Spelling: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Ending with y (Questions)

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This 'Ending with y' spelling quiz tests elementary school children on words that end with this sound using this letter. Children should know that if a word ends with the ‘y/igh’ sound it will almost always be represented by a ‘y’.

If a word ends with the y/igh sound it is almost always spelled with ‘y’. Naturally there are exceptions to this rule but this quiz will test you on spelling words that end in ‘y’. Can you spell the missing words?

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The month after June is ____.

[ ]	Julie
[ ]	July
[ ]	Juligh
[ ]	Juley

Listen to me! Do not ____ me!

[ ]	defie
[ ]	defy
[ ]	defey
[ ]	defigh

He is as ____ as a fox!

[ ]	sly
[ ]	slly
[ ]	sliey
[ ]	sley

Please don't make me speak, I'm very ____.

[ ]	shiey
[ ]	shie
[ ]	shy
[ ]	shighy

I always ____ when we have to ____ somewhere.

[ ]	kry and fly
[ ]	cri and fly
[ ]	cry and fli
[ ]	cry and fly

____ and ____ your shirt on the line.

[ ]	Try and dry
[ ]	Tri and dry
[ ]	Try and dri
[ ]	Try and dwy

Please ____ to my email.

[ ]	reeply
[ ]	reaply
[ ]	repliy
[ ]	reply

____ do you ____ eggs?

[ ]	Wry and fry
[ ]	Why and fry
[ ]	Wrhy and fry
[ ]	Why and fwy

I will ____ to ____ in the sky.

[ ]	twy and fly
[ ]	try and flly
[ ]	try and fly
[ ]	try and faly

10.

I will ____ on ____ neighbor.

[ ]	spy and my
[ ]	sppy and my
[ ]	spiy and my
[ ]	spy and mi

Spelling: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Ending with y (Answers)

The month after June is ____.

[ ]	Julie
[x]	July
[ ]	Juligh
[ ]	Juley

The 'y' sound is the same as the alphabet name given for 'i'.

Listen to me! Do not ____ me!

[ ]	defie
[x]	defy
[ ]	defey
[ ]	defigh

If you defy somebody then you do the opposite of what they want you to do.

He is as ____ as a fox!

[x]	sly
[ ]	slly
[ ]	sliey
[ ]	sley

This is a popular saying (and a simile) and if somebody says this about you, they are saying you are sneaky.

Please don't make me speak, I'm very ____.

[ ]	shiey
[ ]	shie
[x]	shy
[ ]	shighy

If you're shy, going red is often an awkward side-effect.

I always ____ when we have to ____ somewhere.

[ ]	kry and fly
[ ]	cri and fly
[ ]	cry and fli
[x]	cry and fly

A fear of flying is called aviophobia.

____ and ____ your shirt on the line.

[x]	Try and dry
[ ]	Tri and dry
[ ]	Try and dri
[ ]	Try and dwy

A tumble drier uses electricity to dry your clothes, so it's better for the environment if you dry your clothes on the washing line.

Please ____ to my email.

[ ]	reeply
[ ]	reaply
[ ]	repliy
[x]	reply

Nowadays people don't send letters, they send emails that are like letters but sent through the internet.

____ do you ____ eggs?

[ ]	Wry and fry
[x]	Why and fry
[ ]	Wrhy and fry
[ ]	Why and fwy

You can fry, scramble, poach and boil eggs.

I will ____ to ____ in the sky.

[ ]	twy and fly
[ ]	try and flly
[x]	try and fly
[ ]	try and faly

Well we can fly in the sky by using airplanes.

10.

I will ____ on ____ neighbor.

[x]	spy and my
[ ]	sppy and my
[ ]	spiy and my
[ ]	spy and mi

The word 'my' is a high frequency word, which means it's a word that will be used a lot.