Year 4 Spelling Worksheet - Beginner

Year 4 Spelling worksheet for Year 4 (Key Stage 2 / Year 3-6 (Ages 7-11)). Beginner level english practice, aligned to the UK National Curriculum. Print-ready with answer key included.

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Year 4 Spelling Detectives

Ages 8–9 | Beginner | UK National Curriculum

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Instructions: Work through each short activity and read every word carefully. Use the examples and word bank to help you spot spelling patterns, choose the correct homophone and place apostrophes accurately. Check your answers by rereading each completed sentence.

Choose the correct word ending

Look at the word beginning and the clue in brackets. Write the complete word, choosing the correct ending: -tion, -sion, -ssion or -cian. Example: act + (the result of acting) = action.

1. invent + (the process of inventing) = inven___

2. decide + (the result of deciding) = deci___

3. discuss + (the act of discussing) = discu___

4. music + (a person who plays or writes music) = musi___

5. collect + (the act of collecting) = collec___

Build words with -ous

Add -ous to each word beginning to make an adjective. Use the clue to check the meaning. Remember that the spelling sometimes changes when the suffix is added.

Example: danger + -ous = dangerous

1. A person who has lots of courage is courag___

2. Something full of fame is fam___

3. Something that causes danger is danger___

4. Something with lots of variety is vari___

5. A person who is full of mischief is mischiev___

Who owns these things?

Rewrite each phrase to show that the plural owners possess the item. Add an apostrophe in the correct place. Example: the coats belonging to the girls = the girls’ coats.

1. the toys belonging to the boys

2. the nests belonging to the birds

3. the lunches belonging to the children

4. the hats belonging to the ladies

5. the books belonging to the pupils

Pick the right homophone

Choose the word that makes each sentence correct. Use the meaning of the whole sentence to help you. The options include accept/except, affect/effect and whose/who’s.

1. I will ___ your invitation to the party.

2. Everyone came ___ Sam, who was ill.

3. Loud noise can ___ how well we concentrate.

4. The new rules had a positive ___ on the class.

5. ___ coat is hanging by the door?

6. ___ coming to the library with us?

Statutory spelling: complete the words

Use the word bank to complete each sentence. Read the sentence aloud and check that the word makes sense. Each word is from the Year 3–4 statutory spelling list.

Word bank: believe, calendar, caught, describe, separate, surprise

1. I ___ that we can finish the puzzle together.

2. Write the match date on the ___ .

3. The goalkeeper ___ the ball.

4. Can you ___ the animal you saw?

5. Please keep the clean and muddy shoes ___ .

6. We planned a birthday ___ for our friend.

Spot the spelling pattern

Choose the correctly spelt word in each pair. Look closely at the suffix or the Year 3–4 statutory word spelling. The correct option is the word you should write.

1. Which spelling is correct?

2. Which spelling is correct?

3. Which spelling is correct?

4. Which spelling is correct?

5. Which spelling is correct?

Answer Key

Activity 1: invention ; decision ; discussion ; musician ; collection

Activity 2: courageous ; famous ; dangerous ; various ; mischievous

Activity 3: the boys’ toys ; the birds’ nests ; the children’s lunches ; the ladies’ hats ; the pupils’ books

Activity 4: accept ; except ; affect ; effect ; Whose ; Who’s

Activity 5: believe ; calendar ; caught ; describe ; separate ; surprise

Activity 6: invention ; famous ; medicine ; possess ; weight