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Free Year 9 Spelling Worksheets — New Zealand

3 free spelling resources for Year 9, organised by topic with answer sheets, study guides and topic tests.

Spelling is pattern recognition. Lists here are grouped by pattern (digraphs, magic e, suffixes, silent letters) so students learn the rule, not just the words. Each list includes practice activities and a parent-led test.

Year 9 Spelling topics

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Worksheets

Printable practice with an answer sheet.

  • Worksheet

    Commonly Confused Words (affect/effect, their/there/they're, etc.)

    Students sort out the word pairs and triples that spell-checkers miss and markers notice: affect/effect, their/there/they're, your/you're,…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    20 min
    Questions
    16 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Homophones for Writers: Proofreading Sound-Alike Words

    Students build accuracy with homophones that often slip into written work: aloud and allowed, brake and break, coarse and course, peace…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    25 min
    Questions
    18 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Near Homophones: allusion/illusion, discreet/discrete, eminent/imminent and More

    Students tackle near homophones, words that sound almost the same but have different meanings and spellings: allusion and illusion,…

    Difficulty
    Level 3 · Challenge
    Time
    25 min
    Questions
    16 questions
    Answers
    Answers included

Common questions

Do writing tasks have answers?

Writing prompts include a model opening and clear success criteria rather than a single 'correct' answer, so parents and teachers can give useful feedback.

Are the reading passages original?

Yes. All passages are written by Success Tutoring and checked for age-appropriate vocabulary and sentence length.

How to use these resources

  1. Monday: read and copy the words. Wednesday: fill-the-gap and sentences. Friday: test.
  2. Say the word, say the sounds, write the word, check.
  3. Keep a 'tricky words' list for the ones that keep slipping.