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Spelling:  -igh
The word 'light' is pronounced with a silent 'gh'.

Spelling: -igh

Let's have a KS2 English spelling quiz all about the letters 'igh'! Words like light, sight, and fright have 'gh', but it's silent. English words often use 'igh' for the 'long i' sound (like in 'sight'). It might seem a bit strange, and you've probably heard the 'gh' is silent. A long time ago, people said 'night' with the 'gh' sound, but it changed over the years, and the spelling stayed the same.

Learning to spell might seem boring, but it's super important! Good spellers have better chances in jobs. Keep practising and see if you remember these words with the '-igh' quiz.

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1 .
Choose the correct spellings.
If you ____ a bird, it will ____ away.
frighten, fly
frighten, fligh
friten, fly
friten, fligh
If you frighten a bird, it will fly away.
2 .
Choose the correct spellings.
The apple was so shiny and such a ____ red colour, that Snow White could not help taking a ____.
brite, bight
brite, bite
bright, bight
bright, bite
The apple was so shiny and such a bright red colour, that Snow White could not help taking a bite.
3 .
Choose the correct spellings.
The audience cheered with ____ as the juggler balanced on the ____.
delite, tightrope
delite, titerope
delight, tightrope
delight, titerope
The audience cheered with delight as the juggler balanced on the tightrope.
4 .
Choose the correct spellings.
The child ____ deeply, then his lip wobbled and he began to ____.
sied, cry
sied, crigh
sighed, cry
sighed, crigh
The child sighed deeply, then his lip wobbled and he began to cry.
5 .
Choose the correct spellings.
I ____ change ____ mind tomorrow.
miet, migh
miet, my
might, migh
might, my
I might change my mind tomorrow.
6 .
Choose the correct spellings.
She ____ to ____ her shoelaces.
tried, tihten
tried, tighten
trighed, tihten
trighed, tighten
She tried to tighten her shoelaces.
7 .
Choose the correct spellings.
The ____ were looking for a castle where they could spend the ____.
knights, nite
knights, night
knites, nite
knites, night
The knights were looking for a castle where they could spend the night.
8 .
Choose the correct spellings.
Although I hold my hockey stick in my left hand, I ____ with my ____ hand.
write, right
write, rite
wright, right
wright, rite
Although I hold my hockey stick in my left hand, I write with my right hand. 'Write' and 'right' are homophones.
9 .
Choose the correct spellings.
They were still ____ up the mountainside when they suddenly realised that it would soon be ____.
high, twilite
high, twilight
hye, twilite
hye, twilight
They were still high up the mountainside when they suddenly realised that it would soon be twilight.
10 .
Choose the correct spellings.
Mr. Howard could never understand ____ the ____ of one of the legs of his chair was different from that of the rest.
wigh, hiete
wigh, height
why, hiete
why, height
Mr. Howard could never understand why the height of one of the legs of his chair was different from that of the rest.
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