--- title: Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea) — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea)», a lesson of the english course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: In England the National Curriculum gives a list of about 100 words that children in Years 3 and 4 (ages 7 to 9) sho --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/) / Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutor… # Words to know, Years 3–4 (the statutory list, by idea) Lesson 13 of the english course of Mova's primary school: 20 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/0/) — In England the National Curriculum gives a list of about 100 words that children in Years 3 and 4 (ages 7 to 9) should learn to spell: accident, actually, address, answer, believe, business, February, grammar, height, island, library, possession, separate and many more. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/1/) — They are not random hard words; most are words children need in their own writing all the time. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/2/) — A long list is easier in groups by meaning: time words (century, February, history), place words (address, island, position), thinking words (believe, consider, imagine). - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/3/) — And every list word has a tricky bit; find it and underline it. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/5/) — Then give the tricky bit a story. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/7/) — You should never be-LIE-ve a LIE. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/9/) — «Grammar» ends in -ar, not -er. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/10/) — «Possession» has two pairs of s's, like two pairs of shoes. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/11/) — «Height» shares e-i-g-h with «weight», though it sounds like /ite/. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/12/) — Say words slowly when you spell them. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/14/) — And the real test of a word is using it in your own sentence: «Although it rained, we still played» shows you can spell «although» and also know what it means. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/15/) — The National Curriculum in England lists about 100 words for Years 3–4 that children should learn to spell. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/16/) — Most words on the list are common in everyday writing, not rare hard words. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/17/) — Grouping list words by meaning (time, place, thinking) and learning a few each week, not all in one night, makes them easier to learn. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/19/) — «Believe» has «lie» inside it: never believe a lie. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/20/) — «Separate» has «a rat» in it: sep-a-rat-e. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/21/) — «Business» is busy + ness, with the y changed to i. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/22/) — «Grammar» ends in -ar, not -er. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/23/) — «Height» is spelled h-e-i-g-h-t, like «weight», though it sounds like /ite/. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/13-words-to-know-years-3-4/26/) — Using a list word in your own sentence checks its meaning as well as its spelling. - ← previous: [Prefixes: un-, dis-, mis-, re-, pre-, in-, im-, il-, ir-](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/12-prefixes-un-dis-mis-re-pre-in-im-il-ir/) - next →: [Words to know, Years 5–6 (the statutory list, by idea)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/14-words-to-know-years-5-6/) - ↑ back to [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/)