KS1 Spelling | The Sound NK Quiz for Year 1 Children

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

This Sound nk spelling quiz helps KS1 children learn spellings that end with ‘nk’. The ‘nk’ sound can be quite difficult to say without letters before it. Similar to ‘ng’, the sound comes from pushing the back of your tongue up and momentarily closing your throat.

The sound ‘nk’ is quite difficult to say but luckily we don’t ever have to say ‘nk’ alone – it’s always at the end of a word unless a suffix has been added. Whenever you see ‘nk’ a vowel will go before it. Test your knowledge on spellings with the ‘nk’ sound.

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Which letters will come before 'nk'?

[ ]	e, i , o and u
[ ]	i , o and u
[ ]	a, e, i , o and u
[ ]	a, e, i , o and v

Spell the missing word: He put his pocket money in his piggy ____.

[ ]	bang
[ ]	bank
[ ]	bakn
[ ]	dank

Spell the missing word: That's a lovely bunch of flowers, ____ you.

[ ]	thank
[ ]	fank
[ ]	thannk
[ ]	fannk

Spell the missing word: My printer has run out of ____.

[ ]	enk
[ ]	ink
[ ]	inc
[ ]	enc

Spell the missing words: Can I ____ my ____lolly in your chocolate sauce?

[ ]	dunck and pink
[ ]	dunc and pink
[ ]	dunk and pink
[ ]	dunk and pinc

Spell the missing word: I knew he was joking because he gave me a ____.

[ ]	rink
[ ]	wink
[ ]	wikn
[ ]	wenk

Spell the missing word: She is the weakest ____.

[ ]	link
[ ]	linc
[ ]	linck
[ ]	lenk

Spell the missing word: This ____ was used in World War II.

[ ]	tank
[ ]	tanc
[ ]	tanck
[ ]	taink

Spell the missing word: She ____ her horn.

[ ]	hoked
[ ]	honced
[ ]	honked
[ ]	honkd

10.

Spell the missing words: The ____ let out a ____.

[ ]	skunk and stinck
[ ]	skunck and stink
[ ]	scunk and stink
[ ]	skunk and stink

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

Which letters will come before 'nk'?

[ ]	e, i , o and u
[ ]	i , o and u
[x]	a, e, i , o and u
[ ]	a, e, i , o and v

The nk sound will always follow the five vowels: aeiou.

Spell the missing word: He put his pocket money in his piggy ____.

[ ]	bang
[x]	bank
[ ]	bakn
[ ]	dank

Some children get pocket money for cleaning the house and might store their money in a piggy bank like the one in the picture, or a real bank.

Spell the missing word: That's a lovely bunch of flowers, ____ you.

[x]	thank
[ ]	fank
[ ]	thannk
[ ]	fannk

The rose is the national flower of England.

Spell the missing word: My printer has run out of ____.

[ ]	enk
[x]	ink
[ ]	inc
[ ]	enc

The letters 'inc' are often used for the word 'incorporation' like in the movie Monsters, Inc (Monsters, Incorporation).

Spell the missing words: Can I ____ my ____lolly in your chocolate sauce?

[ ]	dunck and pink
[ ]	dunc and pink
[x]	dunk and pink
[ ]	dunk and pinc

July is considered to be National Ice Cream Month!

Spell the missing word: I knew he was joking because he gave me a ____.

[ ]	rink
[x]	wink
[ ]	wikn
[ ]	wenk

If someone is joking or trying to wind another person up, they may wink at you so that you know and can join in on the joke.

Spell the missing word: She is the weakest ____.

[x]	link
[ ]	linc
[ ]	linck
[ ]	lenk

In business, they say you are as strong as your weakest link.

Spell the missing word: This ____ was used in World War II.

[x]	tank
[ ]	tanc
[ ]	tanck
[ ]	taink

The tank was actually invented and used in World War I too.

Spell the missing word: She ____ her horn.

[ ]	hoked
[ ]	honced
[x]	honked
[ ]	honkd

You are not supposed to honk your horn in anger. The horn is used to warn people you are there to prevent an accident.

10.

Spell the missing words: The ____ let out a ____.

[ ]	skunk and stinck
[ ]	skunck and stink
[ ]	scunk and stink
[x]	skunk and stink

Before spraying its smelly odour, a skunk will warn you by lifting its tail, hissing and stamping its feet.