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      She took the plates into the kitchen.

       She talked to him on the phone.

      They can also be used to talk about things that you will do in the future.

      Mum will be angry.

      Our teacher will give the prizes to the winners.

      We’ll come along later.

      Tips to help you become a super speller!

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Look at the word carefully. Look at its shape and length. Look at the letters in it to see if there are any letter patterns that might help you remember how to spell it in future, for example, bright, light, tight.
Say the word out loud. Think about how the word sounds! Can you spell a word that sounds like it? Does your word have a similar sound pattern in it? Sound out the word and try to spell it.
Cover the word up so you cannot see it.
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Check that you have written it correctly.

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      abacus noun abacuses

      An abacus is a frame with beads that move along pieces of wire. It is used for counting.

      able adjective

      If you are able to do something, you know how to do it.

      She is able to swim.

      about

      1 About means to do with.

      This book is about history.

      2 About also means near to something.

      His grandfather is about 80 years old.

      above

      If something is above another thing, it is over it or higher than it.

      Lift the ball above your head.

      accident noun accidents

      1 An accident is something nasty that happens, and that hurts someone.

      He broke his leg in a car accident.

      2 If something happens by accident, you do not expect it to happen.

      I dropped a cup by accident.

      ache verb aches, aching, ached

      If a part of your body aches, you feel a steady pain there.

      My leg aches a lot.

      acorn noun acorns

      An acorn is the seed of an oak tree.

      across

      If someone goes across a place, they go from one side of it to the other.

      She walked across the road.

      act verb acts, acting, acted

      1 When you act, you do something.

      The police acted quickly to stop the fight.

      2 If you act in a play or film, you pretend to be one of the people in it.

      active adjective

      Someone who is active moves around a lot.

      My grandmother is very active for her age.

      add verb adds, adding, added

      1 If you add one thing to another, you put it with the other thing.

      Add the water to the flour.

      2 If you add numbers together, you find out how many they make together.

      Add three and six.

      address noun addresses

      Your address is the name of the place where you live.

      adjective noun adjectives

      An adjective is a word like “big” or “beautiful”, that tells you more about a person or thing.

      admire verb admires, admiring, admired

      If you admire something, you like it and think that it is very nice or very good.

      I admired his painting.

      adopt verb adopts, adopting, adopted

      If you adopt another person’s child, you take them into your own family as your son or daughter.

      adult noun adults

      An adult is a person who is not a child anymore.

      adventure noun adventures

      An adventure is something exciting which you do, or which happens to you.

      He wrote a book about his adventures in the jungle.

      adverb noun adverbs

      An adverb is a word like “slowly”, “now”, or “very” that tells you about how something is done.

      aeroplane noun aeroplanes

      An aeroplane is a large vehicle with wings and engines that flies through the air.

      afraid adjective

      If you are afraid, you are frightened because you think that something bad will happen to you.

      I am not afraid of the dark.

      after

      1 If something happens after another thing, it happens later than it.

      I watched television after dinner.

      2 If you go after a person or thing, you follow them or chase them.

      They ran after her.

      afternoon noun afternoons

      The afternoon is the part of each day between twelve noon and about six o’clock.

      again

      If something happens again, it happens another time.

      We went to the park again yesterday.

      against

      1 If something is against another thing, it is touching it.

      He leaned against the wall.

      2 If you play against someone in a game, you try to beat them.

      The

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