SPELLING LIST – YEAR 4

LIST 1

No Words Meaning Sample Sentences

1. engineer Person skilled in design construction My father is an engineer.
and use of machines and bridges.
2. earth Our planet The earth revolves round the sun.
3. apartment Single room in a building or suite of My family lives in an apartment.
rooms.
4 accident
5 around On every side or most sides. The house was fenced all around.
6 absent Being away He was absent from school because of his illness.
7 address Place of living of a person or The boy gave me his address.
organization.
8 breathe respire A fish cannot breathe out of water.
9 butcher One who sells meat The butcher works in a t the market.
10 behave Act in a particular way The naughty child is taught to behave well.
11 butter She spread some butter on a slice of bread.
12 collect Gather together
13 cage Thing or a place that confines or
imprisons
14 comb Object for combing hair
15 cinema Theatre or a place we can watch a
movie.
16 calendar List, schedule or register of events
17 chocolates Edible paste made from cocoa seeds
18 deer An animal with horns like branches
19 dark Without light It is too dark to walk alone.
20 drain Channel or pipe for carrying water
21 daughter Female member of a family
22 elbow A join between upper and lower arm
23 electrician
24 eyebrow
25 exercise Series of body movement
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LIST 2
No Words Meaning Sample Sentences
1. enjoyable Feeling happy It is an enjoyable trip.
2. effort Give a try She scored 5A as a result of her good effort.
3. feast party The
4 fresh new I prefer fresh fruits to dried ones.
5 friendly Behaving kind / pleasant I’m fortunate to have friendly neighbours,
6 feather hair grows on birds’ bodies
7 frock Clothes worn by priest
8 fiction Invented stories
9 furthest far
10 fortnight Two week They stayed in Port Dickson for a fortnight.
11 fragile Easily broken
12 goat A farm animal
13 goal Area into which a ball went into. The striker scored a goal.
14 ginger Light reddish yellow colour root My mother puts a lot of ginger in the soup.
15 gracefully Polite and pleasing movement. The dancers danced grafully on the stage.
16 grandparents The father and mother of your parents. Ali visited his grandparents in the village last Sunday.
17 grasshopper A green insect There is a grasshopper on the big leaf.
18 hibiscus A national flower The hibiscus is our national flower.
19 helpless Need helps of others. They are helpless so they could not continue the journey
20 headache Pain in the head My mother is sleeping because she has a headache.
21 hairdresser A woman who cuts hair The hairdresser cuts my sister’s hair.
22 hammer Tool for hammering Kamil uses a hammer to nail the planks.
23 handkerchief Piece of soft cloth She uses a handkerchief to wipe her tears.
24 harmonica A musical instrument The young man blows the harmonica sweetly.
25 harvest Gathering of
LIST 3

No Words Meaning Sample Sentences

1. hatch
2. igloo
3. iceberg
4 interest
5 island
6 individual
7 immune
8 impact
9 infant
10 jungle
11 jacket
12 junction
13 journey
14 joker
15 jukebox
16 keeper
17 kangaroo
18 kitchen
19 kennel
20 kindness
21 kidney
22 knowledge
23 light
24 language
25 layer
LIST 4

No Words Meaning Sample Sentences

1. labourer
2. laundry
3. laughter
4 mangosteen
5 mammal
6 movement
7 mansion
8 marathon
9 margarine
10 marine
11 marriage
12 noodle
13 nothing
14 nature
15 neighbourhood
16 necktie
17 nephew
18 orchard
19 ocean
20 ostrich
21 organise
22 organic
23 plumber
24 painful
25 paddy
LIST 5

No Words Meaning Sample Sentences

1. pedestrian
2. porridge
3. presentation
4 prefect
5 perfect
6 parliament
7 quarter
8 quail
9 quality
10 quarrel
11 queue
12 rainbow
13 restaurant
14 rough
15 recess
16 rescue
17 rusty
18 roaring
19 sunflower
20 sheep
21 steal
22 stallion
23 shoulder
24 sleeve
25 slave
LIST 6
 No Words Meaning Sample Sentences
1. spinach A vegetable with large dark green Rahim’s mother always cooked spinach for dinner.
leaves that are usually eaten cooked.
2. scooter A light motorcycle, usually with
small wheels and a curved metal
cover at the front to protect the rider’s
legs.
3. straight Not in a curve or at an angle.
4 tailoring The style or the way in which a suit, Clever tailoring can flatter your figure.
jacket is made.
5 turtle A large reptile with a hard round
shell, that lives in the sea.
6 tadpole A small creature with a large head
and a small tail, that lives in water.
7 television A piece of electrical equipment with a
screen on which you can watch
programmes with moving pictures
and sounds.
8 toothache A pain in your teeth or in one tooth
9 triangle A flat shape with three straight sides
and three angles.
10 traffic The vehicles that are on a road at a
particular time.
11 useful That can help you to do or achieve
what you want
12 unicorn An animal like a white horse with a
long straight horn on its forehead.
13 usually In the way that is usual or normal,
most often.
14 umbrella An object with a folding circular
frame of metal rods covered with
material, that you use to protect
yourself from the rain or from hot
sun.
15 ugly Unpleasant to look (syn) unattractive
16 university An institution at the highest level of
education where you can study for a
degree or do research.
17 village A very small town situated in a
country area.
18 violin A musical instrument with strings,
that you hold under your chin and
play with a bow.