KS1 Spelling | Months and Days of the Week for Year 2

Spelling Quiz - Year 2 - Spelling Months and Days (Questions)

This 'Spelling Months and Days' quiz is an addition to the spellings suggested in the National Curriculum. However, in school, it is expected that KS1 children should be able to correctly copy the months and by the end of Year 2 should be able to spell all the days of the week.

There are twelve months in a year and seven days in a week. Each month and day should be written with a capital letter. This quiz is going to test you on all the days and some months. See if you can get full marks!

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I will start a diet on the first ____ in ____.

[ ]	Munday and January
[ ]	Monday and January
[ ]	Munday and Janary
[ ]	Monday and Janary

Pancake ____ can happen in the month of ____.

[ ]	Tuesday and Febuary
[ ]	Tuyesday and February
[ ]	Tusday and February
[ ]	Tuesday and February

Lent begins on Ash ____ and can happen in the month of ____.

[ ]	Wednesday and March
[ ]	Wednsday and March
[ ]	Wenesday and March
[ ]	Wensday and March

Today is ____ and we are in the month of ____.

[ ]	Fursday and April
[ ]	Thurrsday and April
[ ]	Thersday and April
[ ]	Thursday and April

Tomorrow is ____ and we are in the month of ____.

[ ]	Fridday and November
[ ]	Friday and Novimber
[ ]	Friday and November
[ ]	Fryday and November

____ and ____ are known as the weekend.

[ ]	Saturday and Sunnday
[ ]	Satturday and Sunday
[ ]	Saterday and Sunday
[ ]	Saturday and Sunday

The fifth day of the week is ____ and the fifth month of the year is ____.

[ ]	Fryday and May
[ ]	Friday and May
[ ]	Friday and Maye
[ ]	Fridday and May

A bank holiday nearly always happens on a ____; except for Christmas which happens in the month of ____.

[ ]	Munday and December
[ ]	Monday and December
[ ]	Munnday and December
[ ]	Mondday and December

The week days are: ____, ____, ____, ____ and ____.

[ ]	Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thersday and Friday
[ ]	Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
[ ]	Monday, Tusday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
[ ]	Monday, Tuesday, Wednsday, Thursday and Friday

10.

The first and last months of the year are: ____ and ____.

[ ]	January and Decembar
[ ]	January and Descember
[ ]	January and December
[ ]	Janury and December

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

Spelling Quiz - Year 2 - Spelling Months and Days (Answers)

I will start a diet on the first ____ in ____.

[ ]	Munday and January
[x]	Monday and January
[ ]	Munday and Janary
[ ]	Monday and Janary

Monday is the first day of the week and January is the first month of the year.

Pancake ____ can happen in the month of ____.

[ ]	Tuesday and Febuary
[ ]	Tuyesday and February
[ ]	Tusday and February
[x]	Tuesday and February

It's actually called Shrove Tuesday!

Lent begins on Ash ____ and can happen in the month of ____.

[x]	Wednesday and March
[ ]	Wednsday and March
[ ]	Wenesday and March
[ ]	Wensday and March

Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday can happen in either February or March - the dates vary. Lots of people give up chocolate for Lent.

Today is ____ and we are in the month of ____.

[ ]	Fursday and April
[ ]	Thurrsday and April
[ ]	Thersday and April
[x]	Thursday and April

When we date something, we always write the number of the day, month and year. You might not need to write the day of the week.

Tomorrow is ____ and we are in the month of ____.

[ ]	Fridday and November
[ ]	Friday and Novimber
[x]	Friday and November
[ ]	Fryday and November

Remembrance Day happens on the eleventh day of the eleventh month at 11AM.

____ and ____ are known as the weekend.

[ ]	Saturday and Sunnday
[ ]	Satturday and Sunday
[ ]	Saterday and Sunday
[x]	Saturday and Sunday

The other days of the week are called week days.

The fifth day of the week is ____ and the fifth month of the year is ____.

[ ]	Fryday and May
[x]	Friday and May
[ ]	Friday and Maye
[ ]	Fridday and May

There is normally a bank holiday at the beginning and end of May.

A bank holiday nearly always happens on a ____; except for Christmas which happens in the month of ____.

[ ]	Munday and December
[x]	Monday and December
[ ]	Munnday and December
[ ]	Mondday and December

Christmas and New Year holidays can happen on any day but all our other bank holidays happen on a Monday (except for Good Friday).

The week days are: ____, ____, ____, ____ and ____.

[ ]	Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thersday and Friday
[x]	Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
[ ]	Monday, Tusday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
[ ]	Monday, Tuesday, Wednsday, Thursday and Friday

Wednesday is quite difficult to spell because it sounds as though there are only two syllables but if you sound it out, it sounds like it should have three.

10.

The first and last months of the year are: ____ and ____.

[ ]	January and Decembar
[ ]	January and Descember
[x]	January and December
[ ]	Janury and December

Even though one is the first month of the year and one is the last, they are next to each other!