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Spelling Quiz - Year 2 - Ending with y (Questions)

This 'Ending with y' spelling quiz tests KS1 children on words that end with this sound using this letter. Children should know that if a word ends with the ‘y/igh’ sound it will almost always be represented by a ‘y’.

If a word ends with the y/igh sound it is almost always spelt with ‘y’. Naturally there are exceptions to this rule but this quiz will test you on spelling words that end in ‘y’. Can you spell the missing words?

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1. The month after June is ____.
[ ] Julie
[ ] July
[ ] Juligh
[ ] Juley
2. Listen to me! Do not ____ me!
[ ] defie
[ ] defy
[ ] defey
[ ] defigh
3. He is as ____ as a fox!
[ ] sly
[ ] slly
[ ] sliey
[ ] sley
4. Please don't make me speak, I'm very ____.
[ ] shiey
[ ] shie
[ ] shy
[ ] shighy
5. I always ____ when we have to ____ somewhere.
[ ] kry and fly
[ ] cri and fly
[ ] cry and fli
[ ] cry and fly
6. ____ and ____ your shirt on the line.
[ ] Try and dry
[ ] Tri and dry
[ ] Try and dri
[ ] Try and dwy
7. Please ____ to my email.
[ ] reeply
[ ] reaply
[ ] repliy
[ ] reply
8. ____ do you ____ eggs?
[ ] Wry and fry
[ ] Why and fry
[ ] Wrhy and fry
[ ] Why and fwy
9. I will ____ to ____ in the sky.
[ ] twy and fly
[ ] try and flly
[ ] try and fly
[ ] try and faly
10. I will ____ on ____ neighbour.
[ ] spy and my
[ ] sppy and my
[ ] spiy and my
[ ] spy and mi

You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Words ending in -y

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Spelling Quiz - Year 2 - Ending with y (Answers)
1. The month after June is ____.
[ ] Julie
[x] July
[ ] Juligh
[ ] Juley
The 'y' sound is the same as the alphabet name given for 'i'.
2. Listen to me! Do not ____ me!
[ ] defie
[x] defy
[ ] defey
[ ] defigh
If you defy somebody then you do the opposite of what they want you to do.
3. He is as ____ as a fox!
[x] sly
[ ] slly
[ ] sliey
[ ] sley
This is a popular saying (and a simile) and if somebody says this about you, they are saying you are sneaky.
4. Please don't make me speak, I'm very ____.
[ ] shiey
[ ] shie
[x] shy
[ ] shighy
If you're shy, going red is often an awkward side-effect.
5. I always ____ when we have to ____ somewhere.
[ ] kry and fly
[ ] cri and fly
[ ] cry and fli
[x] cry and fly
A fear of flying is called aviophobia.
6. ____ and ____ your shirt on the line.
[x] Try and dry
[ ] Tri and dry
[ ] Try and dri
[ ] Try and dwy
A tumble drier uses electricity to dry your clothes, so it's better for the environment if you dry your clothes on the washing line.
7. Please ____ to my email.
[ ] reeply
[ ] reaply
[ ] repliy
[x] reply
Nowadays people don't send letters, they send emails that are like letters but sent through the internet.
8. ____ do you ____ eggs?
[ ] Wry and fry
[x] Why and fry
[ ] Wrhy and fry
[ ] Why and fwy
You can fry, scramble, poach and boil eggs.
9. I will ____ to ____ in the sky.
[ ] twy and fly
[ ] try and flly
[x] try and fly
[ ] try and faly
Well we can fly in the sky by using aeroplanes.
10. I will ____ on ____ neighbour.
[x] spy and my
[ ] sppy and my
[ ] spiy and my
[ ] spy and mi
The word 'my' is a high frequency word, which means it's a word that will be used a lot.