Learn to Look for Words Within Words

In this worksheet, students will practise looking for short words within long words to help them with spellings.

Key stage: KS 2

Year: Year 3 English worksheets

Curriculum topic: Writing: Transcription

Curriculum subtopic: Spelling Awareness

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Worksheet Overview

It can be easier to spell long words if we look for short words inside them.

wardrobe of clothes

For example, the word wardrobe has all these words within it:

war

ward

rob

robe

In this activity, we will be looking for short words within longer words. It is important that the letters in the words are in the right order, as muddling them up will not help with spellings.

Shall we have a go?

happy girl dancing

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