KS1 Spelling | Year 2 Tricky Words Quiz for Kids

Spelling Quiz - Year 2 - Tricky words 4 (Questions)

This 'Tricky Words 4' spelling quiz tests KS1 children on words taken from the National Curriculum. All these words are considered tricky to spell because they are exceptions to the rules.

Spellings can be very tricky, especially if they can’t be sounded out. This quiz is going to test you on words that don’t follow a sound pattern. How many of these spellings do you know?

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She is very ____ and always pushes me along.

[ ]	kind
[ ]	kinde
[ ]	cind
[ ]	cinde

I don't have a penny; I'm very ____ right now.

[ ]	pore
[ ]	pour
[ ]	poor
[ ]	poar

He wore these boots when he went to the ____ West!

[ ]	Wild
[ ]	Wilde
[ ]	Whiled
[ ]	Whild

____ I eat all this cake?

[ ]	Should
[ ]	Shood
[ ]	Shoeld
[ ]	Shud

When is it half ____ six?

[ ]	parst
[ ]	parste
[ ]	past
[ ]	passed

When visiting the forest, please keep to the ____.

[ ]	parth
[ ]	parf
[ ]	path
[ ]	paff

Will you help me ____ house?

[ ]	moove
[ ]	move
[ ]	mouve
[ ]	moov

Make sure you don't drive too ____.

[ ]	farst
[ ]	farste
[ ]	farst
[ ]	fast

Do you have ____ visitors?

[ ]	mannie
[ ]	menie
[ ]	meny
[ ]	many

10.

I'm rich! I have lots of ____ bars.

[ ]	goaled
[ ]	goald
[ ]	gold
[ ]	goled

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Spelling Quiz - Year 2 - Tricky words 4 (Answers)

She is very ____ and always pushes me along.

[x]	kind
[ ]	kinde
[ ]	cind
[ ]	cinde

Here the 'i' doesn't make an 'eh' sound but an 'I' sound, as in 'eye'.

I don't have a penny; I'm very ____ right now.

[ ]	pore
[ ]	pour
[x]	poor
[ ]	poar

When sounded out, all these words make the same sound but only one refers to the kind of poor we mean.

He wore these boots when he went to the ____ West!

[x]	Wild
[ ]	Wilde
[ ]	Whiled
[ ]	Whild

The Wild West refers to a time when cowboys were common.

____ I eat all this cake?

[x]	Should
[ ]	Shood
[ ]	Shoeld
[ ]	Shud

Should, could and would all have the same spellings - you just change the first letters.

When is it half ____ six?

[ ]	parst
[ ]	parste
[x]	past
[ ]	passed

The last two words both sound the same and are both words, however, they mean different things.

When visiting the forest, please keep to the ____.

[ ]	parth
[ ]	parf
[x]	path
[ ]	paff

Depending on where you live in Britain, you might say p-ah-th or you might say p-ar-th.

Will you help me ____ house?

[ ]	moove
[x]	move
[ ]	mouve
[ ]	moov

Some people find moving house quite stressful; others find it exciting. Have you ever moved house?

Make sure you don't drive too ____.

[ ]	farst
[ ]	farste
[ ]	farst
[x]	fast

Every road has a speed limit. Next time you're in the car look out for signs that tell you how fast you can drive.

Do you have ____ visitors?

[ ]	mannie
[ ]	menie
[ ]	meny
[x]	many

Here, the 'a' sound is 'eh'.

10.

I'm rich! I have lots of ____ bars.

[ ]	goaled
[ ]	goald
[x]	gold
[ ]	goled

Instead of calling them bars, we call them bullion.