KS1 Spelling | The Sound AY Quiz for Year 1 Children

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

This 'Sound ay' spelling quiz helps KS1 children learn that this sound is always at the end of a word. These tasks will test their knowledge on the ‘ay’ spellings mentioned in the National Curriculum.

The ‘ay’ sound will nearly always be at the end of the word. One exception to this is if you are adding ‘ed’ or ‘s/es’ to show tense. Test your spelling skills with the ‘ay’ sound.

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Spell the missing word: Which ____ are you coming round to see my new bedroom?

[ ]	dai
[ ]	day
[ ]	dey
[ ]	deigh

Spell the missing word: Do you want to ____ with me?

[ ]	play
[ ]	plaey
[ ]	playe
[ ]	palay

Spell the missing word: Which ____ do we need to go?

[ ]	weigh
[ ]	way
[ ]	wey
[ ]	waye

Spell the missing word: Welcome to our hotel, we hope you enjoy your ____.

[ ]	stiay
[ ]	stay
[ ]	staye
[ ]	sttay

Spell the missing word: The flowers bloom in ____.

[ ]	maye
[ ]	may
[ ]	May
[ ]	Maey

Spell the missing word: They go to church and ____.

[ ]	prey
[ ]	praye
[ ]	prayer
[ ]	pray

Spell the missing word: Palm trees ____ from side to side.

[ ]	saway
[ ]	sray
[ ]	swaye
[ ]	sway

Spell the missing word: That pot was made out of ____.

[ ]	klay
[ ]	clay
[ ]	cklay
[ ]	kclay

Spell the missing word: I have no money, can you ____.

[ ]	qay
[ ]	paye
[ ]	pay
[ ]	peay

10.

Spell the missing word: The giant said, "____".

[ ]	Lay
[ ]	Laye
[ ]	Layer
[ ]	Llay

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

Spell the missing word: Which ____ are you coming round to see my new bedroom?

[ ]	dai
[x]	day
[ ]	dey
[ ]	deigh

All of these words have the 'ay' sound but only one is an actual word.

Spell the missing word: Do you want to ____ with me?

[x]	play
[ ]	plaey
[ ]	playe
[ ]	palay

The sound 'ay' will almost always be at the end of the word.

Spell the missing word: Which ____ do we need to go?

[ ]	weigh
[x]	way
[ ]	wey
[ ]	waye

Would you like to climb a mountain one day?

Spell the missing word: Welcome to our hotel, we hope you enjoy your ____.

[ ]	stiay
[x]	stay
[ ]	staye
[ ]	sttay

In the sentence above, the word 'stay' is a noun. It can also be used as a verb - I like to stay in the best hotels.

Spell the missing word: The flowers bloom in ____.

[ ]	maye
[ ]	may
[x]	May
[ ]	Maey

Did you notice there were two answers that were spelt the same way? Well, May is a month and so it should always be spelt with a capital letter!

Spell the missing word: They go to church and ____.

[ ]	prey
[ ]	praye
[ ]	prayer
[x]	pray

People often get prayer and pray confused. You pray but you may have said a prayer - that's the difference.

Spell the missing word: Palm trees ____ from side to side.

[ ]	saway
[ ]	sray
[ ]	swaye
[x]	sway

Palm trees bend with the wind, or sway. Other trees might be blown over and their roots taken up but palm trees sway and stay!

Spell the missing word: That pot was made out of ____.

[ ]	klay
[x]	clay
[ ]	cklay
[ ]	kclay

Clay is found in the ground and, with water, can be moulded into shape. Once you've decided on a shape, you put it in the oven and then it will stay that way forever... or until you accidentally break it!

Spell the missing word: I have no money, can you ____.

[ ]	qay
[ ]	paye
[x]	pay
[ ]	peay

In 2009 the Royal Mint (people who make money) forgot to write the year on the 20p coins!

10.

Spell the missing word: The giant said, "____".

[x]	Lay
[ ]	Laye
[ ]	Layer
[ ]	Llay

The giant is the one from Jack and the Beanstalk where he asks his hen to lay golden eggs.