KS1 Spelling | The Sound SH Quiz for Students in Year 1

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

This 'Sound sh' spelling quiz adds to the spellings KS1 children are recommended to learn. The spellings with this digraph are an addition to the suggestions in the National Curriculum.

When you put the letters ‘s’ and ‘h’ together, it makes the sound ‘sh’. This quiz will test you on ‘sh’ words that you will use in your creative writing. Can you spell the missing words?

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If you stand at the end of the ____ you will see lots of ____.

[ ]	shep and fish
[ ]	ship and fish
[ ]	ship and fesh
[ ]	ship and fiss

I need to buy a new paint____ but I don't have enough ____.

[ ]	brash and cash
[ ]	brush and caish
[ ]	brush and cash
[ ]	bwush and cash

Please ____ that ____.

[ ]	wash and dish
[ ]	wassh and dish
[ ]	wash and dishe
[ ]	washe and dish

With a ____, the fairy made her ____ come true.

[ ]	flash and rish
[ ]	flash and wish
[ ]	phlash and wish
[ ]	flash and wrish

With a ____ and a ____ the boat sank.

[ ]	crash and splassh
[ ]	cwash and splash
[ ]	crash and spash
[ ]	crash and splash

He is going to ____ that ____.

[ ]	shampoo and sheep
[ ]	shampo and sheep
[ ]	shanpoo and sheep
[ ]	shampoo and shep

That ____ has ____ teeth.

[ ]	sharc and sharp
[ ]	shark and sharp
[ ]	sharck and sharp
[ ]	shark and sharpe

He took this ____ home and put it on his ____.

[ ]	shel and shelf
[ ]	shell and shelph
[ ]	shell and shelf
[ ]	shell and sheff

____ put her red ____ on.

[ ]	She and shoos
[ ]	She and shose
[ ]	Shee and shoes
[ ]	She and shoes

10.

This toy ____ will ____ at 5pm.

[ ]	shopp and shut
[ ]	shop and shut
[ ]	shope and shut
[ ]	shop and schut

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

If you stand at the end of the ____ you will see lots of ____.

[ ]	shep and fish
[x]	ship and fish
[ ]	ship and fesh
[ ]	ship and fiss

The 'sh' sound can go at the beginning or end of a word.

I need to buy a new paint____ but I don't have enough ____.

[ ]	brash and cash
[ ]	brush and caish
[x]	brush and cash
[ ]	bwush and cash

You can get different types of paintbrushes, they can vary in how strong the bristles are and size.

Please ____ that ____.

[x]	wash and dish
[ ]	wassh and dish
[ ]	wash and dishe
[ ]	washe and dish

Some people don't have to wash the dishes, they have a machine called a dishwasher that does it for them.

With a ____, the fairy made her ____ come true.

[ ]	flash and rish
[x]	flash and wish
[ ]	phlash and wish
[ ]	flash and wrish

Fairy godmothers appear in Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella.

With a ____ and a ____ the boat sank.

[ ]	crash and splassh
[ ]	cwash and splash
[ ]	crash and spash
[x]	crash and splash

How you can tell the difference between a boat and a ship is by the size. A boat tends to be smaller than a ship.

He is going to ____ that ____.

[x]	shampoo and sheep
[ ]	shampo and sheep
[ ]	shanpoo and sheep
[ ]	shampoo and shep

Egyptians thought sheep were sacred and some have even been mummified.

That ____ has ____ teeth.

[ ]	sharc and sharp
[x]	shark and sharp
[ ]	sharck and sharp
[ ]	shark and sharpe

Sharks have the strongest jaws on the planet.

He took this ____ home and put it on his ____.

[ ]	shel and shelf
[ ]	shell and shelph
[x]	shell and shelf
[ ]	shell and sheff

There are over 50,000 different types of shells.

____ put her red ____ on.

[ ]	She and shoos
[ ]	She and shose
[ ]	Shee and shoes
[x]	She and shoes

The most famous red shoes were worn by Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. When she clicked them together she returned home.

10.

This toy ____ will ____ at 5pm.

[ ]	shopp and shut
[x]	shop and shut
[ ]	shope and shut
[ ]	shop and schut

Hamleys in London is the oldest toy shop in the world. It opened in 1760 and is still very popular today.