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Free Printable Spelling Worksheets for EYFS to Year 6

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How to use the spelling sheets

These sheets give a child a short, calm piece of spelling practice. Read the word on the left, then write it on the lines. One sheet is enough for a sitting. The full set covers every word in that year group.

The lists are arranged for UK primary ages, from Reception to Year 6. They are practice lists for home and school, to sit alongside the spelling taught in class. Spell Step is an independent site and these sheets are not published by the Department for Education.

  1. Choose the year group, then choose the curriculum list or the extended list.
  2. Choose how many times they write the word, and which ruling they need.
  3. Type a name and date on the sheet if you want them printed.
  4. Print this sheet, or print the full set. In the print window, choose Save as PDF if you want a file.

Full lines

Tall letters touch the top line. The body of the letter sits on the heavy line. Tails drop towards the bottom line. A good start for Reception and Year 1.

Simple lines

The dashed line marks the middle. The body of the letter still sits on the heavy line. Useful once letter size is becoming familiar.

Single line

One writing line, as in an ordinary exercise book. A better fit for Years 3 to 6, and for a longer list on one page.

Tall letters usually include b, d, f, h, k, l and t. Letters with tails usually include f, g, j, p, q and y. Trace first line puts a grey copy of the word on the first line. First letter leaves a clue. Hide word prints a test sheet the child can complete from memory.

Spelling words by year group

The same lists used on the sheets. Words in bold are the curriculum set for that age group. Extended list keeps every word. Words are set in Lexend so similar letters stay easy to tell apart.

EYFS / Reception spelling words

EYFS and Reception spelling words

Age 5 band. Early words for children in Reception, to copy and remember.

  1. a
  2. all
  3. am
  4. an
  5. and
  6. are
  7. as
  8. ask
  9. at
  10. away
  11. bag
  12. be
  13. bed
  14. been
  15. big
  16. blue
  17. book
  18. box
  19. but
  20. by
  21. can
  22. cat
  23. chair
  24. child
  25. come
  26. dad
  27. day
  28. did
  29. do
  30. dog
  31. down
  32. drink
  33. each
  34. eat
  35. find
  36. first
  37. for
  38. friend
  39. from
  40. full
  41. funny
  42. get
  43. go
  44. had
  45. happy
  46. has
  47. have
  48. he
  49. help
  50. her
  51. here
  52. him
  53. his
  54. house
  55. how
  56. I
  57. if
  58. in
  59. into
  60. is
  61. it
  62. its
  63. jump
  64. like
  65. little
  66. long
  67. look
  68. love
  69. made
  70. make
  71. man
  72. many
  73. may
  74. me
  75. more
  76. mum
  77. my
  78. no
  79. not
  80. now
  81. number
  82. of
  83. on
  84. once
  85. one
  86. or
  87. other
  88. our
  89. out
  90. part
  91. pen
  92. people
  93. play
  94. pull
  95. push
  96. put
  97. red
  98. run
  99. sad
  100. said
  101. says
  102. see
  103. she
  104. sit
  105. so
  106. sun
  107. than
  108. that
  109. the
  110. they
  111. time
  112. to
  113. toy
  114. two
  115. up
  116. use
  117. was
  118. way
  119. we
  120. were
  121. who
  122. will
  123. with
  124. you
  125. your
Year 1 spelling words

Year 1 spelling words

Age 6 band. Common words and early spelling patterns for Year 1.

  1. a
  2. about
  3. after
  4. again
  5. air
  6. also
  7. animal
  8. another
  9. answer
  10. any
  11. are
  12. around
  13. ask
  14. ate
  15. back
  16. be
  17. because
  18. before
  19. black
  20. boy
  21. brown
  22. by
  23. called
  24. came
  25. car
  26. change
  27. come
  28. could
  29. different
  30. do
  31. does
  32. end
  33. even
  34. flower
  35. follow
  36. form
  37. found
  38. four
  39. friend
  40. full
  41. game
  42. give
  43. go
  44. good
  45. great
  46. hand
  47. has
  48. he
  49. here
  50. his
  51. home
  52. house
  53. I
  54. is
  55. just
  56. kind
  57. know
  58. land
  59. large
  60. learn
  61. letter
  62. line
  63. live
  64. love
  65. me
  66. means
  67. men
  68. moon
  69. most
  70. mother
  71. move
  72. much
  73. must
  74. my
  75. name
  76. need
  77. new
  78. no
  79. of
  80. off
  81. old
  82. once
  83. one
  84. only
  85. our
  86. over
  87. page
  88. picture
  89. place
  90. plane
  91. please
  92. point
  93. pretty
  94. pull
  95. push
  96. put
  97. ran
  98. read
  99. ride
  100. right
  101. said
  102. same
  103. saw
  104. say
  105. says
  106. school
  107. sentence
  108. set
  109. she
  110. should
  111. show
  112. small
  113. so
  114. some
  115. soon
  116. sound
  117. spell
  118. star
  119. still
  120. study
  121. such
  122. take
  123. talk
  124. tell
  125. the
  126. their
  127. them
  128. then
  129. there
  130. these
  131. they
  132. things
  133. think
  134. this
  135. three
  136. through
  137. to
  138. today
  139. too
  140. train
  141. tree
  142. try
  143. turn
  144. under
  145. us
  146. very
  147. walk
  148. want
  149. was
  150. water
  151. we
  152. well
  153. went
  154. were
  155. what
  156. when
  157. where
  158. which
  159. white
  160. why
  161. woman
  162. words
  163. work
  164. world
  165. would
  166. write
  167. years
  168. yellow
  169. you
  170. your
Year 2 spelling words

Year 2 spelling words

Age 7 band. Everyday words, contractions and words children meet in Year 2 reading.

  1. above
  2. add
  3. after
  4. again
  5. almost
  6. along
  7. always
  8. any
  9. apple
  10. baby
  11. ball
  12. bath
  13. bear
  14. beautiful
  15. because
  16. began
  17. begin
  18. behind
  19. being
  20. bell
  21. below
  22. between
  23. bird
  24. birthday
  25. boat
  26. both
  27. bread
  28. break
  29. brother
  30. busy
  31. cake
  32. carry
  33. chicken
  34. child
  35. children
  36. Christmas
  37. city
  38. class
  39. climb
  40. close
  41. clothes
  42. coat
  43. cold
  44. corn
  45. could
  46. country
  47. cow
  48. cut
  49. doll
  50. don’t
  51. door
  52. duck
  53. earth
  54. egg
  55. enough
  56. even
  57. every
  58. everybody
  59. example
  60. eye
  61. eyes
  62. face
  63. family
  64. far
  65. farm
  66. farmer
  67. fast
  68. father
  69. feet
  70. few
  71. find
  72. fire
  73. fish
  74. floor
  75. fly
  76. food
  77. garden
  78. girl
  79. going
  80. gold
  81. goodbye
  82. got
  83. grass
  84. great
  85. ground
  86. group
  87. grow
  88. half
  89. hard
  90. head
  91. hear
  92. high
  93. hill
  94. hold
  95. horse
  96. hour
  97. idea
  98. important
  99. improve
  100. Indian
  101. it’s
  102. keep
  103. kind
  104. kitty
  105. last
  106. late
  107. leave
  108. left
  109. leg
  110. let
  111. life
  112. light
  113. list
  114. many
  115. might
  116. mile
  117. milk
  118. mind
  119. miss
  120. money
  121. morning
  122. most
  123. mountains
  124. move
  125. Mr
  126. Mrs
  127. near
  128. nest
  129. never
  130. next
  131. night
  132. often
  133. old
  134. only
  135. open
  136. own
  137. paper
  138. parents
  139. party
  140. pass
  141. past
  142. path
  143. people
  144. pig
  145. plant
  146. poor
  147. pretty
  148. prove
  149. rabbit
  150. rain
  151. real
  152. ring
  153. river
  154. robin
  155. round
  156. Santa Claus
  157. sea
  158. second
  159. seed
  160. seem
  161. sheep
  162. shoe
  163. should
  164. side
  165. sister
  166. snow
  167. something
  168. sometimes
  169. song
  170. squirrel
  171. start
  172. state
  173. steak
  174. stick
  175. stop
  176. story
  177. street
  178. sugar
  179. sure
  180. table
  181. thank
  182. thing
  183. those
  184. thought
  185. together
  186. told
  187. took
  188. top
  189. until
  190. watch
  191. water
  192. while
  193. who
  194. whole
  195. wild
  196. wind
  197. window
  198. without
  199. wood
  200. would
  201. young
Year 3 and 4 spelling words

Year 3 and 4 spelling words

Ages 7 to 9 band. Longer words children meet in lower Key Stage 2.

  1. able
  2. accident
  3. accidentally
  4. accommodate
  5. accompany
  6. according
  7. achieve
  8. across
  9. actual
  10. actually
  11. address
  12. afraid
  13. against
  14. aggressive
  15. ago
  16. although
  17. amateur
  18. among
  19. ancient
  20. answer
  21. apparent
  22. appear
  23. appreciate
  24. area
  25. arrive
  26. attached
  27. available
  28. average
  29. awkward
  30. bargain
  31. base
  32. bean
  33. became
  34. become
  35. believe
  36. best
  37. better
  38. bicycle
  39. birds
  40. body
  41. brave
  42. breath
  43. breathe
  44. brief
  45. bring
  46. brought
  47. bruise
  48. brush
  49. build
  50. building
  51. built
  52. business
  53. busy
  54. buy
  55. calendar
  56. call
  57. cannot
  58. careful
  59. carefully
  60. category
  61. caught
  62. ceiling
  63. cemetery
  64. centre
  65. century
  66. certain
  67. check
  68. cheerful
  69. chest
  70. chief
  71. circle
  72. cleaner
  73. clear
  74. cloud
  75. committee
  76. common
  77. communicate
  78. community
  79. competition
  80. complete
  81. conscience
  82. conscious
  83. consider
  84. contain
  85. continue
  86. controversy
  87. convenience
  88. correct
  89. correspond
  90. course
  91. covered
  92. cried
  93. criticise
  94. crunch
  95. cube
  96. curiosity
  97. dark
  98. decide
  99. decided
  100. deep
  101. definite
  102. describe
  103. desperate
  104. determined
  105. develop
  106. dictionary
  107. different
  108. difficult
  109. disappear
  110. disastrous
  111. done
  112. draw
  113. drove
  114. dry
  115. during
  116. early
  117. earth
  118. easy
  119. eight
  120. eighth
  121. embarrass
  122. enough
  123. environment
  124. equip
  125. especially
  126. exaggerate
  127. excellent
  128. exercise
  129. existence
  130. experience
  131. experiment
  132. explain
  133. explanation
  134. extreme
  135. fall
  136. familiar
  137. famous
  138. favourite
  139. feast
  140. February
  141. feel
  142. field
  143. filled
  144. finally
  145. fine
  146. flame
  147. float
  148. force
  149. foreign
  150. forty
  151. forward
  152. forwards
  153. frequently
  154. friends
  155. front
  156. fruit
  157. gave
  158. goes
  159. government
  160. graceful
  161. grammar
  162. green
  163. grief
  164. group
  165. guarantee
  166. guard
  167. guide
  168. happened
  169. harass
  170. heard
  171. heart
  172. heat
  173. heavy
  174. height
  175. helpful
  176. hindrance
  177. history
  178. hope
  179. hopeful
  180. hours
  181. hundred
  182. identity
  183. imagine
  184. immediate
  185. immediately
  186. important
  187. include
  188. increase
  189. individual
  190. inside
  191. interest
  192. interfere
  193. interrupt
  194. island
  195. knowledge
  196. language
  197. lawful
  198. leaf
  199. learn
  200. leisure
  201. length
  202. library
  203. lightning
  204. listen
  205. low
  206. machine
  207. marvellous
  208. material
  209. measure
  210. medicine
  211. mention
  212. minute
  213. mischievous
  214. muscle
  215. music
  216. natural
  217. naughty
  218. necessary
  219. neighbour
  220. niece
  221. notice
  222. nuisance
  223. occasion
  224. occasionally
  225. occupy
  226. occur
  227. often
  228. opportunity
  229. opposite
  230. ordinary
  231. pair
  232. parliament
  233. particular
  234. pattern
  235. peaceful
  236. peculiar
  237. perhaps
  238. persuade
  239. physical
  240. piece
  241. popular
  242. position
  243. possess
  244. possession
  245. possible
  246. potatoes
  247. prejudice
  248. pressure
  249. privilege
  250. probably
  251. profession
  252. programme
  253. promise
  254. pronunciation
  255. purpose
  256. quarter
  257. question
  258. queue
  259. reach
  260. recent
  261. recognise
  262. recommend
  263. regular
  264. reign
  265. relevant
  266. remember
  267. restaurant
  268. rhyme
  269. rhythm
  270. sacrifice
  271. secretary
  272. sentence
  273. separate
  274. shoulder
  275. signature
  276. sincere
  277. sincerely
  278. soldier
  279. special
  280. stomach
  281. straight
  282. strange
  283. strength
  284. sufficient
  285. suggest
  286. suppose
  287. surprise
  288. symbol
  289. system
  290. temperature
  291. therefore
  292. thorough
  293. though
  294. thought
  295. through
  296. twelfth
  297. variety
  298. various
  299. vegetable
  300. vehicle
  301. weight
  302. woman
  303. women
  304. yacht
  305. true
Year 5 and 6 spelling words

Year 5 and 6 spelling words

Ages 9 to 11 band. Longer words for upper Key Stage 2, including prefixes, suffixes and unstressed endings.

  1. absence
  2. abundance
  3. acceptance
  4. accessible
  5. accommodate
  6. accompany
  7. accomplish
  8. according
  9. achievable
  10. achieve
  11. achievement
  12. acquaintance
  13. adaptable
  14. addition
  15. adjective
  16. admirable
  17. adorable
  18. adventure
  19. advocate
  20. aggressive
  21. agreeable
  22. agreement
  23. agriculture
  24. alliance
  25. amateur
  26. ambiguous
  27. analysis
  28. ancient
  29. anticipate
  30. antonym
  31. apparent
  32. appearance
  33. appreciate
  34. argument
  35. assessment
  36. assistance
  37. associate
  38. atmosphere
  39. attached
  40. attention
  41. audible
  42. audience
  43. authentic
  44. available
  45. average
  46. awkward
  47. ballet
  48. bargain
  49. barometer
  50. believable
  51. beneficial
  52. bilateral
  53. biography
  54. biology
  55. brilliance
  56. bruise
  57. bulletin
  58. cafeteria
  59. capable
  60. capital
  61. category
  62. celebration
  63. cemetery
  64. characteristic
  65. circumference
  66. circumvent
  67. cliché
  68. collaborate
  69. collection
  70. comfortable
  71. commission
  72. commitment
  73. committee
  74. communicate
  75. community
  76. competition
  77. compliance
  78. compound
  79. conscience
  80. conscious
  81. consequence
  82. consonant
  83. controversy
  84. convenience
  85. correspond
  86. criticise
  87. croissant
  88. curiosity
  89. curriculum
  90. darkness
  91. debris
  92. decimal
  93. defiance
  94. definite
  95. democracy
  96. demonstrate
  97. dependable
  98. depot
  99. desert
  100. desperate
  101. determination
  102. determined
  103. develop
  104. diameter
  105. dictionary
  106. dilemma
  107. direction
  108. disagree
  109. disastrous
  110. dislike
  111. displace
  112. distance
  113. distrust
  114. disturbance
  115. education
  116. elaborate
  117. electricity
  118. eloquence
  119. embarrass
  120. energy
  121. engine
  122. entertainment
  123. environment
  124. equinox
  125. equip
  126. equipment
  127. equipped
  128. equivalent
  129. equivocal
  130. especially
  131. essence
  132. establish
  133. evaluate
  134. evidence
  135. exaggerate
  136. excellent
  137. existence
  138. explanation
  139. expression
  140. facade
  141. familiar
  142. fashionable
  143. flexible
  144. forcible
  145. foreign
  146. forty
  147. fraction
  148. frequently
  149. friendship
  150. generation
  151. genre
  152. geography
  153. geology
  154. gnat
  155. gnaw
  156. gnome
  157. government
  158. guarantee
  159. happiness
  160. harass
  161. helpless
  162. hindrance
  163. identity
  164. illuminate
  165. immediate
  166. immediately
  167. imperfect
  168. impolite
  169. impossible
  170. improper
  171. incomplete
  172. incredible
  173. independence
  174. indicate
  175. indirect
  176. individual
  177. industry
  178. informal
  179. information
  180. instruments
  181. interfere
  182. interference
  183. interrupt
  184. investigate
  185. invisible
  186. justice
  187. kindness
  188. kneel
  189. knife
  190. knight
  191. knot
  192. language
  193. laughed
  194. leadership
  195. legislation
  196. leisure
  197. lightning
  198. located
  199. loudness
  200. lunchbox
  201. marvellous
  202. melody
  203. metal
  204. method
  205. microphone
  206. microscope
  207. millennium
  208. mischievous
  209. mixture
  210. molecules
  211. moment
  212. moonlight
  213. mortality
  214. motivation
  215. muscle
  216. naïve
  217. nation
  218. necessary
  219. neighbour
  220. notebook
  221. nuisance
  222. observation
  223. observe
  224. occupy
  225. occur
  226. occurrence
  227. opportunity
  228. original
  229. oxygen
  230. palette
  231. parliament
  232. patience
  233. payment
  234. performance
  235. perimeter
  236. permissible
  237. persistence
  238. persuade
  239. petite
  240. phonics
  241. photograph
  242. photosynthesis
  243. phrase
  244. physical
  245. planets
  246. plateau
  247. plural
  248. polygon
  249. population
  250. powerful
  251. prejudice
  252. preparation
  253. president
  254. privilege
  255. process
  256. profession
  257. programme
  258. pronunciation
  259. property
  260. provision
  261. queue
  262. quiet
  263. quite
  264. rapport
  265. reaction
  266. rebuild
  267. recognise
  268. recommend
  269. reference
  270. relevance
  271. relevant
  272. remainder
  273. repeated
  274. represent
  275. responsible
  276. restaurant
  277. result
  278. resume
  279. revision
  280. reward
  281. rewrite
  282. rhyme
  283. rhythm
  284. routine
  285. sacrifice
  286. sadness
  287. sandcastle
  288. schedule
  289. science
  290. secretary
  291. sensible
  292. sequence
  293. shoulder
  294. signature
  295. sincere
  296. sincerely
  297. singular
  298. soldier
  299. soldiers
  300. solution
  301. solve
  302. someone
  303. southern
  304. souvenir
  305. speed
  306. starfish
  307. statement
  308. stomach
  309. stronger
  310. students
  311. substance
  312. substances
  313. substantial
  314. suddenly
  315. sufficient
  316. suffix
  317. suggest
  318. sunflower
  319. sunlight
  320. supply
  321. syllables
  322. symbol
  323. symbols
  324. synonym
  325. system
  326. tableau
  327. teacher
  328. telephone
  329. telescope
  330. temperature
  331. terrible
  332. thermometer
  333. thorough
  334. thoroughly
  335. thumbnail
  336. tournament
  337. treasure
  338. treatment
  339. triangle
  340. trouble
  341. twelfth
  342. underline
  343. unhappy
  344. unique
  345. unkind
  346. unpack
  347. unusual
  348. valley
  349. value
  350. variety
  351. vegetable
  352. vehicle
  353. visible
  354. visualise
  355. vitality
  356. vocabulary
  357. vocal
  358. vocation
  359. waterfall
  360. weather
  361. western
  362. wrestle
  363. wrist
  364. written
  365. wrong
  366. yacht
  367. yourself

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Which year groups are included?

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Can I print only the National Curriculum words?

Yes. Choose English National Curriculum for Years 1 to 6, or EYFS Statutory Framework for Reception. Extended list keeps every word for that age group. Years 1 and 2 use the common exception words. Years 3 to 6 use the statutory word lists. The EYFS framework asks children to read some common exception words but does not name them, so the Reception set uses the Year 1 common exception words already in that list. Spell Step is not an official publication.

What do the handwriting lines mean?

Full lines show a top line, a middle line, a heavy writing line and a tail line, for children who are still learning letter size. Simple lines keep the middle line and the writing line. Line leaves a single writing line for older children.

How do I save a spelling sheet as a PDF?

Choose Print this sheet or Print full set. In the print window, choose Save as PDF. For a clean A4 page, set the margins to None and turn off the browser headers and footers.

Can I change how many words are on a page?

Yes. Use the plus and minus controls beside Words on a sheet. You can also choose one, two or three writing lines for each word. The sheet stays on one A4 page.

May schools photocopy these sheets?

Yes. The sheets are free for families and schools. Please keep www.spellstep.co.uk on the page so pupils can find the lists again.

Spell Step UK is a calm spelling and learning app for children aged 4 to 11, and it is in development. These handwriting sheets are free to print now.

Spell Step is an independent resource. The sheets are for practice alongside school spelling, including work linked to the English National Curriculum. They are not an official publication.

Try Spell Step

Ready to explore more spelling activities? Discover the full app for additional daily practice or visit one of our other pages :

? Download Spell Step on Google Play
? Return to the Spell Step Homepage
? Try the Year 4 Times Table Practice Game
? Play Unscrambled
? Download Free spelling sheets
? Try Spelling app for Kids
? Really Popular Look, Cover, Write, Check Worksheets
? Create Custom Spelling Worksheets
? Print Spelling Worksheets
? The Year 4 Multiplication Practise pp
? Read more about our curriculum in Let’s Play Spelling