KS1 Spelling | Year 2 Words Ending in TION Quiz

Spelling Quiz - Year 2 - Words ending in tion (Questions)

This 'Words ending in tion' spelling quiz helps KS1 children learn how to spell words that end with the ‘shun’ sound when spelt as ‘tion’. These spellings have been taken from and added to those in the National Curriculum.

Sometimes when a word ends with the ‘shun’ sound it is shown through the letters ‘tion’ or ‘sion’. This quiz will test you on spellings that end in ‘tion’. Can you spell the missing words?

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The train pulled into the bus ____.

[ ]	staytion
[ ]	staysion
[ ]	station
[ ]	stasion

The Gruffalo is my favourite book of ____

[ ]	fiction
[ ]	fiktion
[ ]	ficktion
[ ]	fictun

The ____ of the car caused her hair to move.

[ ]	motion
[ ]	moetion
[ ]	mottion
[ ]	motoin

Firstly, to plait the hair you have to put it into three ____.

[ ]	secktions
[ ]	secctions
[ ]	siections
[ ]	sections

Her brother was on ____ television!

[ ]	nationel
[ ]	nationale
[ ]	national
[ ]	nationnal

He had been practising his bowling ____.

[ ]	action
[ ]	acktion
[ ]	aktion
[ ]	aktione

Please write a ____ to go under this picture.

[ ]	kaption
[ ]	caption
[ ]	capption
[ ]	captione

This is the most famous horse ____ in England.

[ ]	campetition
[ ]	compitition
[ ]	competition
[ ]	compatition

You go to school to gain an ____.

[ ]	education
[ ]	edyoucation
[ ]	edyoucaytion
[ ]	edukation

10.

She is having an ____.

[ ]	injecktion
[ ]	enjection
[ ]	ingection
[ ]	injection

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Spelling Quiz - Year 2 - Words ending in tion (Answers)

The train pulled into the bus ____.

[ ]	staytion
[ ]	staysion
[x]	station
[ ]	stasion

Sion and tion make the same sound but all these words will end in 'tion'.

The Gruffalo is my favourite book of ____

[x]	fiction
[ ]	fiktion
[ ]	ficktion
[ ]	fictun

Books are either fact or fiction. Fiction means the story isn't true.

The ____ of the car caused her hair to move.

[x]	motion
[ ]	moetion
[ ]	mottion
[ ]	motoin

Motion is any form of movement.

Firstly, to plait the hair you have to put it into three ____.

[ ]	secktions
[ ]	secctions
[ ]	siections
[x]	sections

You then put one strand of hair in-between the two other strands and then repeat.

Her brother was on ____ television!

[ ]	nationel
[ ]	nationale
[x]	national
[ ]	nationnal

The word national means the whole country, so nationwide.

He had been practising his bowling ____.

[x]	action
[ ]	acktion
[ ]	aktion
[ ]	aktione

Surprisingly, there is no minimum weight for a bowling ball.

Please write a ____ to go under this picture.

[ ]	kaption
[x]	caption
[ ]	capption
[ ]	captione

Captions are normally one sentence long and explain what is happening in the picture.

This is the most famous horse ____ in England.

[ ]	campetition
[ ]	compitition
[x]	competition
[ ]	compatition

The Grand National is the most-watched horse race in England and happens once a year.

You go to school to gain an ____.

[x]	education
[ ]	edyoucation
[ ]	edyoucaytion
[ ]	edukation

It is also a legal requirement! The law states that every child should have the opportunity to learn.

10.

She is having an ____.

[ ]	injecktion
[ ]	enjection
[ ]	ingection
[x]	injection

Injections are given to prevent diseases and not normally something you'd smile about!