KS1 Spelling | Words Ending in Y Quiz for Year 1 Children

Spelling Quiz - Year 1 - Words ending in y (Questions)

Words ending in y are pronounced as 'ee'. This spelling quiz will introduce KS1 children to these 'y' ending words. All the words in this quiz have been taken from the recommended spellings for Year 1, as stated in National Curriculum.

Sometimes a word ends with an ‘ee’ sound but it is shown by the letter ‘y’. This quiz will test you on spellings that end with ‘y’. Can you spell the missing words?

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This flower is called a ____.

[ ]	poppie
[ ]	poppey
[ ]	popy
[ ]	poppy

She invited her ____ round for dinner.

[ ]	family
[ ]	famly
[ ]	faimily
[ ]	familee

He was ____ ____ to receive his new bat.

[ ]	very and happey
[ ]	verry and happy
[ ]	very and hapy
[ ]	very and happy

He told a ____ joke.

[ ]	funy
[ ]	funny
[ ]	funey
[ ]	funney

She had her ____ in the ____.

[ ]	party and city
[ ]	party and citty
[ ]	partey and city
[ ]	party and citey

She is a ____ girl.

[ ]	babby
[ ]	daddy
[ ]	baby
[ ]	dady

This is a close up of a ____. Can you see his ____.

[ ]	flay and body
[ ]	fliy and body
[ ]	fly and body
[ ]	fly and boody

The ____ driver was eating a ____.

[ ]	lorry and berry
[ ]	lory and berry
[ ]	lorry and bery
[ ]	lory and bery

Will you ____ and ____ on our neighbours?

[ ]	twy and spy
[ ]	try and spy
[ ]	try and sppy
[ ]	try and spye

10.

When we do this test, please don't ____.

[ ]	copy
[ ]	copey
[ ]	coppy
[ ]	coppey

Spelling Quiz - Year 1 - Words ending in y (Answers)

This flower is called a ____.

[ ]	poppie
[ ]	poppey
[ ]	popy
[x]	poppy

November 11th is called Remembrance Day; on this day people wear poppies and remember soldiers who fought in wars.

She invited her ____ round for dinner.

[x]	family
[ ]	famly
[ ]	faimily
[ ]	familee

Sometimes words can end with 'ey' or 'ie'; they both make the 'y' sound.

He was ____ ____ to receive his new bat.

[ ]	very and happey
[ ]	verry and happy
[ ]	very and hapy
[x]	very and happy

The large wooden area of a cricket bat is called the 'blade'.

He told a ____ joke.

[ ]	funy
[x]	funny
[ ]	funey
[ ]	funney

Here's a joke: Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side!

She had her ____ in the ____.

[x]	party and city
[ ]	party and citty
[ ]	partey and city
[ ]	party and citey

Every country has cities and also a capital city. The capital city of England is London.

She is a ____ girl.

[ ]	babby
[ ]	daddy
[x]	baby
[ ]	dady

You can't pick the gender of a baby - so mums and dads have no idea what you'll be until you're in their belly or born!

This is a close up of a ____. Can you see his ____.

[ ]	flay and body
[ ]	fliy and body
[x]	fly and body
[ ]	fly and boody

Fruit flies have hairy bodies and sticky feet.

The ____ driver was eating a ____.

[x]	lorry and berry
[ ]	lory and berry
[ ]	lorry and bery
[ ]	lory and bery

He could have been eating strawberries, blueberries, goji berries or raspberries - to name just a few!

Will you ____ and ____ on our neighbours?

[ ]	twy and spy
[x]	try and spy
[ ]	try and sppy
[ ]	try and spye

Spies really do exist; in England we have MI5 that look after our country.

10.

When we do this test, please don't ____.

[x]	copy
[ ]	copey
[ ]	coppy
[ ]	coppey

There's a saying for copying: you're only cheating yourself. This means you are the one who will pay in the end as you'll never learn.