Year 2 in England
1st grade spelling
5 1st grade spelling skills, each with a worked example, free practice that checks every answer, and a printable worksheet. Start with a mixed review, or jump to the skill you need.
Mixed review
Ten questions drawn from every skill below.
Adding -s, -ing, -ed and -er
CCSS L.1.4.CCCSS RF.1.3.FEngland: Y1 Spelling (suffixes with no change)
Example
Which word fits? Yesterday I ___ (pull).
- Match the ending to the time in the sentence.
- So the answer is: pulled
Answer: pulled
Days of the week and months of the year
CCSS L.1.2.ACCSS L.1.2.DEngland: Y1 Spelling (days of the week)England: Y2 Spelling
Example
Which day comes before Wednesday? Type it.
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
- So the answer is: Tuesday
Answer: Tuesday
Plurals: add -s or -es?
CCSS L.1.1.CCCSS L.2.2.DEngland: Y1 Spelling (-s and -es)
Example
More than one bell: which is right?
- "bell" ends in "ll".
- Most words just add -s.
- So the answer is: bells
Answer: bells
Builds on: One or more than one? Adding -s
The prefix un- (unhappy, unlock)
CCSS L.1.4.BCCSS L.2.4.BEngland: Y1 Spelling (prefix un-)
Example
What does "unsafe" mean?
- The prefix un- changes a word to mean 'not' or 'do the opposite'.
- unsafe = un + safe
- So the answer is: not safe
Answer: not safe
Builds on: Adding -s, -ing, -ed and -er
Adding -er and -est (fast, faster, fastest)
CCSS L.1.4.CCCSS L.2.1.EEngland: Y1 Spelling (-er and -est with no change to the root)
Example
Add -er to "dark". Type the new word.
- dark + er = darker
- So the answer is: darker
Answer: darker
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