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Spelling: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - The End Sound zz (Questions)

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The End Sound zz is a quiz that helps elementary school children learn the spellings for words that end with the ‘z’ sound.

If a word ends in a ‘z’ sound, it will be written like this: ‘zz’. If the vowel in the word is short then the next letters will be doubled. Test your knowledge on these spellings.

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1. Spell the missing word: The bees went ____.
[ ] buz
[ ] buzz
[ ] buss
[ ] bizz
2. Spell the missing word: His beard looks like white ____.
[ ] fusz
[ ] fuss
[ ] fuzz
[ ] fuzs
3. Spell the missing word: I'm worried my soda will ____ when I open it.
[ ] fizz
[ ] fiss
[ ] fizs
[ ] fisz
4. Spell the missing word: Can you hear the ____ music?
[ ] jasz
[ ] jass
[ ] jaz
[ ] jazz
5. Spell the missing word: The car ____ around the track.
[ ] whized
[ ] whizzed
[ ] whiszed
[ ] whizeed
6. Spell the missing word: You need to use conditioner in your hair to get rid of the ____.
[ ] friz
[ ] frizz
[ ] fizz
[ ] fiz
7. Which of these answers isn't a real word?
[ ] buzz
[ ] frizz
[ ] bluzz
[ ] fuzz
8. Which sentence has all the correct spellings?
[ ] The bees buzed around the flower.
[ ] The bee buzzd near the flower.
[ ] The bee buzzed as it collected nectar.
[ ] The bea buzzed as it sat on the flower.
9. Which sentence has all the correct spellings?
[ ] They loved jazz music.
[ ] They loved jaz music.
[ ] He played jazz al night long.
[ ] He joined a jazz band las year.
10. Which sentence has all the correct spellings?
[ ] My champagne has no fiz.
[ ] My champagne has no fizz.
[ ] Th fizz in my champagne has gone.
[ ] The fizz in mie champagne has gon.
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Spelling: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - The End Sound zz (Answers)
1. Spell the missing word: The bees went ____.
[ ] buz
[x] buzz
[ ] buss
[ ] bizz
Bees produce honey. Do you like honey?
2. Spell the missing word: His beard looks like white ____.
[ ] fusz
[ ] fuss
[x] fuzz
[ ] fuzs
We often say someone has fuzz on their chin when they can't grow a proper beard like the one in this picture.
3. Spell the missing word: I'm worried my soda will ____ when I open it.
[x] fizz
[ ] fiss
[ ] fizs
[ ] fisz
Coca-Cola is the number one selling fizzy drink in the world.
4. Spell the missing word: Can you hear the ____ music?
[ ] jasz
[ ] jass
[ ] jaz
[x] jazz
Jazz music began in America in the twentieth century and is enjoyed by many today.
5. Spell the missing word: The car ____ around the track.
[ ] whized
[x] whizzed
[ ] whiszed
[ ] whizeed
Here you need to spell the word 'whizz' then add 'ed' to show that it happened in the past.
6. Spell the missing word: You need to use conditioner in your hair to get rid of the ____.
[ ] friz
[x] frizz
[ ] fizz
[ ] fiz
Frizzy hair can be helped by conditioners and serums.
7. Which of these answers isn't a real word?
[ ] buzz
[ ] frizz
[x] bluzz
[ ] fuzz
Saying each one out loud will help.
8. Which sentence has all the correct spellings?
[ ] The bees buzed around the flower.
[ ] The bee buzzd near the flower.
[x] The bee buzzed as it collected nectar.
[ ] The bea buzzed as it sat on the flower.
A honey bee will go to between 50 and 100 flowers each time it leaves the nest to collect honey.
9. Which sentence has all the correct spellings?
[x] They loved jazz music.
[ ] They loved jaz music.
[ ] He played jazz al night long.
[ ] He joined a jazz band las year.
Jazz music is a mixture of three different types of music: one type called Ragtime, mixed with marching band music and the blues.
10. Which sentence has all the correct spellings?
[ ] My champagne has no fiz.
[x] My champagne has no fizz.
[ ] Th fizz in my champagne has gone.
[ ] The fizz in mie champagne has gon.
Champagne produces around thirty new bubbles every second - now that definitely has some fizz!