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Spelling: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - The Sound wh (Questions)

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This 'Sound wh' spelling quiz tests elementary school children on spellings that begin with this sound. The movement for this is to have your hand to your mouth and then blow it away, like you’ve just blown away a wish.

Sometimes the ‘w’ sound has a silent ‘h’ with it – ‘wh’. This digraph will usually start a word. Improve your spelling by playing this quiz.

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1. ____ did dinosaurs exist?
[ ] Wen
[ ] When
[ ] Whin
[ ] Whan
2. ____ is the Eiffel Tower?
[ ] Were
[ ] Wer
[ ] Where
[ ] Wher
3. This car has four ____.
[ ] weels
[ ] wheels
[ ] wheals
[ ] whills
4. ____ you were gone, I tried your pizza.
[ ] While
[ ] Rile
[ ] Wrile
[ ] Wrhile
5. ____ do tides form?
[ ] Y
[ ] Wy
[ ] Why
[ ] Whi
6. ____ ocean is the largest?
[ ] Rich
[ ] Witch
[ ] Which
[ ] Wich
7. This is a blue ____.
[ ] whale
[ ] wail
[ ] whal
[ ] whaile
8. ____ do crocodiles eat?
[ ] Wat
[ ] Whate
[ ] Whut
[ ] What
9. Can you ____ that secret to me please?
[ ] whispur
[ ] wispa
[ ] whispar
[ ] whisper
10. ____ the cream whilst I ____ the eggs.
[ ] Whipp and whisk
[ ] Whip and whisk
[ ] Whip and wiske
[ ] Whipp and whisc
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Spelling: Elementary School: Grades 3, 4 and 5 Quiz - The Sound wh (Answers)
1. ____ did dinosaurs exist?
[ ] Wen
[x] When
[ ] Whin
[ ] Whan
When is a question word, this means that at the end of a sentence there will be a question mark.
2. ____ is the Eiffel Tower?
[ ] Were
[ ] Wer
[x] Where
[ ] Wher
It's in Paris, France.
3. This car has four ____.
[ ] weels
[x] wheels
[ ] wheals
[ ] whills
There used to be a car with only three wheels called a Reliant Robin.
4. ____ you were gone, I tried your pizza.
[x] While
[ ] Rile
[ ] Wrile
[ ] Wrhile
The first pizza ever documented was in 997 AD.
5. ____ do tides form?
[ ] Y
[ ] Wy
[x] Why
[ ] Whi
Tides are created by the pull from the moon and sun. Gravitational forces pull the sea making the waves.
6. ____ ocean is the largest?
[ ] Rich
[ ] Witch
[x] Which
[ ] Wich
The largest ocean in the world is the Pacific Ocean, which covers more than one third of the Earth's surface.
7. This is a blue ____.
[x] whale
[ ] wail
[ ] whal
[ ] whaile
The blue whale is the largest creature to live on earth. Their hearts weigh the same as most cars!
8. ____ do crocodiles eat?
[ ] Wat
[ ] Whate
[ ] Whut
[x] What
They eat almost any living animal they can get their jaws into including boars, deer, snakes and cattle. They will even eat humans given the chance!
9. Can you ____ that secret to me please?
[ ] whispur
[ ] wispa
[ ] whispar
[x] whisper
A Wispa is a chocolate bar made by Cadbury.
10. ____ the cream whilst I ____ the eggs.
[ ] Whipp and whisk
[x] Whip and whisk
[ ] Whip and wiske
[ ] Whipp and whisc
Do you like baking cakes or just eating them?