Bond Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 8–9

Unit 11
A  an you write the following words backwards and then place them
C
age in alphabetical order? [ 8 ]

decide
Eve Eye Age Ear
                 
ear

eve

eye 1st 2nd 3rd 4th

future
B  an you use the remaining words from your list and place them in the spaces
C
game so that each sentence makes sense? [1 2 ]

here 1 I love the of strawberries.

notice 2 The of cricket has an interesting history.

3 I have to when I see that funny puppy.

side
4 We ate the pie for supper.
size
5 The grass slithered behind a stone.
smile
6 We played a board game around the .
snake
7 I’d love to invent a time-machine to travel to the

table .

8 I can’t which book I prefer.

taste
9 Did you what time we arrived here?
whole
10 We must put our coats on as the taxi will soon be

11 My news school shoes are a whole larger.

12 W
 hen I go swimming mum sits at the and
watches.

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Unit 11
C  ll of your words are listed in the grid. When you have found them all, the letters
A
basket that are left behind spell out a message related to all of the words. What is the
secret message? [ 17 ]
carpet

first

flight
F I R S T B C S S
forget
O P G E I A A L O
get
R L E T G S R L F
let
G I T N H K P S T
lost
E T E N T E E T G
most

soft T W E T S T T A M

sort E A N S O R T R O

start D I F L I G H T S

tent
I T N A T L O S T
tight

wait

wet Helpful Hint

Sometimes a word ends with a ‘t’ and is pronounced ‘t’; but some words in the past
tense end with a ‘d’, which is also pronounced as a ‘t’. Always ask yourself if the word is
a past tense and whether it ends in ‘t’ or ‘d’. Underline the words below that sound as if
they have a ‘t’ ending:

Jumped Hopped Cried Managed

Knitted Slipped Skipped Travelled

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 Bond Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 8–9

Unit 11
D  ll of these words are homophones. A homophone is a word that sounds like
A
bean another but has a different meaning and a different spelling pattern. Underline
the correct word in these sentences: [ 16 ]
been 1 “Are ewe / yew / you coming to my party?” she asked.

ewe 2 The farmer has to sew / so / sow the seeds of grain.

higher 3 We ate spicy bean / been wraps for supper.

4 Grandma reads us a fairy tail / tale when she visits.

hire
5 We picked up our higher / hire car from the airport.
scent
6 The ewe / yew / you tree stood in the church grounds.
sent
7 The sight / site of the battle had an information board.
sew
8 The tailor needed to sew / so / sow the trouser length.

sight 9 As the police caught sight / site of the car, it sped away.

site 10 “Where have you bean / been?” Mum asked.

so 11 The ewe / yew / you nuzzled her baby lamb.

12 The pine woods gave off a beautiful scent / sent.

sow
13 I’m hoping to get into the higher / hire set for spellings.
tail
14 The cat’s tail / tale had a white tip.
tale
15 We have already scent / sent out all of the invitations.

yew 16 We added yeast sew / so / sow that the bread would rise.

you
E  an you write the following words out backwards and then put the
C
new words into alphabetic order? [ 8 ]

Sight Scent Sent Site

                 

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

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