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

This 'Sound qu' spelling quiz adds to the spellings KS1 children will find useful in Year 1. The spellings with this digraph are an addition to the suggestions in the National Curriculum.

The phonics movement for the ‘qu’ sound is shown by making a beak/bill like a duck, as if to say ‘quack’. This quiz will ask you to spell words with the ‘qu’ sound. Can you spell the missing words?

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1. I love doing this ____!
[ ] quez
[ ] quiz
[ ] quizz
[ ] quis
2. She is extremely ____.
[ ] quick
[ ] quic
[ ] quik
[ ] quikc
3. They are both being ____.
[ ] quite
[ ] quiet
[ ] quiete
[ ] quiat
4. I am ____ ____ when I walk on my tiptoes.
[ ] quite and quit
[ ] quit and quiet
[ ] quiet and quite
[ ] quite and quiet
5. Keep going, don't ____!
[ ] quite
[ ] quit
[ ] quiet
[ ] quet
6. The shapes in this picture are ____.
[ ] squaes
[ ] squas
[ ] squares
[ ] sqares
7. This is a patchwork ____.
[ ] quilt
[ ] quit
[ ] quilet
[ ] quelt
8. Is this ____ hard?
[ ] queston
[ ] question
[ ] quistion
[ ] quession
9. This is a picture of a ____.
[ ] squed
[ ] squied
[ ] squide
[ ] squid
10. In the olden days, to write, they used to use a ____.
[ ] quill
[ ] quille
[ ] quall
[ ] quilllll

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

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Spelling Quiz - Year 1 - The Sound qu (Answers)
1. I love doing this ____!
[ ] quez
[x] quiz
[ ] quizz
[ ] quis
There are hundreds of quizzes available on this site to help you with all areas of KS1!
2. She is extremely ____.
[x] quick
[ ] quic
[ ] quik
[ ] quikc
The most famous bicycle race is called the Tour de France and happens in.... France!
3. They are both being ____.
[ ] quite
[x] quiet
[ ] quiete
[ ] quiat
People often get confused between the word 'quite' and 'quiet'.
4. I am ____ ____ when I walk on my tiptoes.
[ ] quite and quit
[ ] quit and quiet
[ ] quiet and quite
[x] quite and quiet
This was to see if you could tell the difference between those two words that often get confused!
5. Keep going, don't ____!
[ ] quite
[x] quit
[ ] quiet
[ ] quet
The first three words all look very similar but they mean different things.
6. The shapes in this picture are ____.
[ ] squaes
[ ] squas
[x] squares
[ ] sqares
A square is a 2D shape, a cube is a 3D square.
7. This is a patchwork ____.
[x] quilt
[ ] quit
[ ] quilet
[ ] quelt
A quilt is something you put on your bed. Patchwork is a style of quilt where lots of small pieces of material are sewn together to make one large quilt.
8. Is this ____ hard?
[ ] queston
[x] question
[ ] quistion
[ ] quession
If you ask a question, you must always end it with a question mark, which looks like this: ?
9. This is a picture of a ____.
[ ] squed
[ ] squied
[ ] squide
[x] squid
You can eat squid fried and chopped in rings - this is called calamari.
10. In the olden days, to write, they used to use a ____.
[x] quill
[ ] quille
[ ] quall
[ ] quilllll
They would dip the quill in ink before writing with it.