KS2 Unstressed Vowels Quiz: Master English Spelling

English Quiz - Spelling: Unstressed Vowels 01 (Questions)

Get ready for a KS2 English spelling quiz all about unstressed vowels! These are sneaky letters that are hard to hear in words, especially in long ones. In polysyllabic words (words with more than one syllable), some syllables get more stress than others. Unstressed syllables all sound the same, like the 'e' in 'the', the 'e' in 'carpet' and the 'a' in 'zebra'. They all sound identical. Reading a lot can help you remember how words are spelled, so let's have fun practising!

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Something which shows the days, weeks and months of a year.

[ ]	Calinder
[ ]	Calendar
[ ]	Calindar
[ ]	Calendir

Something that is by itself; not joined with anything.

[ ]	Seperate
[ ]	Sepiret
[ ]	Sepirete
[ ]	Separate

Another word for essential.

[ ]	Necessary
[ ]	Necissery
[ ]	Necessery
[ ]	Necissary

A feeling of wanting to know about something; also, to your own advantage - it will be in your own ____.

[ ]	intirust
[ ]	inturist
[ ]	interest
[ ]	intrest

A room or a building in which books are kept; a place where books can be borrowed.

[ ]	Libury
[ ]	Libry
[ ]	Liberry
[ ]	Library

A spoken or written account of something or someone.

[ ]	Descreption
[ ]	Descripshun
[ ]	Description
[ ]	Discription

To think of something from the past, or something which had been forgotten.

[ ]	Rumember
[ ]	Remembir
[ ]	Remember
[ ]	Rember

Not the same as something else.

[ ]	Diffrent
[ ]	Different
[ ]	Diffirent
[ ]	Differint

The refusal to go along with something.

[ ]	Resistance
[ ]	Resistence
[ ]	Risistence
[ ]	Risistance

10.

A book or other resource in which you can find words and their meanings arranged alphabetically.

[ ]	Dictioniry
[ ]	Dicshunery
[ ]	Dictionery
[ ]	Dictionary

English Quiz - Spelling: Unstressed Vowels 01 (Answers)

Something which shows the days, weeks and months of a year.

[ ]	Calinder
[x]	Calendar
[ ]	Calindar
[ ]	Calendir

You might think it should be 'calender' but it's not!

Something that is by itself; not joined with anything.

[ ]	Seperate
[ ]	Sepiret
[ ]	Sepirete
[x]	Separate

Some people like to remember that there is 'a rat' in 'separate'.

Another word for essential.

[x]	Necessary
[ ]	Necissery
[ ]	Necessery
[ ]	Necissary

Water is essential, or necessary, for life.

A feeling of wanting to know about something; also, to your own advantage - it will be in your own ____.

[ ]	intirust
[ ]	inturist
[x]	interest
[ ]	intrest

If you can remember the two 'e's in 'interest', you'll also be able to spell 'interesting' and 'interested'.

A room or a building in which books are kept; a place where books can be borrowed.

[ ]	Libury
[ ]	Libry
[ ]	Liberry
[x]	Library

A librarian works in a library.

A spoken or written account of something or someone.

[ ]	Descreption
[ ]	Descripshun
[x]	Description
[ ]	Discription

Remember that 'description' comes from 'describe' - both share a 'de-' prefix.

To think of something from the past, or something which had been forgotten.

[ ]	Rumember
[ ]	Remembir
[x]	Remember
[ ]	Rember

Thinking of 're-' and 'member' can help you remember.

Not the same as something else.

[ ]	Diffrent
[x]	Different
[ ]	Diffirent
[ ]	Differint

'To differ' means 'to disagree', which might be easier to remember - add '-ent' for 'different' or '-ence' for 'difference'.

The refusal to go along with something.

[x]	Resistance
[ ]	Resistence
[ ]	Risistence
[ ]	Risistance

The endings, '-ance' and '-ence', can be tricky to remember.

10.

A book or other resource in which you can find words and their meanings arranged alphabetically.

[ ]	Dictioniry
[ ]	Dicshunery
[ ]	Dictionery
[x]	Dictionary

A dictionary is a very handy thing to own.