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

Listen for the or sound in simple words. This Year 1 spelling quiz helps you choose the right letters when you hear that sound.

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Fascinating Fact:

You can hear or in fork.

In KS1 English Spelling (Year 1), pupils learn to hear sounds in words and choose the correct letters. This quiz focuses on spelling the or sound in common, everyday words.

Key Terms

Sound: What you hear when you say a word or part of a word.
Blend: Two or more sounds pushed together, like f-r in “frog”.
Spell: To write a word using the correct letters in the correct order.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What does the or sound mean in Year 1 spelling?

In Year 1 spelling, the or sound is the sound you hear in words like “for” and “corn”, and it is often written with the letters o and r.

What are some or words for Year 1?

Common or words include “for”, “fork”, “corn”, “sort”, and “short”. Children practise hearing the sound and matching it to the letters.

How do you teach a child to spell or words?

Say the word slowly, spot the or sound, then write the letters o and r together. Repeating the word and reading it back helps it stick.

Try These Related Quizzes

1.

We are going ____ a ____ walk.

[ ]	four and short
[ ]	fore and short
[ ]	for and short
[ ]	for and shorte

2.

The ____ was ____ last week.

[ ]	horse and born
[ ]	horse and dorn
[ ]	hors and born
[ ]	horse and borne

3.

He played the French ____ in the ____.

[ ]	horn and mornin
[ ]	horn and morning
[ ]	horn and mornig
[ ]	horne and morning

4.

The ____ on the rose had ____ his shirt.

[ ]	thorn and toren
[ ]	forn and torn
[ ]	forne and torn
[ ]	thorn and torn

5.

Hansel and Gretel was his favourite ____.

[ ]	storey
[ ]	story
[ ]	storie
[ ]	storiey

6.

He put his ____ in the ____ and pulled!

[ ]	thork and cork
[ ]	fork and corc
[ ]	fork and kork
[ ]	fork and cork

7.

That baby has just been ____.

[ ]	dorn
[ ]	born
[ ]	borne
[ ]	dorne

8.

The ____ of the manor pulled the ____ so that his servants would come and help him.

[ ]	lord and corb
[ ]	lord and cord
[ ]	lored and cord
[ ]	lord and cored

9.

We can walk across this ____.

[ ]	phord
[ ]	ford
[ ]	thord
[ ]	forde

10.

____ a queue if you want some ____ on the cob.

[ ]	Phorm and corn
[ ]	Forme and corn
[ ]	Form and corne
[ ]	Form and corn

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

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

1.

We are going ____ a ____ walk.

[ ]	four and short
[ ]	fore and short
[x]	for and short
[ ]	for and shorte

The letters 'ore' also make the 'or' sound.

2.

The ____ was ____ last week.

[x]	horse and born
[ ]	horse and dorn
[ ]	hors and born
[ ]	horse and borne

We call baby horses foals.

3.

He played the French ____ in the ____.

[ ]	horn and mornin
[x]	horn and morning
[ ]	horn and mornig
[ ]	horne and morning

Surprisingly, the French horn isn't French - it was actually invented by a German!

4.

The ____ on the rose had ____ his shirt.

[ ]	thorn and toren
[ ]	forn and torn
[ ]	forne and torn
[x]	thorn and torn

Roses actually have prickles but everyone calls them thorns.

5.

Hansel and Gretel was his favourite ____.

[ ]	storey
[x]	story
[ ]	storie
[ ]	storiey

The last two words aren't real and the first answer means the storey in a building, as in which floor someone is on.

6.

He put his ____ in the ____ and pulled!

[ ]	thork and cork
[ ]	fork and corc
[ ]	fork and kork
[x]	fork and cork

The first factory to make corks was in Spain in 1750.

7.

That baby has just been ____.

[ ]	dorn
[x]	born
[ ]	borne
[ ]	dorne

If a baby has just been born, we would call it a newborn. When you put two words together like this, it's called a compound word.

8.

The ____ of the manor pulled the ____ so that his servants would come and help him.

[ ]	lord and corb
[x]	lord and cord
[ ]	lored and cord
[ ]	lord and cored

There is a word 'cored'. The core of something is the centre, like an apple core. If we remove the core, we would say the apple has been cored.

9.

We can walk across this ____.

[ ]	phord
[x]	ford
[ ]	thord
[ ]	forde

A ford is the shallow part of a river that you can walk across.

10.

____ a queue if you want some ____ on the cob.

[ ]	Phorm and corn
[ ]	Forme and corn
[ ]	Form and corne
[x]	Form and corn

Corn on the cob is known as maize in some countries.