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!
When you have found a word you need in the dictionary, try to learn how to spell it using the “Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check” strategy:
| 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. |
| Write | the word down without looking at it in the dictionary. As you do this, think about how the word looks! Does it look right? Is it the right shape? Is it the right length? |
| 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.
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