KS1 Spelling | Magic E with U Common Words Test

Spelling Quiz - Year 1 - Magic e with u (Questions)

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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Spell the missing word: The sun always shines in the month of _____ .

[ ]	Joon
[ ]	June
[ ]	Juin
[ ]	Jewn

Spell the missing word: These are two _____ lion cubs.

[ ]	coote
[ ]	cewte
[ ]	cute
[ ]	cuit

Spell the missing word: Would you like to _____ my rubber.

[ ]	youse
[ ]	ewse
[ ]	oose
[ ]	use

Spell the missing word: She is singing along in _____ with the music.

[ ]	tune
[ ]	toon
[ ]	tewn
[ ]	tuin

Spell the missing word: A 3D square is called a _____.

[ ]	cyoube
[ ]	cyoub
[ ]	cewb
[ ]	cube

Spell the missing word: The car _____ were poisonous.

[ ]	foomes
[ ]	fumes
[ ]	fomes
[ ]	fuims

Spell the missing word: Don't be so _____.

[ ]	rude
[ ]	rood
[ ]	rode
[ ]	roode

Spell the missing word: This is a picture of a _____.

[ ]	moule
[ ]	mewl
[ ]	mule
[ ]	mulee

Spell the missing word: They all wore vegetable _____.

[ ]	costoomes
[ ]	costewmes
[ ]	costuims
[ ]	costumes

10.

Spell the missing word: She is putting _____ on.

[ ]	perfume
[ ]	perfoom
[ ]	perfum
[ ]	perfome

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Spelling Quiz - Year 1 - Magic e with u (Answers)

Spell the missing word: The sun always shines in the month of _____ .

[ ]	Joon
[x]	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.

Spell the missing word: These are two _____ lion cubs.

[ ]	coote
[ ]	cewte
[x]	cute
[ ]	cuit

With the help of the magic e, the u makes the same sound as the word 'you'.

Spell the missing word: Would you like to _____ my rubber.

[ ]	youse
[ ]	ewse
[ ]	oose
[x]	use

Here we have the word 'use' with the long vowel sound and 'rubber' with the 'u' making a short vowel sound.

Spell the missing word: She is singing along in _____ with the music.

[x]	tune
[ ]	toon
[ ]	tewn
[ ]	tuin

A tune is a musical note that is held; a Looney Tune is a cartoon show with crazy characters!

Spell the missing word: A 3D square is called a _____.

[ ]	cyoube
[ ]	cyoub
[ ]	cewb
[x]	cube

A cube has six faces.

Spell the missing word: The car _____ were poisonous.

[ ]	foomes
[x]	fumes
[ ]	fomes
[ ]	fuims

Car exhaust fumes produce carbon monoxide, which is very harmful to our planet.

Spell the missing word: Don't be so _____.

[x]	rude
[ ]	rood
[ ]	rode
[ ]	roode

Pushing in front of a line is considered to be very rude.

Spell the missing word: This is a picture of a _____.

[ ]	moule
[ ]	mewl
[x]	mule
[ ]	mulee

A mule is a cross-breed and is half donkey, half horse.

Spell the missing word: They all wore vegetable _____.

[ ]	costoomes
[ ]	costewmes
[ ]	costuims
[x]	costumes

This word is sounded out like this: c + o + s + t + u + m, we don't say the magic e sound.

10.

Spell the missing word: She is putting _____ on.

[x]	perfume
[ ]	perfoom
[ ]	perfum
[ ]	perfome

Perfume has been around since the Ancient Egyptian times!