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11+ Vocabulary Your Child Should Know in Year 4

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WORD 1 OF 96Tricky
conjunctionalthoughtap the card to flip ↻
CONJUNCTIONMEANING
although
in spite of the fact that; even though.
In a sentence“Although it was raining, we still played outside.”
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awl-DHOH
⚠ ‘ough’ makes an ‘oh’ sound here.
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Every Year 4 word

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althoughTrickyawl-DHOH
believeTrickybuh-LEEV
bicycleTrickyBY-sik-ul
breathSounds as it looksbreth
breatheTrickybreethe
buildTrickybild
businessTrickyBIZ-niss
busyTrickyBIZ-ee
calendarTrickyKAL-un-der
caughtTrickykawt
centreTrickySEN-ter
centuryTrickySEN-chuh-ree
certainTrickySER-tun
circleTrickySUR-kul
completeSounds as it lookskuhm-PLEET
considerSounds as it lookskun-SID-er
continueSounds as it lookskun-TIN-yoo
decideSounds as it looksdee-SYDE
differentTrickyDIF-rent
difficultSounds as it looksDIF-i-kult
disappearTrickydis-uh-PEER
earlyTrickyUR-lee
earthTrickyurth
eightTrickyayt
eighthTrickyaytth
enoughTrickyee-NUF
exerciseTrickyEK-ser-syze
experienceTrickyik-SPEER-ee-unss
experimentSounds as it looksik-SPERR-i-ment
famousSounds as it looksFAY-muss
favouriteTrickyFAY-vrit
FebruaryTrickyFEB-roo-ree
forwardSounds as it looksFOR-werd
fruitTrickyfroot
grammarTrickyGRAM-er
groupTrickygroop
guardTrickygard
guideTrickygyde
heardTrickyherd
heartTrickyhart
heightTrickyhyte
historySounds as it looksHIS-tree
imagineSounds as it looksim-AJ-in
importantSounds as it looksim-POR-tunt
increaseSounds as it looksin-KREESS
interestTrickyIN-trest
islandTrickyEYE-luhnd
knowledgeTrickyNOL-ij
learnTrickylurn
lengthTrickylengkth
libraryTrickyLY-bruh-ree
materialSounds as it looksmuh-TEER-ee-ul
medicineTrickyMED-sin
mentionTrickyMEN-shun
minuteTrickyMIN-it
naturalTrickyNACH-rul
naughtyTrickyNAW-tee
noticeTrickyNOH-tiss
occasionTrickyuh-KAY-zhun
oftenTrickyOF-un
oppositeTrickyOP-uh-zit
ordinaryTrickyOR-din-ree
particularTrickypuh-TIK-yuh-ler
peculiarTrickypi-KYOO-lee-er
perhapsSounds as it looksper-HAPS
popularTrickyPOP-yuh-ler
positionTrickypuh-ZISH-un
possessTrickypuh-ZESS
possibleTrickyPOSS-uh-bul
potatoesTrickypuh-TAY-toze
pressureTrickyPRESH-er
probablyTrickyPROB-uh-blee
promiseSounds as it looksPROM-iss
purposeTrickyPUR-puss
quarterTrickyKWOR-ter
questionTrickyKWES-chun
recentSounds as it looksREE-sunt
regularTrickyREG-yuh-ler
reignTrickyrayn
rememberSounds as it looksri-MEM-ber
sentenceTrickySEN-tunss
separateTrickySEP-uh-rut
specialTrickySPESH-ul
straightTrickystrayt
strangeSounds as it looksstraynj
strengthTrickystrengkth
supposeTrickysuh-POHZ
surpriseTrickyser-PRYZE
thereforeSounds as it looksTHAIR-for
thoughTrickythoh
thoughtTrickythawt
throughTrickythroo
variousSounds as it looksVAIR-ee-uss
weightTrickywayt
womanTrickyWUM-un
womenTrickyWIM-in
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