SATs Skills Spelling and Vocabulary Workbook 8–9 years
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Unit 1
Bond SATs Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 8–9 A
B
Write the three-letter words that are hidden in these words. 1
bowled
8
allowing
2
golden
9
prodded
3
soaked
10 persecute
4
related
11 encrypted
5
garbage
12 acrobatic
6
described
13 woebegone
7
combustion
14 fairies
[ 14 ]
air ate bag bar bat
Colour in the words from your list in the grid. A shape will appear that has something in common with these words. [ 2 ] 1
What is the shape?
2
How is it related to these words?
bed beg bus
bud
log
elm
mug
pat
wig
rut
yew
run
ant
hob
ate
old
win
men
bee
pit
tow
bug
bed
too
bus
wit
pug
art
fog
jar
bow
art
air
ran
tag
jig
ram
lag
pig
bat
bag
lip
fig
tun
fun
sin
man
oak
owl
dad
ash
kin
sun
woe
pin
jug
cry
pen
lit
sow
hod
boo
bar
cot
egg
tub
won
met
two
who
odd
cut
beg
sit
far
wit
sew
con
wet
rat
sat
nit
men
oat
put
hen
let
loo
new
pun
jib
hid
kit
set
rag
hog
for
mum
tin
cry cut egg oak odd old owl
Helpful Hint
win
Some words within words are easy to spot, such as commonly used words like ‘and’, ‘are’, ‘old’, ‘all’. Small words are easy to spot within compound words as these make up the compound word. Example: ‘rain’ and ‘bow’ in ‘rainbow’. Some words are more hidden e.g. ‘allowing’
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Bond SATs Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 8–9 F
Use some of the words in your list to complete these sentences. For some sentences there is more than one possible answer. [12] 1
above
The guide walked
the class to ensure no one
got lost. 2
Our class were
3
The naughty dog jumped
4
The teacher arrived early,
before
5
The bridge crossed
behind
6
I like to play
7
We took our shoes
8
The top set were
down
9
We sailed
in
10 I pulled the belt
across around
below
the school concert. my lap. her students. the river. my friends. . the bottom set. the bay from one end to the other. my waist.
11 The water flowed
off
the bridge.
12 We had to climb
on
G
the hill.
Find all of your words in the word search. They go across or down, but not diagonally. What do the leftover letters spell out? [17 ]
out
o
over through under up with
o
A
B
O
V
E
P
O
U
T
C
E
R
U
N
D
E
R
H
R
L
B
E
H
I
N
D
R
O
O
E
E
O
F
F
O
O
S
W
F
P
O
S
I
W
U
S
T
O
V
E
R
I
N
G
I
A
R
O
U
N
D
O
H
U
P
E
N
W
I
T
H
N
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Unit 5
Bond SATs Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 8–9 A
Fill in the grid with all of your words, using the clues to help you. 1
2
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3
bathroom
4 5
bedroom
6
begin 7
8 9
10
beside
11
carrot 12
13
14
cupboard discover football
15
forward
B
Across
Down
1 4 8 11 12 13 14 15
2 3 5 6 7 9 10 13
Not ‘backward’ Where we sleep A winter garden sculpture! Where we wash To find out Next to Not ‘nothing’ A place for storage
Equally happy with either A popular ball game An orange vegetable Not ‘somewhere’ Not ‘somebody’ Not ‘nowhere’ Where water drops down To start
All of your words are made up of two shorter words. How many other words can you think of that begin with these words? [20] 1
foot
2
sea
3
snow
4
in
5
fire
nobody nowhere snowman something somewhere waterfall whatever
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Unit 5
Bond SATs Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 8–9 C
Which of your words match the sounds of the words below? The first one has been done as an example. [5] ail
base bone brave
D
cage
pale
3
own
1
eight
4
air
2
aim
5
owes
Fill in the grid with some of your words. One letter of each word has been given to help you. In some places, more than one word will fit. [11]
M
cake
A dare
G I
hate
C E
hose
W
late
O R
name
D pale
S
place E
plane
Write the following words backwards and then put them into alphabetical order. [8] plane
plate time
1st
place
2nd
plate
3rd
brave
4th
wide Helpful Hint Remember, once you have written the words backwards, you will need to look at the second letter of each word to put them into alphabetical order.
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Unit 5
Bond SATs Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 8–9 F
G
H
All of your words have been made into anagrams. Rearrange the letters to match your words to their anagrams. [16] 1
rathe
9
2
dahe
10 a e d d
3
read
11 h a r b e t
4
crale
12 l a c e n
5
mabe
13 r a h e
6
rakeb
14 m a r e c
7
tracee
15 d a r m e
8
tabe
16 b a t f l e u i u
beam
rabed
beat beautiful bread break breath
A homophone is a word that has the same sound as another word but has a different spelling and a different meaning. Find five homophones in your list of words. [5] 1
3
2
4
clean clear
5
cream
Many of these words can be both a noun and a verb. Decide whether the underlined word is a verb or a noun in these sentences and circle your answer. [8]
create dead
1
We’re going on a short break next weekend.
verb / noun
2
Can you clean your bike please?
verb / noun
3
Would you like cream on your strawberries?
verb / noun
dream
4
The squirrel has to break the shell to reach the nut.
verb / noun
head
5
Luke is going to clear the shed out at the weekend.
verb / noun
6
I had a strange dream last night.
verb / noun
7
Mia bumped her head on the table.
verb / noun
8
Han beat the drum steadily.
verb / noun
dear
hear heart
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Unit 5
Bond SATs Skills Spelling and Vocabulary 8–9 I
bright
All of your words fit into the grid. Work out which number represents each letter to solve the puzzle. [17]
A
B C D
E
G H
I
L
21 R S T
N O P
clever
V W Y
21 21
player
26
3
15
25
21
9 5
present
9
3
14
25
15
8 25
pretend 5
scare
15
21 25
15
25
19
21
15
10
24
10
13
21
6
5
3
1
25
15
21
25
13
4
3
23
14
25
slow
11
9
26
6
25
scared
13
5
21
21
15
13
13
6
25
5
25
11
5
10
11 13
4
11 21
spend spent
J
13
15
6
11
24
Remove one letter from each of the following words to make a new word. The first one has been done as an example. [8]
spin present
split started stop story K
strong
1
stop
5
slow
2
scared
6
player
3
scare
7
spend
4
spent
8
bright
Change the vowel in these words to make new words. The first one has been done as an example. [5] slow
30
slew
3
stop
1
spin
4
strong
2
scared
5
clever
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