Spelling and Vocabulary 9–10 years
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Bond Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 9–10 A
Unit 1
All of the words are hidden in the word search. Once you have found all of the words, the remaining letters spell out a message that is related to your words. [ 17 ] 1
Beak
What is this message?
Beaker W
C
D
I
S
E
A
S
E
H
O
H
E
X
C
E
E
D
A
E
B
E
A
K
E
R
R
D
G
A
Death
E
A
T
H
R
E
A
T
L
L
Disease
A
P
H
E
A
V
E
N
E
T
Eagle
K
F
E
A
T
H
E
R
W
H
G
L
E
A
M
I
N
G
H
Y
H
E
A
T
H
E
R
S
E
W
S
P
E
A
K
E
R
I
A
T
H
W
E
A
K
E
N
E
T
A
Cheap
Exceed Feather Gleaming Healthy Heather
B
Some of these words can have one letter removed and they will make a new word. Can you remove one letter from these words and write the new word that can be made? [ 8 ]
Heaven Speaker
1
Beaker
5
Cheap
2
Feather
6
Healthy
3
Heaven
7
Wheat
Weaken
4
Weaken
8
Threat
Wheat
Threat
Helpful Hint When we have double vowels a quick reminder to help us spell is: When two vowels go out walking, the first sound does the talking. So ‘ea’ often sounds like ‘E’.
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Unit 1
Bond Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 9–10 C
Which of the three letter words in your list can be found in these longer words? [ 16 ] 1
Dehumanise
9
2
Martyrs
10 Argument
3
Anecdotal
11 Dowry
4
Budgerigar
12 Midyear
5
Polystyrene
13 Turban
Con
6
Coffeepot
14 Cobwebs
Dot
7
Archdeacons
15 Megaphone
Dye
8
Privy
16 Squashy
Art Ban Bud Cob
Fee
D
Gap
Place one of the following words in each space below using all of the words once: [ 10 ] art
Gum
Delighting
1–2
ban bud
con fee
gap hum
sty
tin
wry
To which two words can we add an ‘a’ to make another word? and
Hum 3–4
Ivy
To which two words can we add a ‘p’ to make another word? and
Shy
5– 6
To which two words can we add an ‘e’ to make another word? and
Sty 7–8
Tin
To which two words can we add a ‘t’ to make another word? and
Wry
9 – 10
To which two words can we add an ‘s’ to make another word? and
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Bond Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 9–10 E
Unit 1
All of the words are hidden in the word search. Once you have found all of the words, the remaining letters spell out a message that is related to your words. [ 17 ] 1
Bath
What is this message?
Birch
N
S
T
R
E
N
G
T
H
I
T
H
F
E
T
C
H
E
N
S
E
B
A
T
H
W
O
Church
T
R
P
I
D
D
U
L
W
Depth
H
H
I
R
S
E
R
A
E
Fetch
B
U
N
C
H
P
C
T
A
M
N
C
H
A
T
H
C
L
O
C
H
L
L
H
U
H
T
T
H
U
T
C
H
S
E
H
H
L
E
N
G
T
H
T
H
Length
O
R
C
W
I
D
T
H
H
Moth
Bunch
Hunch Hutch Latch
Ninth F
G
An antonym is a word that is most opposite in meaning to another. Which of your words are antonyms for these words? [ 3 ] 1
Take
2
Weakness
3
Poverty
Pinch Strength Wealth
A synonym is a word that is similar in meaning to another. Which of your words are synonyms for these words? [ 4 ] 1
Nip
3
Power
2
Clump
4
Cage
Width
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Unit 1
Bond Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 9–10 H
Place one of the words in each space so that each sentence makes sense. [ 16 ] 1
Ape
is an intricate pattern or decorative fabric.
2
Another word for ribbon is
Bore
3
A songwriter sets words to a
Cave
4
Around the coast we find a
Cove
5
An
6
Drake Fate Frame
. . which is a sheltered bay.
is an animal. means luck or fortune.
7
A border around a photograph or picture is called a
8
The past tense of speak is
9
The
.
is the cost or speed of something.
Kite
10 A
Lace
11 On a windy day it is great fun to fly a
Rake
12 To
is a hollow or tunnel in a cliff, hill or mountainside. .
is to drill a hole.
13 The past tense of weave is
Rate Spoke
14 The word shape up.
Tape
15 A male duck is called a 16
Tone Tune
I
Wove
22
A
.
. means a shade, or a musical sound, or to
.
is a gardening tool.
All of these words have an ‘e’ at the end, but some of these words would make another word if we took the ‘e’ off. Find six words that would make another word if the ‘e’ was removed. [ 6 ] 1
4
2
5
3
6
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Bond Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 9–10 A
Unit 2
All of the words are hidden in the word search. Once you have found all of the words, the remaining letters spell out a message that is related to your words. [ 17 ] 1
Apple
What is this message?
Apricot G
B
A
N
A
N
A
W
O
S
R
A
S
P
B
E
R
R
Y
T
A
P
R
I
C
O
T
R
P
R
Cherry
P
I
N
E
A
P
P
L
E
A
Grape
E
D
S
T
O
H
A
E
A
W
Grapefruit
F
C
H
E
R
R
Y
M
C
B
R
H
U
B
A
R
B
O
H
E
U
T
A
R
N
E
F
N
R
R
I
M
A
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E
P
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M
Y
Orange
A
P
P
L
E
G
R
A
P
E
Peach
Banana
Lemon Lime Mango
Pineapple B
Can you spell the following words backwards and then put these new words into alphabetical order? [ 10 ] grape
cherry
lemon
mango
peach
Plum Raspberry Rhubarb
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Strawberry
Helpful Hint Some fruits make use of common spelling strings. If you can spell ‘cherry’ you can spell all of the ‘berry’ words (cranberry, strawberry, blueberry, etc.) and the plural of this ‘cherries’ gives you the same spelling string as all of the plural ‘berries’.
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Unit 2
Bond Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 9–10 C
Can you use the words in your spelling list and the clues below to complete this crossword? [ 16 ] 1
Acorn 2
Armour
3
4
Bandage
5
Bandit
6
Bargain
7 8
Bathe 9
10
Birthday 11
Bitten
12
Blackbird 13
Bluebell Buttercup Butterflies Cupcake Damage
Across
Down
1 3 5 7 10 11 12 13
1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9
To physically harm A knight’s protective clothing Pretty insects A garden bird A tasty treat To be gnawed To go into a trance To celebrate our age
To get online information A wild flower The fruit of an oak tree To buy something cheaply To soak A spring flower Found in a first aid kit A thief or robber
Daydream Download
Helpful Hint 16
All compound words have to be made from two, or more, proper words so think about this to help you with your spellings, especially when they do not sound like their component words. 8
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Bond Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 9–10 D
Unit 2
All the words in your list are in the grid but only the first letters are here. Can you fill in the gaps so that the grid is complete? [ 16 ]
P L
P
D
C
C
Architect P
M
Actor
Artist
A
Chef S
C
A
A
Curator Dentist Doctor
N D
Librarian Musician
N
Nanny E
Which of these words fit the descriptions below? [ 8 ] 1
Who works with play scripts?
2
Who flies an aeroplane?
3
Who looks after children?
4
Who works with paint?
5
Who works in an office?
6
Who creates meals?
7
Who looks after our teeth?
8
Who designs buildings?
Nurse Pilot Police Priest Scientist Secretary
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Unit 2
Bond Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 9–10
All of the words in your list are in the grid but the letters have been replaced by numbers. Can you work out which number represents which letter so that you can fill in the grid? [ 18 ]
F
Amuse
4
Bike
26
Blade Blame Complete
17
7
10
19
9
5
25
7
Dome 4
1
4
18
1
21
17
7
6
7
13
22
19
6
7
13
26
A
L
16
9
5
B
M
7
1
13
C
N
13
13
4
18
D
O
3
13
3
E
P
25
F
R
G
S
I
T
K
U
16
19
12
25
1
13
17
Describe
Entire
5
25
16
3
Crime
5
6
12 12 1
25
6
13
1
5 17
7
13
10
13
3 21
1
16
4
13
13
File Flame G
Flute Glide Globe Primrose Strange
A synonym is a word that is most similar in meaning to another word. Which of your words are synonyms for these words? [ 10 ] 1
Entertain
6
Accuse
2
Slide
7
Finish
3
Offence
8
Whole
4
Document
9
Earth
5
Eerie
10 Blaze
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