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

This 'Sound ch' spelling quiz will help KS1 children learn to spell words with this sound. It is important to show children how to move their lips for this sound to make sure they don’t say ‘tr’ or ‘sh’ instead.

The ‘ch’ sound is like a train chugging away and going “choo choo!” There are many words with this sound, sometimes ‘ch’ starts a word and it can be in the middle or end of a word. Test your knowledge on spellings with the ‘ch’ sound.

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1. Which of these spellings is correct?
[ ] chrain
[ ] chain
[ ] risch
[ ] rish
2. Spell the missing word: They went to the ____.
[ ] shurch
[ ] chursh
[ ] church
[ ] churtch
3. Spell the missing word: They are sitting on a ____.
[ ] dench
[ ] bench
[ ] bensch
[ ] bentch
4. Spell the missing word: Will you get me a ____?
[ ] chiken
[ ] chickan
[ ] chicken
[ ] chicen
5. Spell the missing word: During autumn, leaves fall off the ____.
[ ] branch
[ ] brunch
[ ] dranch
[ ] bwanch
6. Spell the missing word: Look at my ____ run!
[ ] shild
[ ] chiled
[ ] chilled
[ ] child
7. Spell the missing word: She is holding a ____.
[ ] torche
[ ] torch
[ ] tourch
[ ] toursch
8. Spell the missing word: Mrs. Roberts is my favourite ____.
[ ] teecher
[ ] teechar
[ ] teachar
[ ] teacher
9. Spell the missing word: Can you give me an ____ of cotton, please?
[ ] ench
[ ] inch
[ ] anch
[ ] einch
10. Spell the missing word: What are you having for ____?
[ ] lunch
[ ] launch
[ ] lunsh
[ ] luntch

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

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Spelling Quiz - Year 1 - The Sound ch (Answers)
1. Which of these spellings is correct?
[ ] chrain
[x] chain
[ ] risch
[ ] rish
Only the second answer is a real word. Make sure you don't get 'tr' and 'sh' confused with 'ch'!
2. Spell the missing word: They went to the ____.
[ ] shurch
[ ] chursh
[x] church
[ ] churtch
This word has the 'ch' sound twice!
3. Spell the missing word: They are sitting on a ____.
[ ] dench
[x] bench
[ ] bensch
[ ] bentch
Make sure you know the difference between b and d here!
4. Spell the missing word: Will you get me a ____?
[ ] chiken
[ ] chickan
[x] chicken
[ ] chicen
I have another question for you: Which came first? The chicken or the egg?
5. Spell the missing word: During autumn, leaves fall off the ____.
[x] branch
[ ] brunch
[ ] dranch
[ ] bwanch
Another word for branch is 'bough'.
6. Spell the missing word: Look at my ____ run!
[ ] shild
[ ] chiled
[ ] chilled
[x] child
If there is more than one child, we say children.
7. Spell the missing word: She is holding a ____.
[ ] torche
[x] torch
[ ] tourch
[ ] toursch
The 'she' in that sentence refers to the Statue of Liberty, which is in New York, America.
8. Spell the missing word: Mrs. Roberts is my favourite ____.
[ ] teecher
[ ] teechar
[ ] teachar
[x] teacher
This word is broken into these sounds: t + ea + ch + er.
9. Spell the missing word: Can you give me an ____ of cotton, please?
[ ] ench
[x] inch
[ ] anch
[ ] einch
Our rulers have inches and centimetres on them; there are 2.54 centimetres in one inch.
10. Spell the missing word: What are you having for ____?
[x] lunch
[ ] launch
[ ] lunsh
[ ] luntch
The most popular food, in England, to eat at lunchtime is a sandwich!