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Year 4 · English

Use Exception Words

Year 4 learners practise common exception words spelling.

The activities include Change the Gender of Words, Explore Exception Words, Explore How to Spell Exception Words, and related practice. The checked support below includes teaching, video, interactive, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Change the Gender of Words
  • Explore Exception Words
  • Explore How to Spell Exception Words
  • Investigate Pronunciation of Different Letter Strings
  • Learn to Spell Some Exception Words
  • Practise Changing the Gender of Words
  • Practise Learning Exception Words
  • Remember How to Spell Some Exception Words
  • Revise Some Common Exception Words

Checked learning resources

  • BBC Bitesize: Prefixes and suffixes

    BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    KS2 spelling and vocabulary hub for prefixes, suffixes, root words and word families.

  • Oak: Common exception words and suffixes

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Year 4 unit including common exception words and spelling fluency, relevant to exception-word practice.

  • BBC Bitesize: Spelling

    BBC Bitesize · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    KS2 spelling hub for common exception words, homophones and spelling patterns.

  • Common Exception Words Y3/Y4 | KS2 English Concept Video

    Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

    Teacher-led KS2 video explains Year 3 and 4 common exception words, models spelling strategies and includes National Curriculum-aligned practice questions.

  • Words Containing the Letter String 'ough' | KS2 English Concept Video

    Twinkl · Video · Account may be required

    Teacher-led KS2 video models spelling questions with the letter string 'ough', whose different pronunciations give an exact instance of the activity skill: identical letter strings sounding different across words.

  • Practising common exception words

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Year 4 Oak lesson explains that common exception words do not follow regular spelling rules and models accurate spelling of the Year 3/4 words.

  • Common exception words worksheet and quizzes

    Oak National Academy · Interactive · Opens on the provider website

    Free Year 4 worksheet and quizzes practise the common exception words themselves rather than unrelated handwriting joins.

  • PlanIt Spelling: Letter String 'ough' with Different Pronunciations

    Twinkl · Lesson · Account may be required

    Upper-KS2 teaching presentation and spelling activities for investigating the 'ough' letter string and recognising its different pronunciations in words.