Year 3 and 4 Statutory Spelling Words: Count the Syllables
Count the syllables in twelve statutory Years 3 and 4 spelling words, from two-syllable words up to experiment, with an answer key.
Grade 3 · Spelling worksheet
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Year 3 and 4 Statutory Spelling Words: Count the Syllables
Say each statutory word aloud and clap the beats. Write how many syllables it has.
- 1.grammar
- 2.island
- 3.perhaps
- 4.quarter
- 5.sentence
- 6.bicycle
- 7.continue
- 8.disappear
- 9.important
- 10.potatoes
- 11.remember
- 12.experiment
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Accuracy and sources
These references support the historical wording and answer key on this worksheet.
- DfE, English Appendix 1: Spelling (statutory) — Statutory word lists, spelling rules and example words are reproduced verbatim from the DfE appendix under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Crown copyright).