Skatepark Spellers - Practising in Sentences

Writing a single word is often easier than writing it within a sentence. Please feel free to make up sentences for your child's spelling sets. Use spellings from across sets already learnt. 

The sets below are very short sentences, most of which use each spelling in the set. They also try only to use phonic knowledge up to Phase Five. Please be aware that they are not meant to illustrate excellent sentences, but are  intended for efficient practise of each set within a sentence. Please acknowledge when they are a little daft.

Do improve by using words that your child already knows. Giving them repeated experience of being able to correctly tackle each word will help them to trust that they can keep drawing on the phonics already known when writing in sentences. 

Please ensure that your child is using a capital letter when needed (such as at the start of the sentence and with words like 'Mrs'). There is a useful formation guide at the bottom of the page. Please do not expect your child to use speech marks correctly at this stage, but do expect them to use capital letters, exclamation marks and question marks correctly every time.

Supporting Learners

It may be that your child has specific needs and writing these sentences will put unnecessary strain on their time practising. If this is the case, please reduce the load by saying the word, saying it within a sentence that would interest your child and then say the word again. Your child will keep hearing great quality, full sentences and then write the word. Encourage them to read the words back to you and to say them in sentences. 

In writing, remember that you would not use a 2a phrase with two very close synonyms, unless we were effectively breaking a rule to impact the reader. Please excuse examples of this below.

Set 96: perch, lurch, emerge, devour, scramble

1. Birds perch on branches, then lurch forward to emerge and devour insects before they scramble away.
2. I perch on the wall, lurch sideways and scramble through bushes to emerge before dogs devour my lunch.
3. Eagles perch quietly, then emerge from hiding and devour their prey before it scrambles away.

Set 97: emerging, radiant, illuminate, exquisite, glistening

1. The emerging, radiant sunrise will illuminate the exquisite, glistening morning dew on the grass.
2. Radiant stars illuminate the emerging darkness with exquisite, glistening light across the sky.
3. The emerging moon's radiant glow will illuminate the glistening, exquisite frozen lake beautifully.

Set 98: colossal, tremendous, breathless, startling, stunned

1. The colossal, tremendous wave was breathless and startling, leaving everyone completely stunned.
2. A tremendous, colossal building appeared, its breathless size so startling that visitors stood stunned.
3. The startling, colossal explosion was tremendous, leaving the crowd absolutely stunned and breathless.

Set 99: treacherous, perilous, adventurous, bewildering, forlorn

1. The treacherous and perilous mountain path was bewildering and left the adventurous climber feeling forlorn.
2. Our adventurous journey through the perilous, treacherous jungle was bewildering and made us forlorn.
3. The perilous, treacherous cliffs made the adventurous sailor feel forlorn in the bewildering storm.

Set 100: glisten, devouring, monstrous, slithering, silenced

1. The monstrous, devouring flames glisten and slither upwards until they are finally silenced by water.
2. Watch the slithering snake's monstrous appetite devouring mice. Its glistening scales still and the air is silenced.
3. The glistening, slithering creatures were devouring fish with monstrous hunger. Hunger was silenced.

Set 101: serene, tranquil, jubilant, euphoric, beaming

1. The serene, tranquil lake made everyone feel jubilant and euphoric and left the visitors beaming with pure happiness.
2. Her face beaming, she felt euphoric and jubilant beside the tranquil, serene lost garden.
3. The tranquil, serene sunset left everyone beaming, feeling jubilant, yet deeply peaceful, after the euphoric mood of the day.

Set 102: luminous, phenomenal, terrific, fascinating, observed

1. We observed the luminous, phenomenal stars, finding the terrific display absolutely fascinating.
2. The fascinating, luminous fireflies created a phenomenal show that everyone observed with terrific concentration.
3. Scientists observed the terrific experiment with luminous, fascinating chemicals glowing brightly, giving a phenomenal result.

Set 103: quiver, echoing, rugged, clamber, determined

1. I quiver as I clamber up the rugged rocks, my footsteps echoing, feeling determined despite my fear.
2. The echoing cave made me quiver as I clambered over the rugged rocks, remaining determined.
3. Determined climbers quivered whilst they clambered across the rugged, echoing mountain valley.

Set 104: quivering, persevere, persistent, stubborn, participated

1. The quivering, persistent climbers participated in the race, remaining stubborn and determined to persevere.
2. Although quivering with cold, the stubborn team participated fully, staying persistent and continuing to persevere.
3. The persistent students participated and, despite quivering with nerves, they were great in proving stubborn enough to persevere successfully.

Set 105: illuminating, approximate, endlessly, significant, prominent

1. The significant, prominent building had illuminating signs. They flashed endlessly, showing the approximate distance remaining.
2. The significant and illuminating discovery was prominent in the news. Scientists discussed it endlessly, but thought the results were approximate.
3. The prominent lighthouse was illuminating the rocks endlessly. Ships could see the significant location clearly.