KS1 Spelling | The Sound EA Quiz (Bead) for Year 1 Children

Spelling Quiz - Year 1 - The Sound ea (bead) (Questions)

This 'Sound ea (bead)' spelling quiz informs KS1 children of the other sound these two letters make. The ‘ea’ sound can make a sound like ‘eh’ as in ‘head’ but can also make the ‘ee’ sound, as in ‘bead’. This requirement of understanding is stated in the National Curriculum.

The letters ‘ea’ can make two different sounds; this test is on the ‘ee’ sound it makes – like in the word ‘bead’. Test your knowledge on words spelt with ‘ea’.

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Which of these words makes the 'ea' sound we are doing the quiz on?

[ ]	deaf
[ ]	dead
[ ]	sea
[ ]	instead

Spell the missing word: Last night I had a wonderful ____.

[ ]	dream
[ ]	bream
[ ]	dreem
[ ]	dweam

Spell the missing word: Chicken is my favourite ____.

[ ]	meet
[ ]	maet
[ ]	meat
[ ]	meate

Spell the missing word: Your handwriting is very ____.

[ ]	gneat
[ ]	kneat
[ ]	kneet
[ ]	neat

Spell the missing word: It's cold in here, turn up the ____.

[ ]	heat
[ ]	heate
[ ]	heet
[ ]	heatt

Spell the missing word: My ____ in the cinema was row 3 number 12.

[ ]	seat
[ ]	seate
[ ]	ceat
[ ]	sceat

Spell the missing word: You need to retake the test because I saw you ____.

[ ]	cheate
[ ]	chaet
[ ]	cheat
[ ]	cheet

Spell the missing word: Oh my! What a big ____ you have!

[ ]	beac
[ ]	beec
[ ]	beek
[ ]	beak

Spell the missing word: You are not strong, you are ____.

[ ]	reak
[ ]	weak
[ ]	reake
[ ]	weake

10.

Spell the missing words: I can't wait to ___, ___ the way!

[ ]	eet and leed
[ ]	ete and lede
[ ]	eat and leed
[ ]	eat and lead

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Spelling Quiz - Year 1 - The Sound ea (bead) (Answers)

Which of these words makes the 'ea' sound we are doing the quiz on?

[ ]	deaf
[ ]	dead
[x]	sea
[ ]	instead

Only the third answer makes the 'ee/ea' sound, the other words make an 'eh' sound.

Spell the missing word: Last night I had a wonderful ____.

[x]	dream
[ ]	bream
[ ]	dreem
[ ]	dweam

It's believed that the idea for the sewing machine came to someone in a dream!

Spell the missing word: Chicken is my favourite ____.

[ ]	meet
[ ]	maet
[x]	meat
[ ]	meate

The first answer is also said the same way but means you are meeting somebody - it's not something you eat.

Spell the missing word: Your handwriting is very ____.

[ ]	gneat
[ ]	kneat
[ ]	kneet
[x]	neat

Calligraphy is when writing looks like artwork and is usually created with a fountain pen.

Spell the missing word: It's cold in here, turn up the ____.

[x]	heat
[ ]	heate
[ ]	heet
[ ]	heatt

Libya is the hottest country in the world.

Spell the missing word: My ____ in the cinema was row 3 number 12.

[x]	seat
[ ]	seate
[ ]	ceat
[ ]	sceat

Do you have a favourite film?

Spell the missing word: You need to retake the test because I saw you ____.

[ ]	cheate
[ ]	chaet
[x]	cheat
[ ]	cheet

They say if you cheat - you only cheat yourself. This means if you cheat you will never learn and you will be the one suffering in the end.

Spell the missing word: Oh my! What a big ____ you have!

[ ]	beac
[ ]	beec
[ ]	beek
[x]	beak

Pelicans have the largest beaks or bills out of all the birds.

Spell the missing word: You are not strong, you are ____.

[ ]	reak
[x]	weak
[ ]	reake
[ ]	weake

You can't grow new muscles but you can make them bigger.

10.

Spell the missing words: I can't wait to ___, ___ the way!

[ ]	eet and leed
[ ]	ete and lede
[ ]	eat and leed
[x]	eat and lead

The most a person can survive without food is sixty days but it does depend on the conditions, like weather etc.