Kesgrave English – Year 8 Spelling List Week 1 (un prefix) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Until Unrefreshing Unkindness Unlike Unwrap Unsafe Unreal Unhappiness Unknown Unrivalled Unconscious Unacceptable Unaware Uncooperative Unpronounceable

Week 2 (re prefix) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Refreshing Reborn Reacting Retake Reformed Returning Revise Revision Refund Reflexes Review Removal Replacement Request Reminder

Week 3 (mis prefix) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Misled Mishap Mistake Misuse Misspell Mislead Misprint Mismatch Misunderstanding Miscarriage Miscreant Misdemeanour Misquote Misbehave Misbehaviour

Week 4 (con prefix) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Conform Contest Confront Condense Confuse Contempt Convince Consistency Conversation Continuous Consistent Controversial Contemplation Conscientious Consideration

Week 5 (ex prefix) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Export Exclude Extend Excrete Excellent Excerpt Exchange Extremely Exhaustion Exquisite Exaggerate Exasperate Exceedingly Extraordinary Extravagant

Week 6 (pro prefix) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Proverb Profile Produce Proceed Probably Profound Profit Programme Prohibit Prologue Pronounce Propeller Proportion Providing Prosperous

Kesgrave English – Year 8 Spelling List Week 7 (ion suffix) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Station Emotion Attention Decision Division Rejection Taxation Passion Subtraction Multiplication Repression Frustration Application Audition Distraction

Week 8 (ous suffix) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Famous Infamous Hideous Gracious Cautious Religious Ridiculous Marvellous Devious Courageous Vicious Spacious Flirtatious Malicious Superstitious

Week 9 (ness suffix) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Darkness Dullness Kindness Stillness Thickness Quietness Helplessness Friendlessness Carelessness Thoughtlessness Deceitfulness Usefulness Resourcefulness Thoughtfulness Hopelessness

Week 10 (able suffix) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Washable Portable Useable Refillable Likeable Removable Considerable Reasonable Unreasonable Unreadable Avoidable Unimaginable Curable Desirable Invaluable

Week 11 (est suffix) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Lightest Thickest Grandest Hardest Saddest Biggest Quickest Quietest Neatest Fastest Slowest Friendliest Happiest Busiest Strongest

Week 12 (ful suffix) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Careful Peaceful Wonderful Restful Powerful Thoughtful Fanciful Pitiful Useful Beautiful Forgetful Playful Delightful Truthful Fretful

Kesgrave English – Year 8 Spelling List Week 13 (silent h) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

Hour Honest Ghost Rhyme Rhythm Melancholy Chrome Honour Dinghy Ghastly Echo Echoes Dishonesty Dishonour Aghast

Week 14 (silent w) 1. Wrap 2. Write 3. Writer 4. Writing 5. Written 6. Wren 7. Wrestle 8. Wriggle 9. Wrinkle 10. Wrench 11. Wrist 12. Wrong 13. Wreck 14. Wreath 15. Wretched

Week 15 (silent k) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

knack knave knead knee kneel knew knife knight knit knock knoll knot know knowledge knuckle

Week 17 (silent n/p) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11.

Column Autumn Condemn Hymn Solemn Psychology Pneumonia Psychiatrist Pseudo Psychotic Receipt

Week 18 (silent g) Week 16 (silent t) 1. Fasten 2. Hasten 3. Glisten 4. Listen 5. Moisten 6. Apostle 7. Thistle 8. Whistle 9. Wrestle 10. Mortgage 11. Christmas 12. Castle 13. Bustle 14. Rustle 15. Hustle

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

align assign campaign consign design feign foreign gnarl gnash gnat gnaw gnome reign resign sign

Kesgrave English – Year 8 Spelling List Week 19 (silent b) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

aplomb climb comb crumb debt doubt lamb limb numb plumb subtle succumb thumb tomb womb

Week 20 (silent c) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

abscess ascend conscience conscious crescent descend fascinate fluorescent luminescent miscellaneous muscle obscene scenario scene scent

Week 21 (silent u) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

baguette biscuit build built circuit disguise guess guest guide guild guilty guise guitar rogue silhouette

Week 22 (-ies plurals) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

babies centuries companies copies countries families diaries flies stories victories monies activities dictionaries ferries juries

Week 23 (-ves plural) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

leaves lives thieves yourselves shelves halves wives knives scarves calves loaves hooves wolves staves rooves

Week 24 (-y to – ied) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

identity identified satisfy satisfied apply applied vary varied carry carried hurry hurried worry worried

Kesgrave English – Year 8 Spelling List Week 25 (y end change) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

beauty beautiful easy easiest noise noisily duty dutiful mercy merciful pity pitiful plenty plentiful lucky luckily

Week 26 (homophones) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

serial cereal brake break tire tyre piece peace fair fare current currant vane vein vain

Week 27 (homophones) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

allowed aloud aisle isle bare bear course coarse flower flour heal heel sole soul

Week 28 (homophones) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

hole whole idol idle knight night morning mourning oar or ore poor pour right write

Week 29 (homophones) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

root route sail sale seam seem site sight shore sure stair stare sweet suite

Week 30 (ough) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.

dough rough tough enough fought bought brought sought thought through bough drought plough thorough although nought

Kesgrave English – Year 8 Spelling List Week 31 (i before e exceptions) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

beige deign eight either feign feint feisty foreign heist heinous neighbour rein veil weight neither

Week 32 (tle) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.

rustle bristle startle castle subtle gentle jostle bustle wrestled dismantled subtitle startled whistled

Week 33 (ise) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

advise exercise surprise improvise promise practise compromise emphasise advertise disguise recognise merchandise criticise franchise

Week 34 (ent) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

silent different confident violent absent obedient magnificent intelligent convenient frequent transparent sufficient efficient independent excellent

Week 35 (au) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

author autumn because caution haunted beauty launch fault fraud auction exhaust automatic authority nausea restaurant

Week 36 (ui) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

biscuit build bruise fluid guide guilt suit cruise quilt suicide tuition recruit nuisance genuine circuit