Key stage 3 core spellings booklet/ prep

KS3 core spelling booklet for prep for the year/ to use in class.
The booklet goes through tricky spelling rule plus a number of other core spellings from across the curriculum:

Part 1
List 1: ie/ei 3
List 2: s/c/sc/cc/xc 4
List 3: g/ge/dge 6
List 4 and 5: Double letters 7
List 6: Suffix -ing/-ed 9
List 7: Suffix -ous/-eous/-ious 10
List 8: Suffix -ence/-ance 11
List 9: Suffix -ent/-ant 12
List 9 (cont): Suffix -tion/-cion/-sion 12
List 10: Suffix -ly/-ally 13
List 10: Suffix -ful/-fil 14
Lists 11 and 12: Words that look or sound similar 15
List 13: Other common misspellings 16
Example sentences 18

About this booklet
Part 1 lists all the words you are required to know, organised by spelling rule. Begin by rating your confidence on each spelling by ticking the appropriate box. This will help you identify the spelling rules you most need to focus on.
You will see on your prep timetable that there is a fortnightly slot for literacy. Your teacher will tell you which lists to learn ahead of a ten-question quiz the following literacy lesson.

You may also like to refer to Part 2 of this booklet to see each word used in a sentence.

E.G. page 1 without practise grid

List 1: ie/ei

Rule: ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’
Not confident Moderately confident Very confident
achieve
believe
chief
friend
hierarchy
hygiene
medieval
mischievous
perceive
piece
receipt
receive
siege

Rule breakers:
Not confident Moderately confident Very confident
foreign
height
leisure
neighbour
seize
weird