KS1 Spelling | The Sound AI Quiz for Year 1 Children

Spelling Quiz - Year 1 - The Sound ai (Questions)

The Sound ai tests KS1 children on words that include that sound. The words tested have been taken and added to those in the National Curriculum.

The ‘ai’ sound is used within many words and more often than not, a consonant will follow that sound. There are a few words that should be spelt with this sound. Improve your spelling skills in this quiz.

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Which spelling is correct?

[ ]	rayn
[ ]	splain
[ ]	rain
[ ]	flained

Spell the missing word: Please ____ for my call.

[ ]	wayt
[ ]	waite
[ ]	wait
[ ]	wate

Spell the missing word: The ____ was carrying a large delivery.

[ ]	train
[ ]	trian
[ ]	traine
[ ]	traint

Spell the missing word: He was ____ to leave his house.

[ ]	afrayed
[ ]	afraid
[ ]	afrraid
[ ]	arfraid

Spell the missing word: Don't ____ to catch the ball!

[ ]	faill
[ ]	fail
[ ]	faiil
[ ]	failn

Spell the missing word: His ____ is green.

[ ]	tail
[ ]	tayal
[ ]	taiyail
[ ]	taill

Spell the missing word: I would like to ____ this boat.

[ ]	saill
[ ]	sail
[ ]	sial
[ ]	ssail

Spell the missing word: He committed a crime and ended up in ____.

[ ]	jale
[ ]	jial
[ ]	jail
[ ]	jaile

Spell the missing word: Have you ____ the milkman?

[ ]	paid
[ ]	payid
[ ]	piad
[ ]	paidd

10.

Spell the missing word: The ____ couldn't hear the birds tweet.

[ ]	snayl
[ ]	snaill
[ ]	ssnail
[ ]	snail

You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Spelling

Spelling Quiz - Year 1 - The Sound ai (Answers)

Which spelling is correct?

[ ]	rayn
[ ]	splain
[x]	rain
[ ]	flained

Only the third answer is a real word.

Spell the missing word: Please ____ for my call.

[ ]	wayt
[ ]	waite
[x]	wait
[ ]	wate

There are a few other ways to write the 'ai' sound, for example, ay, ey, eigh and a_e.

Spell the missing word: The ____ was carrying a large delivery.

[x]	train
[ ]	trian
[ ]	traine
[ ]	traint

A train carrying goods is called a cargo train.

Spell the missing word: He was ____ to leave his house.

[ ]	afrayed
[x]	afraid
[ ]	afrraid
[ ]	arfraid

If you are scared to leave the house, you suffer from agoraphobia.

Spell the missing word: Don't ____ to catch the ball!

[ ]	faill
[x]	fail
[ ]	faiil
[ ]	failn

If you fail at something keep trying, that's where the saying comes from: If at first you don't succeed, try try try again!

Spell the missing word: His ____ is green.

[x]	tail
[ ]	tayal
[ ]	taiyail
[ ]	taill

Iguanas can drop or leave their tails. This means that their tails fall off whilst they run and hide. Isn't that amazing!

Spell the missing word: I would like to ____ this boat.

[ ]	saill
[x]	sail
[ ]	sial
[ ]	ssail

When on a boat, we call the left side of it the port and the right side the starboard.

Spell the missing word: He committed a crime and ended up in ____.

[ ]	jale
[ ]	jial
[x]	jail
[ ]	jaile

Another word for jail is prison.

Spell the missing word: Have you ____ the milkman?

[x]	paid
[ ]	payid
[ ]	piad
[ ]	paidd

If you order milk, a milkman arrives at around 5 or 6 in the morning and leaves the milk on the doorstep.

10.

Spell the missing word: The ____ couldn't hear the birds tweet.

[ ]	snayl
[ ]	snaill
[ ]	ssnail
[x]	snail

Did you know, snails can see but not hear.