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BLAKE’S WORD BANK
by Peter Clutterbuck
Middle Primary
Blake's Word Bank is an essential teaching resource
which will enrich your language lessons and
provide word lists for all your needs—planning
lessons, designing classroom activities, and
extension, reinforcement and enrichment work.
The word lists are grouped in four sections for ease
of use:
Sounds—including vowel sounds, digraphs and
blends.
Spelling—including homophones, compound words,
plurals and frequently misspelt words.
Grammar—including common and abstract nouns,
pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Vocabulary—including synonyms, antonyms,
anagrams and thematic word lists.
Also available:
Blake’s Word Bank Lower Primary
Blake’s Word Bank Upper Primary
Peter Clutterbuck
Other series by
Peter Clutterbuck
Grammar with a Grin
Good Grammar!
Spelling Success!
Understanding Science
ISBN 978-1-86509-772-5
9
781865 097725
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© Peter Clutterbuck and Blake Education 2000
Reprinted 2007
Blake’s Word Bank: Middle
ISBN-13: 978 1 86509 772 5
ISBN-10: 1 86509 772 1
Blake Education
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Glebe NSW 2037
www.blake.com.au
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Editors: Diana Grivas and Tricia Dearborn
Designed by Jobi Murphy
Illustrated by Judi Forshaw
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Contents—An Overview
Detailed List of Contents
How to Use Blake’s Word Bank
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Part One—Sounds
45 Sounds of the English Language
Vowel Sounds
Vowel Digraphs
Consonant Digraphs
Consonant Blends
Other Consonant Sounds
Some Other Important Sounds
Part Two—Spelling
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13
15
26
39
47
62
66
69
70
74
75
77
79
84
85
87
88
The 200 Most Used Words
Homophones
Compound Words
Silent Letters
Words with Double Consonants
Contractions
Plurals
Frequently Misspelt Words
Graded Word Lists
Part Three—Grammar
93
94
99
101
101
103
105
105
Nouns
Pronouns
Prepositions
Verbs
Adjectives
Adverbs
Conjunctions
Part Four—Vocabulary
106
107
109
110
112
Synonyms
Antonyms
Thematic Word Lists
Anagrams
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Vowel Digraphs
Note: A digraph is a pair of letters representing a single
sound.
‘ai’ = long /a/ sound
afraid
ail
bail
braid
brain
chain
claim
contain
daily
dainty
daisy
drain
faint
faith
gain
grain
hail
maid
paid
paint
plain
praise
raid
railway
raise
sailing
sailor
snail
Spain
straight
stain
strain
trail
train
wail
wait
‘ay’ = long /a/ sound
always
bray
crayon
delay
display
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dray
holiday
playful
pray
relay
slay
spray
stay
stray
sway
today
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a
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Vowel Digraphs—‘oo’ Sounds
Note: ‘oo’ can represent two sounds:
(i) long /oo/ sound as in boot and pool
(ii) short /oo/ sound as in book and wood.
‘oo’ = long /oo/ sound
afternoon
bloom
boom
boost
choose
cocoon
coop
doom
drool
droop
foolish
goose
hoop
hooves
loom
loot
loop
loose
mood
proof
rooster
school
scoop
shoot
smooth
snoop
snooze
stool
tooth
troop
zoom
‘oo’ = short /oo/ sound
brook
crook
rook
shook
soot
woollen
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Consonant Digraphs
—Final and Medial
‘ch’ Sounds
Note: ‘ch’ can represent two main sounds:
(i) /ch/ sound as in rich
(ii) /k/ sound as in school.
‘ch’ = /ch/ sound
beach
beech
bleach
church
coach
couch
leech
peach
perch
poach
reach
search
speech
starch
teach
touch
‘ch’ = /k/ sound
stomach
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Consonant Blends
—Final and Medial
/lk/ blend
bulk
elk
hulk
ilk
polka
skulk
sulk
whelk
/lp/ blend
gulp
kelp
pulp
scalp
yelp
/lt/ blend
adult
catapult
difficult
quilt
result
spoilt
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Part Two
Spelling
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The 200 Most Used Words
First 100 Most Used Words
The following twelve words make up on average one
quarter of all reading and writing:
a
and
he
I
in
is
it
of
that
the
to
was
The following 20 words together with the twelve
words in the list above make up, on average, one third
of all reading and writing:
all
are
as
at
be
but
for
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have
him
his
not
on
one
said
so
they
we
with
you
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The 200 Most Used Words
First 100 Most Used Words
The following 68 words together with the 32 above are the 100
most used words and make up one half of all reading and writing:
about
an
back
been
before
big
by
call
came
can
come
could
did
do
down
first
from
get
go
has
her
here
if
into
just
like
little
look
made
make
more
me
much
must
my
no
new
now
off
old
only
or
other
our
out
over
right
see
she
some
their
them
then
there
this
two
up
want
well
went
were
what
when
where
which
who
will
your
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The 200 Most Used Words
The Next 100 Most Used Words
after
again
always
am
animal
another
any
ask
asleep
away
bad
because
best
bird
black
blue
boy
bring
cool
day
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dog
don’t
eat
every
far
fast
father
fell
find
five
fly
found
four
gave
girl
give
going
good
got
green
hand
have
head
help
home
house
how
jump
keep
know
last
left
let
live
long
man
many
may
men
mother
a
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The 200 Most Used Words
The Next 100 Most Used Words (continued)
once
open
own
play
put
ran
read
red
room
round
run
sat
saw
say
school
should
sing
sit
soon
step
take
tell
than
these
thing
think
three
time
too
tree
under
us
very
walk
white
why
wish
work
would
year
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Homophones
Note: Homophones are words that sound the same but
have different spellings and different meanings.
band
blue
bored
bow
bread
break
cheap
chews
coarse
creek
days
dear
father
find
fir
flower
grown
hair
hall
heard
hole
hour
74
banned
blew
board
bough
bred
brake
cheep
choose
course
creak
daze
deer
farther
fined
fur
flour
groan
hare
haul
herd
whole
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leak leek
loan lone
main mane
mind mined
need knead
nose knows
pale pail
past passed
peer pier
peace piece
peel peal
plain plane
pray prey
rain rein reign
rap wrap
raw roar
read red
read reed
ring wring
ring wring
roll role
rose rows
seem seam
seen scene
so sew sow
sole soul
some sum
stairs stares
steak stake
steal steel
tax tacks
tea tee
tear tier
there their
toe tow
wait weight
waste waist
way weigh
where wear ware
which witch
wood would
write right rite
you ewe yew
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Compound Words
Note: Compound words are two or more
words joined together to make one new word.
What you join
Compound word
noun + noun
rainbow, hailstorm
adjective + noun
blackbird, barefoot
noun + adjective
footloose, headstrong
preposition + noun
outboard, inside
verb + noun
spoilsport, cutthroat
verb + adverb
farewell, walkover
airline
alongside
anywhere
armchair
backbone
backyard
baseball
basketball
beehive
campfire
candlestick
cannot
carport
chalkboard
crossroads
crossword
daybreak
daytime
doorbell
downhill
driveway
eggshell
everybody
everywhere
farewell
farmhouse
fingerprint
firewood
fireworks
flagpole
footpath
footprint
gingerbread
grasshopper
halfway
handshake
handwriting
headline
highway
hillside
homemade
homework
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Nouns
Common Nouns
Note: A common noun is the name of any
ordinary thing you can see and touch.
apple
balloon
banana
barbecue
basin
basket
belt
bench
bicycle
blanket
blinds
bookcase
broom
building
bus
campfire
candle
carpet
ceiling
cinema
cliff
clothes
coal
coffee
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computer
cupboard
curtains
cushion
drain
drawer
drier
farm
floor
flowers
forest
fountain
garden
glasses
gravel
ground
gutter
hammer
harbour
heater
island
jacket
jumper
jungle
kitchen
knife
ladder
lights
lounge
mall
matches
mattress
metal
mirror
motorbike
mountain
nursery
oranges
paddock
pencil
petrol
piano
picture
pillow
planets
plate
plugs
poster
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Synonyms
Note: A synonym is a word having the same, or
nearly the same, meaning as another word.
adore ÷ love
air ÷ atmosphere
alter ÷ change
annoy ÷ pester
answer ÷ reply
back ÷ rear
be ÷ exist
beach ÷ shore
beautiful ÷
lovely
blunt ÷ dull
brave ÷
courageous
bright ÷ brilliant
brink ÷ edge
buy ÷ purchase
carpet ÷ rug
centre ÷ middle
certain ÷ sure
chief ÷ leader
choose ÷ select
clever ÷ smart
closed ÷ shut
coarse ÷ rough
collect ÷ gather
comic ÷ funny
cost ÷ price
damage ÷ injure
danger ÷ peril
dead ÷
deceased
dear ÷
expensive
difficult ÷ hard
dirty ÷ filthy
dry ÷ arid
dull ÷ boring
eat ÷ consume
empty ÷ vacant
enemy ÷ foe
error ÷ mistake
except ÷ but
exit ÷ leave
fail ÷ flop
fair ÷ just
false ÷ untrue
fat ÷ obese
find ÷ discover
flower ÷ blossom
form ÷ shape
funny ÷ humorous
fur ÷ pelt
gain ÷ profit
gather ÷ collect
gaze ÷ stare
get ÷ obtain
gem ÷ jewel
grab ÷ seize
great ÷ large
groan ÷ moan
harmless ÷ safe
hate ÷ despise
heal ÷ cure
heavy ÷ weighty
help ÷ aid
here ÷ present
huge ÷ large
joy ÷ happiness
keen ÷ sharp
late ÷ tardy
leave ÷ depart
led ÷ guided
like ÷ similar
loose ÷ free
low ÷ inferior
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Thematic Word Lists
Feelings and Words to Describe Feelings
afraid
boredom
cheerful
confused
content
cranky
crushed
delicate
envious
excited
fearful
flustered
frantic
frightened
furious
gloomy
glum
guilty
hesitant
interested
jealous
jolly
merry
moody
nervous
proud
sadness
sorrow
selfish
serious
spite
sulky
tender
tense
terrified
thrilled
timid
unhappy
worried
Plants
buttercup
carnation
clover
lavender
poplar
primrose
tulip
violet
wattle
Food
apricot
beetroot
biscuit
cabbage
celery
crumpet
doughnut
hamburger
lemonade
lettuce
popcorn
sausage
strawberry
tomato
turkey
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BLAKE’S WORD BANK
by Peter Clutterbuck
Middle Primary
Blake's Word Bank is an essential teaching resource
which will enrich your language lessons and
provide word lists for all your needs—planning
lessons, designing classroom activities, and
extension, reinforcement and enrichment work.
The word lists are grouped in four sections for ease
of use:
Sounds—including vowel sounds, digraphs and
blends.
Spelling—including homophones, compound words,
plurals and frequently misspelt words.
Grammar—including common and abstract nouns,
pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Vocabulary—including synonyms, antonyms,
anagrams and thematic word lists.
Also available:
Blake’s Word Bank Lower Primary
Blake’s Word Bank Upper Primary
Peter Clutterbuck
Other series by
Peter Clutterbuck
Grammar with a Grin
Good Grammar!
Spelling Success!
Understanding Science
ISBN 978-1-86509-772-5
9
781865 097725