English Language: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Grade 2 Reading Foundation - Irregular Spellings (Questions)

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Some words do not follow rules in phonics. Instead, these words are irregularly spelled. This may cause problems for students when they are reading. Most of the time these words must be memorized so students can pronounce the words just by looking at them. In this quiz, the student will choose the correctly spelled word using the picture.

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1.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[ ]	anser
[ ]	answer
[ ]	ansswer
[ ]	ancer

2.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[ ]	eyes
[ ]	ies
[ ]	iis
[ ]	eies

3.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[ ]	frind
[ ]	frend
[ ]	freind
[ ]	friend

4.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[ ]	hite
[ ]	height
[ ]	hight
[ ]	heit

5.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[ ]	straight
[ ]	strate
[ ]	strat
[ ]	stratte

6.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[ ]	erth
[ ]	arth
[ ]	eart
[ ]	earth

7.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[ ]	litte
[ ]	light
[ ]	liht
[ ]	litt

8.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[ ]	frunt
[ ]	frant
[ ]	front
[ ]	frot

9.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[ ]	moove
[ ]	muve
[ ]	move
[ ]	mov

10.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[ ]	hav
[ ]	have
[ ]	hafe
[ ]	haf

English Language: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Grade 2 Reading Foundation - Irregular Spellings (Answers)

1.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[ ]	anser
[x]	answer
[ ]	ansswer
[ ]	ancer

The correct way to spell this word is with a silent “w.”

2.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[x]	eyes
[ ]	ies
[ ]	iis
[ ]	eies

“Ey” is pronounced with a long “I” sound.

3.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[ ]	frind
[ ]	frend
[ ]	freind
[x]	friend

Friend is spelled with “ie.”

4.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[ ]	hite
[x]	height
[ ]	hight
[ ]	heit

Height has a silent “gh” sound in it.

5.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[x]	straight
[ ]	strate
[ ]	strat
[ ]	stratte

Straight has a silent “gh” sound in it.

6.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[ ]	erth
[ ]	arth
[ ]	eart
[x]	earth

Earth is spelled with a silent “a” sound.

7.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[ ]	litte
[x]	light
[ ]	liht
[ ]	litt

Light has a silent “gh” sound in it.

8.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[ ]	frunt
[ ]	frant
[x]	front
[ ]	frot

Front has a schwa sound for the “o.”

9.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[ ]	moove
[ ]	muve
[x]	move
[ ]	mov

Move has a “oo” sound in it even though it only has one “o” in the word.

10.

Look at the picture.
How do you spell the word?

[ ]	hav
[x]	have
[ ]	hafe
[ ]	haf

Have is spelled differently than most words with a silent “e” in them.