KS1 Spelling | Words with a Soft C Quiz for Year 2

Spelling Quiz - Year 2 - Soft c (lace) (Questions)

This 'Soft c (lace)' spelling quiz tests KS1 children on spellings where the ‘c’ sound is not ‘cer’ but ‘ser’ like in the word ‘lace’. The words in this quiz have been taken from the National Curriculum.

The letter ‘c’ can make two sounds: a hard c like in the word ‘cat’ or a soft c like in the word ‘lace’. This quiz is going to test you on spellings with the soft c sound. Can you spell the missing words?

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Would you like to watch that film at the ____?

[ ]	sinema
[ ]	cinema
[ ]	scinema
[ ]	cenema

Do you want to go to the ____?

[ ]	sircus
[ ]	scircus
[ ]	cirkus
[ ]	circus

He could see Earth whilst out in ____.

[ ]	spasce
[ ]	space
[ ]	spaic
[ ]	spaise

The shape of this table is a ____.

[ ]	sircle
[ ]	cirscle
[ ]	circal
[ ]	circle

Would you like to go to the ____?

[ ]	city
[ ]	citee
[ ]	citey
[ ]	citie

The ant looked at the horrible boy and begged for ____.

[ ]	mercey
[ ]	mercy
[ ]	mercie
[ ]	mercee

Please do not ____ as the ____ has made it slippery.

[ ]	race and iece
[ ]	raice and ice
[ ]	race and ice
[ ]	race and ics

He had to eat the ____ in his ____.

[ ]	rice and cel
[ ]	rice and cell
[ ]	rice and cele
[ ]	righce and cell

She wore a very ____ ____ wedding dress.

[ ]	fancy and laice
[ ]	fancie and lace
[ ]	fancey and lace
[ ]	fancy and lace

10.

They were running at a ____ _____.

[ ]	nice and pace
[ ]	nice and paice
[ ]	nice and pasce
[ ]	nicce and pace

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Spelling Quiz - Year 2 - Soft c (lace) (Answers)

Would you like to watch that film at the ____?

[ ]	sinema
[x]	cinema
[ ]	scinema
[ ]	cenema

The letter 'c' can make the same sound as 's'.

Do you want to go to the ____?

[ ]	sircus
[ ]	scircus
[ ]	cirkus
[x]	circus

Here the curly c is making both the soft and hard sound.

He could see Earth whilst out in ____.

[ ]	spasce
[x]	space
[ ]	spaic
[ ]	spaise

Words can also have a soft c and the letter s.

The shape of this table is a ____.

[ ]	sircle
[ ]	cirscle
[ ]	circal
[x]	circle

A 3D circle is called a sphere.

Would you like to go to the ____?

[x]	city
[ ]	citee
[ ]	citey
[ ]	citie

If you're not sure how this word should end, you could see which one you think looks most familiar.

The ant looked at the horrible boy and begged for ____.

[ ]	mercey
[x]	mercy
[ ]	mercie
[ ]	mercee

The heat from the sun can be magnified through glass and can cause fires, so be careful where you leave magnifying glasses!

Please do not ____ as the ____ has made it slippery.

[ ]	race and iece
[ ]	raice and ice
[x]	race and ice
[ ]	race and ics

Ice is extremely slippery. If it snows, the snow can compress to make ice.

He had to eat the ____ in his ____.

[ ]	rice and cel
[x]	rice and cell
[ ]	rice and cele
[ ]	righce and cell

The word cell is pronounced the same as the word sell but they mean different things.

She wore a very ____ ____ wedding dress.

[ ]	fancy and laice
[ ]	fancie and lace
[ ]	fancey and lace
[x]	fancy and lace

Wedding dresses are often white but they don't have to be - it's up to the bride. She can wear whichever colour she wants!

10.

They were running at a ____ _____.

[x]	nice and pace
[ ]	nice and paice
[ ]	nice and pasce
[ ]	nicce and pace

Teachers don't tend to like the word 'nice' as it is a little bland, so if you describe something try and use more descriptive words.