funny and He made a


clever quip and
comment clever
comment.

raise 5 raise r,ai,z r,ai,se present to lift up I raise my


arm to
answer the
question.

sauce 5 sauce s, aw, s s, au, ce singluar a thick liquid I love to


eaten with have sauce
food on my pie.

bight 5 bight b, igh, t b, igh, t singluar a curve in a A curve in a


coastline coastline is
called a
bight.

thigh 5 thigh th, igh th, igh singluar the part of The thigh
the leg muscle is
above the above the
knee knee.

balm 5 balm b, ar, m b, al, m singluar a fragrant Dad uses a


cream or skin balm
liquid used after he
to heal the shaves.
skin

calm 5 calm c, ar, m c, al, m not angry, We have to


upset or stay calm if
excited we hear the
fire alarm.

weigh 5 weigh w, ai w, eigh present to find out I use the


how heavy scales to
someone or weigh the
something ingredients
is. carefully.

Zeus 5 Zeus z,oo(long),s z,eu,s noun the ruler of Zeus is the


the gods in ruler of the
Greek gods in
mythology Greek
mythology.

column 5 col/umn noun one of two Please read


or more down the left
vertical column.
sections of a
printed page

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Level
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zoology 5 zo/ol/o/gy noun the study of She wants to


animals study
zoology and
animals.

corpses 5 cor/pses noun plural of The ancient


corpse, a corpses
dead body were buried
thousands of
years ago.

cities 5 cit/ies noun plural of city, London and


a large town Paris are two
large cities.

passage 5 pas/sage noun an alley or We took a


pathway shortcut
down the
side
passage.

including 5 in/clud/ing preposition part of a Three


particular people,
group or including
amount myself, are
getting an
award.

compartment 5 com/part/ment noun a section of I keep


something snacks in the
larger bottom
compartment
of my bag.

prospector 6 pros/pec/tor noun a person The


who prospector
searches for found a gold
valuable nugget.
substances
such as gold
or oil

gouging 6 goug/ing present to make a The builder


verb hole through was gouging
something in a hole
a rough way through the
wall.

gourd 6 gourd g,or,d g,our,d noun a fruit with a We used the


hard rind skin of a
often used dried gourd
for to make a
decoration bowl.
or for
making
objects

support 6 sup/port present to give My teacher


verb assistance or will support
comfort my learning.

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Level
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advance 6 ad/vance noun to move I want to


forward in a advance to
purposeful the next
way level of the
game.

balance 6 bal/ance present an even The toddler


verb distribution lost his
of weight balance as
he was
trying to
walk.

cancelled 6 can/celled past verb for a The school


planned sports day
event to not was
take place cancelled
because of
the storm.

canceled 6 can/celed past verb for a The school


planned sports day
event to not was
take place canceled
because of
the storm.

clearance 6 clear/ance noun the process There was a


of removing large boot
things sale after the
house
clearance.

budget 6 budg/et noun an amount My parents


of money made a
you have weekly
available to budget for
spend our
groceries.

mussels 6 mus/sels noun edible sea The mussels


creatures are edible
with two and have
black shells black shells.
that close

whether 6 wheth/er conjunction showing a I don't know


choice whether to
between go to the
alternatives party or not.

pieces 6 piec/es noun a part of The pizza


something was cut into
eight equal
pieces.

rhythm 6 rhy/thm noun a strong, The dancers


regular and all had great
repeated rhythm.

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Level
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movement
or sound

exterminate 6 ex/ter/min/ate present to destroy or Our efforts Latin


verb kill to
completely exterminate
the
cockroaches
have failed.

quarrelling 6 quar/rel/ling present arguing The Latin


verb angrily quarrelling
students
were sent to
detention.

possibility 6 pos/si/bil/i/ty noun a chance There is a


that possibility
something that it will
may or may snow on the
not happen weekend.
or exist

chaos 6 cha/os noun complete Computer Greek


confusion failure
and disorder caused
chaos at the
airport.

orchestra 6 or/ches/tra noun a large She played Greek


group of the violin in
musicians the school
who play orchestra.
many
different
instruments
together and
are led by a
conductor

category 6 cat/e/go/ry noun a group of He Latin and


people or competed in Greek
things that the race in
are similar in his age
some way category.

originated 6 o/rig/i/nat/ed past verb began to The waltz


exist originated in
Vienna.

geography 6 ge/og/ra/phy noun the natural In class we Greek


features of have been
an area studying the
geography
of the local
area.

sapphire 6 sap/phire noun a clear bright She received Greek


blue a sapphire
gemstone ring on her

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Level
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sixteenth
birthday.

squadron 6 squad/ron noun a military The Italian


unit squadron of
consisting of bombers
soldiers, returned to
ships or their base.
aircraft

fatigue 6 fa/tigue noun extreme She was French


tiredness suffering
from the
fatigue after
the long
hike.

recruit 6 re/cruit present to find new We had to French


verb people to recruit more
take part in players for
an event or our team.
join a group
or team

whirligig 6 whirl/i/gig noun a child's toy A spinning Middle


that spins top is an English
rapidly example of a
whirligig.

chaperone 7 chap/er/one noun a person My father French


who goes volunteered
with and is to be a
responsible chaperone at
for a group the next
of young school
people dance.

charade 7 cha/rade noun something They French


that is done continue the
in order to charade until
pretend it wasn't fun
something is anymore.
true when it
is not really
true

chassis 7 chas/sis noun the base The chassis French


frame that a of the car
car or other was
vehicle is damaged in
built on the accident.

chivalry 7 chiv/al/ry noun very polite, I love Latin


honest and listening to
kind stories of
behaviour knights and
their chivalry.

cliché 7 cliche noun a phrase that Time flies French


has been when you
used so are having

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