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Year 1 - Magic e with u
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Year 1 - Magic e with u

Magic e with u introduces KS1 children to the long u vowel sound. The spellings in this quiz have been taken from the National Curriculum.

A magic e at the end of a word changes the vowel from a short sound, like in ‘tub’ to the long vowel sound seen in the word ‘tube’. Test your knowledge on these magic e with u words.

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1.
Spell the missing word: She is singing along in _____ with the music.
tune
toon
tewn
tuin
A tune is a musical note that is held; a Looney Tune is a cartoon show with crazy characters!
2.
Spell the missing word: This is a picture of a _____.
moule
mewl
mule
mulee
A mule is a cross-breed and is half donkey, half horse.
3.
Spell the missing word: The sun always shines in the month of _____ .
Joon
June
Juin
Jewn
All of these answers include the long vowel sound for u but only one is correct. Hopefully you picked the word that looks the most familiar to you.
4.
Spell the missing word: A 3D square is called a _____.
cyoube
cyoub
cewb
cube
A cube has six faces.
5.
Spell the missing word: They all wore vegetable _____.
costoomes
costewmes
costuims
costumes
This word is sounded out like this: c + o + s + t + u + m, we don't say the magic e sound.
6.
Spell the missing word: She is putting _____ on.
perfume
perfoom
perfum
perfome
Perfume has been around since the Ancient Egyptian times!
7.
Spell the missing word: These are two _____ lion cubs.
coote
cewte
cute
cuit
With the help of the magic e, the u makes the same sound as the word 'you'.
8.
Spell the missing word: Don't be so _____.
rude
rood
rode
roode
Pushing in front of a line is considered to be very rude.
9.
Spell the missing word: Would you like to _____ my rubber.
youse
ewse
oose
use
Here we have the word 'use' with the long vowel sound and 'rubber' with the 'u' making a short vowel sound.
10.
Spell the missing word: The car _____ were poisonous.
foomes
fumes
fomes
fuims
Car exhaust fumes produce carbon monoxide, which is very harmful to our planet.
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Spelling

Author:  Finola Waller

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