KS1 Spelling | The Sound IR Quiz for Year 1 Children

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

This 'Sound ir' spelling quiz tests KS1 children on the recommended spellings with that sound, stated in the National Curriculum. To help you when teaching this sound, think of the word ‘girl’ and use that as your start point.

The sound ‘ir’ makes a similar noise to ‘er’. Unlike ‘er’, ‘ir’ is often in the middle of letters, whereas ‘er’ can be at the end (as a suffix). Improve your English by playing these spellings with the ‘ir’ sound.

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Spell the missing word: She is not a boy, she is a ____.

[ ]	girl
[ ]	gerl
[ ]	girle
[ ]	girll

Spell the missing word: The ostrich is the largest type of ____.

[ ]	berd
[ ]	beard
[ ]	bird
[ ]	birb

Spell the missing word: He needed to buy a new football ____.

[ ]	schirt
[ ]	shirt
[ ]	shiwt
[ ]	shirrt

Spell the missing word: I won the race! I came ____!

[ ]	thirst
[ ]	thirts
[ ]	first
[ ]	firts

Spell the missing words: ____ ____ the butter and sugar together.

[ ]	First and stirr
[ ]	First and stir
[ ]	First and stire
[ ]	Firt and stir

Spell the missing word: Before the ____, they celebrated with cake.

[ ]	berth
[ ]	birf
[ ]	birth
[ ]	birthe

Which sentence and spelling is correct?

[ ]	These fir trees are used at Christmas.
[ ]	These fur trees are used at Christmas.
[ ]	The bear's fir was brown.
[ ]	The rabbit has cream fir.

Spell the missing word: The skin on a peach should be ____.

[ ]	firm
[ ]	thirm
[ ]	firn
[ ]	firme

Spell the missing word: He won a bronze medal, so he came ____.

[ ]	fird
[ ]	fired
[ ]	thired
[ ]	third

10.

Spell the missing words: Running in the fields made her ____ ____.

[ ]	scirt and dirty
[ ]	skirt and dirty
[ ]	skirt and dirtey
[ ]	skirt and dirtie

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

Spell the missing word: She is not a boy, she is a ____.

[x]	girl
[ ]	gerl
[ ]	girle
[ ]	girll

When girls grow up we call them ladies or women.

Spell the missing word: The ostrich is the largest type of ____.

[ ]	berd
[ ]	beard
[x]	bird
[ ]	birb

Ostriches also lay the largest eggs.

Spell the missing word: He needed to buy a new football ____.

[ ]	schirt
[x]	shirt
[ ]	shiwt
[ ]	shirrt

Shirt sounds the same as skirt - and both are items of clothing.

Spell the missing word: I won the race! I came ____!

[ ]	thirst
[ ]	thirts
[x]	first
[ ]	firts

If you come first you get a gold medal, second gets silver and third place wins a bronze medal.

Spell the missing words: ____ ____ the butter and sugar together.

[ ]	First and stirr
[x]	First and stir
[ ]	First and stire
[ ]	Firt and stir

To make a cake you should mix the butter and sugar, then add flour, eggs and a splash of milk.

Spell the missing word: Before the ____, they celebrated with cake.

[ ]	berth
[ ]	birf
[x]	birth
[ ]	birthe

If you celebrate before the baby is born, it's called a baby shower.

Which sentence and spelling is correct?

[x]	These fir trees are used at Christmas.
[ ]	These fur trees are used at Christmas.
[ ]	The bear's fir was brown.
[ ]	The rabbit has cream fir.

The words 'fur' and 'fir' sound the same but mean different things. Fir is a type of tree and fur is the fluffy skin on animals.

Spell the missing word: The skin on a peach should be ____.

[x]	firm
[ ]	thirm
[ ]	firn
[ ]	firme

It should be firm but also soft. If the inside is too hard then it isn't ripe or ready to eat.

Spell the missing word: He won a bronze medal, so he came ____.

[ ]	fird
[ ]	fired
[ ]	thired
[x]	third

Bronze is for third place.

10.

Spell the missing words: Running in the fields made her ____ ____.

[ ]	scirt and dirty
[x]	skirt and dirty
[ ]	skirt and dirtey
[ ]	skirt and dirtie

There are lots of different types of skirts; there is the A-line, pencil, bubble, mini and tutu - to name a few!