Unit 6
Bond SATs Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 9–10 A
All of the words in your list are made up of two shorter words. Divide your words into their two separate words. [ 15 ] Example: sunbeam
B
sun
=
+
1
sunflower =
+
2
sunlight
=
+
3
sunshine
=
+
4
supply
=
+
5
support
=
+
6
tablet
=
+
7
target
=
+
8
teacup
=
+
9
teapot
=
+
10 teaspoon =
+
11 thinking
=
+
12 toadstool =
+
13 toenail
=
+
14 trapdoor
=
+
15 teatime
=
+
beam sunbeam sunflower sunlight sunshine supply support tablet target teacup teapot teaspoon
Place one of your words in each space so that the sentences make sense. [ 9 ] 1
We gave my aunt some vintage crockery including a matching and
2
Our of
3
for her birthday.
thinking
has grown really tall as it gets a good and water.
toadstool
I prefer to eat my ice cream with a
rather than a
toenail
dessert spoon. 4
I wrote a story about a fairy who lives under a of the garden and uses a tiny us at
teatime
at the bottom to get into our house and join
trapdoor
.
Helpful Hint Now you have split up your words, have a go at mixing them up to create some new compound words. Example: the word ‘tea’ could make ‘teabag’ and ‘spoon’ could make ‘tablespoon’.
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Unit 6
Bond SATs Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 9–10 C
Change the double vowels in these words to make new words. [ 4 ] Example: blood
blood
bleed
1
deer
3
breed
2
shoot
4
fool
breed D
broom
Put the letters of the following words in alphabetical order. [ 5 ] Example: fleece
cooker coop E
deer
ceeefl
cooker
4
sleeve
2
gloomy
5
foolish
Place one of your words in each space so that the sentences make sense. [ 12 ] A
2
We can keep chickens in a
fool
3
I got some pasta sauce on my
foolish
4
A
5
If we act daft, it means we are being
6
The opposite of outdoors is
7
We can brush the floor with a
indoors
8
Our veins carry
keen
9
A miserable, dark room could be called
gloomy greet
10 We
loop
greet
1
1
fleece
3
11 A poodle is a
is another word for an oven. . .
is an animal with antlers. . . . around our body. .
friends when we say ‘Hello!’ of dog.
sleeve 12 A
is a warm jacket.
shoot
Helpful Hint 21
With double vowels we mostly double the ‘o’ or the ‘e’. Some words such as ‘aardvark’ or ‘skiing’ will have other doubled vowels, but this is rare. 28
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Unit 6
Bond SATs Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 9–10 H
argue build business definite desperate enough
1
There are four hissing snakes in this word.
2
The Bus number 1 visits the Loch Ness monster.
3
‘I’ ‘C’ ‘U’ in the middle of this word.
4
Guide us in dark evenings.
5
There is ‘a rat’ in this word.
6
A row greatly upsets everyone.
7
‘C’ I’m before ALL in this word.
8
Are ‘U’ a ‘liar’ at the end of this word?
9
‘Th’ symmetry around the letters OUG.
10 Spell me backwards from tail to head, I know Every TIN I FED.
especially exercise
All of the words in your list are tricky to spell and sometimes little rhymes or mnemonics can help us to remember how to spell them. Work out which word each of these spelling aids helps with. [ 10 ]
I
Use some of your words to fill in the grid below. One letter in each word has been provided as a clue. [ 10 ]
guide P
particular
O
peculiar
S S
perhaps
E
possession
S
separate
S I
special
O
thought
N Helpful Hint 20
There will always be words that you find tricky to spell, but the best way of remembering a difficult word is to find a mnemonic or a rhyme to help you remember. The more creative your ‘spelling aid’ the more memorable it will be.
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Unit 8
Bond SATs Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 9–10 C
All of your words fit into the grid. Work out which number represents each letter to solve the puzzle. [ 18 ]
22
brass
A B C D E F G H
cheese
11
6
12
24
I
K
L
24
corridor giraffe
13
17
25
22
24
17
6
24
5
16
5
16
26 22
glass
20
26
23
4
25
8
17
24
2
12
12
24
23
17
16
14
4
25
25
24
U W
12 23
12
12
24
16
24
2
25
26
16
16
12 23
26
20
11
23
16
23 26
4
20
6
16
knitting
T
2
12
guess
S
25 14
25
R
24
16
chess
N O P
26
14 10
4
25
26
25
17
12
20
lettuce
11
rabbit
D
retell
Double ‘L’:
skull
Double ‘F’:
sparrow stallion
15
12
Place your words into the correct groups. The first one has been done for you. [ 15 ]
brass
Double ‘S’:
shrill
15
1
2
4
5
7
8
9
6
Double ‘E’:
Double ‘R’: 11
12
Double ‘T’: 13
14
3
10
Double ‘B’: 15
telling
E
36
Which of your words fit the following definitions? [ 3 ] 1
A small garden bird
2
A board game
3
Making things with needles and wool 36
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Unit 8
Bond SATs Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 9–10 F
All of your words are hidden in the word search. They go across and down but not diagonally. Find your words and then find the leftover letters. What do the leftover letters spell out? [ 17 ]
athletics
G
B
A
D
M
I
N
T
O
N
T
E
N
N
I
S
G
A
A
M
R
O
U
N
D
E
R
S
R
E
S
A
C
S
W
I
M
M
I
N
G
N
S
Q
U
A
S
H
R
E
D
S
P
S
N
O
O
K
E
R
N
J
O
O
I
B
A
S
K
E
T
B
A
L
L
R
N
U
G
C
C
A
T
H
L
E
T
I
C
S
T
V
I
D
O
K
K
L
O
J
U
M
P
I
N
G
C
A
N
O
L
E
E
L
B
U
L
A
R
R
I
D
I
N
G
Y
F
Y
T
Can you divide your words up into ‘ball’ games and ‘no ball’ games? [ 16 ]
badminton baseball basketball cricket golf hockey judo
No Ball Games
Ball Games
jumping riding rounders running snooker squash swimming tennis
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Unit 8
Bond SATs Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 9–10 H
An anagram is a word that can make another word if you rearrange the letters. All of the words in your list can be made out of the letters A, C, L, M, P, S and U. Find all of your words in the pyramid. You can move vertically, horizontally and diagonally and forwards or backwards. [ 16 ]
camp C A M P
cap
C A
clamp clap
P L
claps
L
A M P
P C
L
A
P
S
C L
A
S
P C
L
A
P
L A P
S
P
L
U M P
S
A L M S
A
P
S
L
U M P
S
L
A
P
S
L
A M S
P
S
L
U M P
A M P S
A A
clasp I
lamp laps lump lumps
Find another 10 words that use any mix of the following letters: A, C, L, M, P, S, E and U. [ 10 ] 1
6
2
7
3
8
4
9
5
10
palms J
saps
A clever tip to help solve anagrams is to place the letters of a word in a circle. What three words can these letters make? [ 3 ]
t
slam slap slump
p
e
l
a s
spa 1 2 3
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