KS2 English Spelling Syllabus
Here we have provided the KS2 English Spelling syllabus along with example questions. You can also try a demo test to get a better understanding of how BOFA works. The syllabus is taken from the UK National Curriculum.
| Test Reference Code | Code Description | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Year 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S39 | Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable | Words keeping -e adding -ing | Words ending in -e adding -ful | ||
| S39 | Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable | Words having lost the -e when adding -ing | Words ending in -e adding -less | ||
| S39 | Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable | words able to take -ful | regular suffix -ful | ||
| S39 | Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable | -y words able to lose -y and take -iful | -y words - lost the -y and taken -iful | ||
| S39 | Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable | Words which usually drop the -e when adding a suffix | vowel suffixes - ic | vowel suffixes -ary | |
| S39 | Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable | vowel suffixes -al, -el and -il | vowel suffixes - ist | vowel suffixes - ive | |
| S39 | Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable | vowel suffixes -er and -re | |||
| S39 | Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable | vowel suffixes - est | consonant suffixes -less | ||
| S39 | Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable | verb suffixes -y | verb suffixes -y to -ier | ||
| S39 | Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable | verb suffixes -y to -iest | |||
| S39 | Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable | verb suffixes -y to -iness | |||
| S39 | Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable | verb suffixes -y to -ying | |||
| S39 | Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable | verb suffixes -y to -ied | |||
| S39 | Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words of more than one syllable | Words ending -ism | |||
| S40 | The /i/ sound spelt y other than at the end of words | The -y acts as a vowel. | |||
| S41 | The /?/ sound spelt ou | The -ou sounds like -u | |||
| S42 | More prefixes | Antonym prefix -in | |||
| S42 | More prefixes | Antonym prefix -non -means 'not' | Antonym prefix -im -means 'not' | Antonym prefix -ir-means 'not' | |
| S42 | More prefixes | Antonym prefix -un -means 'not' or 'opposite of' | Antonym prefix -mis -means 'wrong' | Antonym prefix -il -means 'not' | |
| S42 | More prefixes | Antonym prefix - 're' means 'again' | Antonym prefix -anti -means 'against' | ||
| S42 | More prefixes | Antonym prefix -de -means 'undo' | |||
| S42 | More prefixes | Antonym prefix -dis -means 'opposite of' | |||
| S42 | More prefixes | Antonym prefix - 'bi' means 'two' | |||
| S42 | More prefixes | Antonym prefix - 'inter' means 'between' | |||
| S42 | More prefixes | Antonym prefix - 'pre' means 'before' | |||
| S42 | More prefixes | Antonym prefix - 'sub' means 'under' | |||
| S42 | More prefixes | Antonym prefix - 'ex' means 'out of' | |||
| S42 | More prefixes | Antonym prefix - 'contra' means 'against or oppposite' | |||
| S42 | More prefixes | Antonym prefix - 'pro' means 'ahead' | |||
| S42 | More prefixes | Prefix - 'ad' means 'towards' | Prefix - 'circ' means ' related to circles' | Prefix - 'ab' means 'away from' | |
| S42 | More prefixes | Prefix - 'al' means 'all' | Prefix - 'tele' means 'at a distance' | Prefix - 'auto' means 'self' | |
| S42 | More prefixes | Prefix - 'a' means 'in a state of' | Prefix - 'trans' means 'change or across' | Prefix - 'aqua means 'water' | |
| S42 | More prefixes | Prefix - 're means 'repeat' | Prefix - 'micro' means 'small' | Prefix - 'aero means 'air' | |
| S42 | More prefixes | Prefix - 'prim means 'first' | Prefix - 'audi means 'sound' | ||
| S42 | More prefixes | Prefix - 'super means 'excellent or beyond.' | |||
| S42 | More prefixes | Word derived from voix' means 'voice' | Word derived from dictare' means 'to say' | Word derived from annus' means 'year' | |
| S42 | More prefixes | Word derived from micro' means 'small' | Word derived from mort' means 'dead' | ||
| S42 | More prefixes | Word derived from manus' means 'hand' | |||
| S42 | More prefixes | Word derived from octo' means 'eight' | |||
| S42 | More prefixes | Word derived from unus' means 'one' | |||
| S42 | More prefixes | Word derived from presse' means 'press' | |||
| S42 | More prefixes | Word derived from geo' means 'earth' | Word derived from insula' means 'island' | ||
| S43 | The suffix –ation | Words ending in -tion | |||
| S44 | The suffix –ly | consonant suffixes -ly | verb suffixes -y to -ily | ||
| S44 | The suffix –ly | Words ending in -e adding -ly | |||
| S44 | The suffix –ly | Words ending in -e adding -fully | |||
| S45 | Words with endings sounding like / ?? / or / t?? / | Words ending in /t??/ which is spelt -ure | |||
| S46 | Endings which sound like / ??n / | Endings which sound like /??n/ | |||
| S47 | The suffix –ous | -ous ends | |||
| S48 | Endings which sound like / ??n /, spelt –tion, –sion, –ssion, –cian | cian – where words end in c they are usually related to people: common for occupations and identity. | |||
| S48 | Endings which sound like / ??n /, spelt –tion, –sion, –ssion, –cian | sion – where the base word ends in d/de or s/se | |||
| S48 | Endings which sound like / ??n /, spelt –tion, –sion, –ssion, –cian | ssion – clear soft ‘sh’ sound. | |||
| S48 | Endings which sound like / ??n /, spelt –tion, –sion, –ssion, –cian | other sion suffixes | ution words are usually longer than three syllables; usion words tend to be shorter. | ||
| S48 | Endings which sound like / ??n /, spelt –tion, –sion, –ssion, –cian | tion – the most common ending. | ation – long a is usually followed by tion. | etion – the base word usually contains the vowel, clearly pronounced. | |
| S48 | Endings which sound like / ??n /, spelt –tion, –sion, –ssion, –cian | otion – the base word usually contains the vowel, clearly pronounced. | ition – the base word usually contains the vowel, clearly pronounced. | ||
| S49 | Words with the /k/ sound spelt ch | Ch sound is K | |||
| S49 | Words with the /k/ sound spelt ch | Ch words make a sh sound as well as ch sound. | |||
| S51 | Words ending with the /g/ sound spelt –gue and the /k/ sound spelt –que | que and gue patterns. | |||
| S52 | Words with the /s/ sound spelt sc | sc pronounced s. | |||
| S53 | Words with the / e? / sound spelt ei, eigh, or ey | multiletter vowel and consonant symbols -'ight' | ay sound by eigh, ei or ey | ||
| S54 | Endings which sound like / ??s / spelt –cious or –tious | -cious ends | |||
| S54 | Endings which sound like / ??s / spelt –cious or –tious | -tious ends | |||
| S54 | Endings which sound like / ??s / spelt –cious or –tious | -eous and -ious ends | |||
| S55 | Endings which sound like / ??l / | ending -cial | |||
| S55 | Endings which sound like / ??l / | ending -tial | |||
| S56 | Words ending in –ant, –ance, –ancy, –ent, –ence, –ency | -an words | -ent -ence -ency | ||
| S57 | Words ending in –able and –ible Words ending in –ably and –ibly | Words losing the -e when adding -ly | |||
| S57 | Words ending in –able and –ible Words ending in –ably and –ibly | Irregular words ending in -ible | Irregular root words able to add -ible | regular words ending -ible | |
| S57 | Words ending in –able and –ible Words ending in –ably and –ibly | -e words able to lose the -e and taking -ible | |||
| S57 | Words ending in –able and –ible Words ending in –ably and –ibly | -e words losing -e and taking -ible | |||
| S57 | Words ending in –able and –ible Words ending in –ably and –ibly | -y words able to lose the -y and taking -iable | |||
| S57 | Words ending in –able and –ible Words ending in –ably and –ibly | words able to take -able | -y words - lost the -y and taking -iable | ||
| S57 | Words ending in –able and –ible Words ending in –ably and –ibly | words taken -able | |||
| S57 | Words ending in –able and –ible Words ending in –ably and –ibly | -e words able to lose the -e and taking -able | |||
| S57 | Words ending in –able and –ible Words ending in –ably and –ibly | -e words losing -e and taking -able | |||
| S58 | Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in –fer | root words ending in-er | |||
| S59 | Words with the /i:/ sound spelt ei after c | words containing c followed by -ei | |||
| S60 | Words containing the letter-string ough | -ough sounds like 'uff' | -ough sounds like 'or' | ||
| S60 | Words containing the letter-string ough | -ough sounds like 'oh' | |||
| S60 | Words containing the letter-string ough | -ough sounds like 'off' | |||
| S60 | Words containing the letter-string ough | -ough sounds like 'ow' | |||
| S60 | Words containing the letter-string ough | -ough sounds like 'u' in cup | |||
| S61 | Words with ‘silent’ letters (ie letters whose presence cannot be predicted from the pronunciation of the word) | unstressed vowels | |||
| S61 | Words with ‘silent’ letters (ie letters whose presence cannot be predicted from the pronunciation of the word) | Doubled letters | |||
| S61 | Words with ‘silent’ letters (ie letters whose presence cannot be predicted from the pronunciation of the word) | Undoubled letters | |||
| S61 | Words with ‘silent’ letters (ie letters whose presence cannot be predicted from the pronunciation of the word) | tch & st -silent 't" | ci -silent 'i' | ||
| S61 | Words with ‘silent’ letters (ie letters whose presence cannot be predicted from the pronunciation of the word) | Words with a soft g or gg | ce-silent 'e' | ||
| S61 | Words with ‘silent’ letters (ie letters whose presence cannot be predicted from the pronunciation of the word) | dge -silent 'd" mn -silent n | cy-silent 'y' | ||
| S61 | Words with ‘silent’ letters (ie letters whose presence cannot be predicted from the pronunciation of the word) | New consonant spellings ph, wh and wr | |||
| S62 | Homophones and near homophones (years 3 and 4). Homophones and other words that are often confused (years 5 and 6) | homophones -"eat" | homophones -"ite" | ||
| S62 | Homophones and near homophones (years 3 and 4). Homophones and other words that are often confused (years 5 and 6) | homophones | |||
| S63 | Pluralisation | pluralisation with s | pluralisation with es | ||
| S63 | Pluralisation | -y endings | pluralisation -Consonant + y words | ||
| S63 | Pluralisation | pluralisation -Vowel + y words | |||
| S63 | Pluralisation | -e and -fe endings | pluralisation of -e and -fe endings | ||
| S63 | Pluralisation | Words which end with vowels other than e | plurals of words which end with vowels other than e which add -es | plurals of words which end with -a, add -e | |
| S63 | Pluralisation | plurals of words which end with vowels other than e which add -s | plurals of words which end with vowels other than e which add -a | ||
| S63 | Pluralisation | Words with irregular plurals | |||
| S63 | Pluralisation | irregular plurals | |||
| S64 | Vowel digraphs and trigraphs | Words containing -oa and -oe | multiletter vowel and consonant symbols -'ice' | ||
| S64 | Vowel digraphs and trigraphs | Long sounding vowels | |||
| S64 | Vowel digraphs and trigraphs | Words containing -au and -aw | |||
| S64 | Vowel digraphs and trigraphs | Vowel digraphs and trigraphs ai, ia, oi, oy | Words containing -ie | multiletter vowel and consonant symbols -'ou' | |
| S64 | Vowel digraphs and trigraphs | Vowel digraphs and trigraphs ar, ir, or and ur | |||
| S64 | Vowel digraphs and trigraphs | multiletter vowel and consonant symbols -'ee' | multiletter vowel and consonant symbols -'ea' | ||
| S64 | Vowel digraphs and trigraphs | Words containing -ew, -oo, -ue and -ui | |||
| S64 | Vowel digraphs and trigraphs | Words containing -ou and -ow | |||
| S65 | Common Subject words | History | |||
| S65 | Common Subject words | ICT | |||
| S65 | Common Subject words | Library | |||
| S65 | Common Subject words | Mathematics | |||
| S65 | Common Subject words | Music | |||
| S65 | Common Subject words | PE | |||
| S65 | Common Subject words | RE | |||
| S65 | Common Subject words | PSHE | |||
| S65 | Common Subject words | Science | |||
| S65 | Common Subject words | Geography | |||
| S65 | Common Subject words | English | |||
| S65 | Common Subject words | Drama | |||
| S65 | Common Subject words | DT | |||
| S65 | Common Subject words | Art |