Term pack

Year 1 English

Name: ________________________

Skills in this pack

Beginning sounds
Rhyming words
Word families
Words we see every day
Naming words
Action words
First describing words
A and an
This, that, these, those
Describing words
Capital letters and full stops
Making a sentence
Telling and asking sentences
Looking at a picture

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Year 1 English · 1 of 14

Beginning sounds

Hear the first sound in a word and match it to its letter.

1.Which word starts with the sound /p/?
- a) van
- b) tan
- c) pan
- d) bat
2.Which letter does 'sun' start with?
- a) c
- b) z
- c) s
- d) x
3.Which letter does 'cat' start with?
- a) s
- b) c
- c) t
- d) k
4.Which letter does 'leg' start with?
- a) r
- b) n
- c) e
- d) l
5.Which letter does 'fish' start with?
- a) f
- b) v
- c) s
- d) h
6.Which letter does 'dog' start with?
- a) g
- b) p
- c) b
- d) d
7.Which word starts with the sound /m/?
- a) moon
- b) sun
- c) hat
- d) tree
8.Which word starts with the sound /b/?
- a) doll
- b) tall
- c) wall
- d) ball

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Year 1 English · 2 of 14

Rhyming words

Spot two words that rhyme.

1.Which word does NOT rhyme with 'night'?
- a) house
- b) bright
- c) light
- d) white
2.Pair up the words that rhyme.
- cat
- dog
- sun
- car
- fun
- hat
- star
- log
3.Which word rhymes with 'snake'?
- a) sick
- b) smoke
- c) sock
- d) cake
4.Which word rhymes with 'tree'?
- a) true
- b) bee
- c) dry
- d) top
5.Which word rhymes with 'ball'?
- a) boat
- b) tall
- c) bill
- d) bell
6.Pair up the words that rhyme.
- moon
- cake
- bed
- ring
- king
- lake
- red
- spoon
7.Which word rhymes with 'pig'?
- a) pin
- b) bag
- c) peg
- d) big
8.Which word rhymes with 'cat'?
- a) cup
- b) car
- c) dog
- d) hat

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Year 1 English · 3 of 14

Word families

Read and build words that end with the same letters.

1.Match each letter to the word it makes with -ig.
- b
- d
- f
- w
- dig
- fig
- big
- wig
2.Put c in front of -at. What word do you get?
3.Match each family to a word in it.
- -at
- -ig
- -un
- -op
- mop
- mat
- bun
- wig
4.Which word is in the -at family?
- a) run
- b) rat
- c) rib
- d) rot
5.Which two words are in the same family?
- a) hat and mat
- b) hat and hen
- c) sun and sit
- d) pig and pen
6.Put p in front of -en. What word do you get?
7.Sort each word into its family.
Groups: -at · -ig · -un
- run
- pig
- cat
- sun
- dig
- hat
8.Sort each word into its family.
Groups: -op · -en
- hop
- top
- hen
- mop
- den
- ten

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Year 1 English · 4 of 14

Words we see every day

Read and use the small words that turn up in almost every sentence.

1.Which word is "see"?
- a) see
- b) she
- c) sit
- d) say
2.Which word fits? We ___ friends.
- a) is
- b) am
- c) are
- d) at
3.Which word fits? ___ am six.
- a) We
- b) It
- c) My
- d) I
4.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- a
- cat.
- I
- see
5.Which word is "and"?
- a) ask
- b) add
- c) and
- d) ant
6.Write the missing word: "I ___ happy."
7.Which word is "you"?
- a) you
- b) yes
- c) your
- d) yet
8.Which word is "the"?
- a) they
- b) them
- c) then
- d) the

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Year 1 English · 5 of 14

Naming words

Find the word that names a person, an animal, a place or a thing.

1.Match each group to a naming word.
- A person
- An animal
- A place
- A thing
- spoon
- market
- farmer
- rabbit
2.Write the naming word in this sentence: "The cat ran."
3.Which word names a person?
- a) jump
- b) under
- c) green
- d) baker
4.In "The girl has a doll", which word is a naming word?
- a) The
- b) doll
- c) has
- d) a
5.Sort each word.
Groups: Naming word · Not a naming word
- eat
- chair
- river
- happy
6.Sort each naming word.
Groups: Person · Animal · Thing
- ball
- chair
- cow
- doctor
- duck
- teacher
7.Which word names an animal?
- a) sing
- b) book
- c) goat
- d) small
8.Which word names a place?
- a) clap
- b) quickly
- c) happy
- d) park

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Year 1 English · 6 of 14

Action words

Find the word that tells you what someone is doing.

1.Which word is an action word?
- a) jump
- b) chair
- c) under
- d) red
2.Which word is NOT an action word?
- a) sleep
- b) chair
- c) sing
- d) swim
3.Sort each word.
Groups: Action word · Naming word
- sleep
- moon
- clap
- shoe
4.Which part of the body do we use?
Groups: Legs · Hands
- clap
- walk
- run
- hold
- write
- kick
5.In "The boy runs fast", which word is the action word?
- a) runs
- b) The
- c) fast
- d) boy
6.Sort each word.
Groups: Action word · Naming word
- tree
- bird
- swim
- cup
- sing
- eat
7.Which word is an action word?
- a) door
- b) tall
- c) milk
- d) swim
8.Which word tells what a fish does?
- a) green
- b) swims
- c) under
- d) chair

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Year 1 English · 7 of 14

First describing words

Find the word that tells you more about a person, an animal or a thing.

1.In "a big box", which word describes the box?
- a) the
- b) big
- c) a
- d) box
2.Tap the big ball.
Write the number of the part.
3.Which word is a describing word?
- a) door
- b) under
- c) happy
- d) run
4.What does each word tell us?
Groups: Size · Colour
- tiny
- red
- blue
- big
5.Sort each word.
Groups: Describing word · Naming word
- happy
- tall
- soft
- cat
- tree
- box
6.Tap the tall tree.
Write the number of the part.
7.Tap the small ball.
Write the number of the part.
8.Write the describing word in this sentence: "I have a new bag."

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Year 1 English · 8 of 14

A and an

Choose 'a' or 'an' before a naming word.

1.Most words that begin with which letters take "an"?
- a) p, q, r
- b) m, n, s
- c) b, c, d
- d) a, e, i, o, u
2.Does the word take "a" or "an"?
Groups: a · an
- ant
- umbrella
- hat
- fish
3.Which one is correct?
- a) a apple
- b) an apple
4.Which one is correct?
- a) an cup
- b) a cup
5.Write "a" or "an" before the word ink pot.
6.Which word can come after "an"?
- a) bus
- b) orange
- c) car
- d) tree
7.Does the word take "a" or "an"?
Groups: a · an
- orange
- apple
- book
- cat
- egg
- pen
8.Write "a" or "an" before the word egg.

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Year 1 English · 9 of 14

This, that, these, those

Point at things with the right word for one or many, near or far.

1.One book is near you. Which word do you use?
- a) that
- b) those
- c) this
- d) these
2.Match each one to its pointing word.
- One, near me
- One, far away
- Many, near me
- Many, far away
- these
- those
- that
- this
3.One pen is near you. Write "this" or "that".
4.One tree is far away. Which word do you use?
- a) those
- b) these
- c) this
- d) that
5.Which sentence is correct?
- a) These are my shoes.
- b) This are my shoes.
6.How many things does each word point to?
Groups: One · More than one
- that
- this
- these
- those
7.Is the thing near you or far away?
Groups: Near me · Far away
- this book
- that tree
- those trees
- these books
8.Many birds are far away. Which word do you use?
- a) this
- b) these
- c) that
- d) those

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Year 1 English · 10 of 14

Describing words

Find the word that tells you what someone or something is like.

Before you start

Four shapes, and each one has a describing word in its name. Find out how each shape is described.

1. A big square
2. A small square
3. A tall triangle
4. A short triangle

Take the describing word away and nobody knows which shape you mean.

1.Write the describing word: "She wore a yellow hat."
2.Match each describing word to the thing it fits.
- sour
- sweet
- salty
- spicy
- a chilli
- a lemon
- honey
- the sea
3.Match each describing word to what it tells you.
- red
- round
- huge
- sour
- a taste
- a colour
- a shape
- a size
4.Which one is a describing word?
- a) shiny
- b) jump
- c) chair
- d) run
5.Sort each describing word.
Groups: How it feels · How it tastes
- smooth
- soft
- sour
- rough
- bitter
- sweet
6.Which word describes the ball? "I have a red ball."
- a) I
- b) red
- c) ball
- d) have
7.Which word describes the dog? "The big dog barked."
- a) The
- b) barked
- c) big
- d) dog
8.Sort each word by the job it does.
Groups: Naming word · Describing word
- tiny
- river
- soft
- green
- cat
- table

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Year 1 English · 11 of 14

Capital letters and full stops

Start a sentence with a capital letter and end it with a full stop.

1.Which one is written correctly?
- a) i am six
- b) I am six
- c) i am six.
- d) I am six.
2.Where does a capital letter go?
- a) Under a word
- b) At the end of a sentence
- c) At the start of a sentence
- d) In the middle of a word
3.Is each one written correctly?
Groups: Correct · Not correct
- the bus is red.
- my cat is small
- My cat is small.
- The bus is red.
4.In "my ball is here.", which word needs a capital letter?
- a) ball
- b) here
- c) is
- d) my
5.Which one is written correctly?
- a) The sun is hot.
- b) the sun is hot.
- c) The sun is hot
- d) the sun is hot
6.What is missing at the end of "My dog is big"?
- a) A new word
- b) A capital letter
- c) A full stop
- d) Nothing
7.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- The
- cat
- is
- black.
8.How many capital letters are in "The dog sat."?
- a) 0
- b) 2
- c) 1
- d) 3

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Year 1 English · 12 of 14

Making a sentence

Put two or three words in the right order to make a sentence.

1.Which one is in the right order?
- a) is my ball red.
- b) My ball is red.
- c) ball my is red.
- d) red ball my is.
2.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- sun
- The
- hot.
- is
3.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- like
- We
- milk.
- cold
4.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- two
- has
- He
- pens.
5.Is each one a sentence?
Groups: A sentence · Not a sentence
- big bus the
- I like milk.
- The bus is big.
- milk like I
6.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- is
- dog
- big.
- My
7.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- I
- can
- jump.
8.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- high.
- fly
- Birds

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Year 1 English · 13 of 14

Telling and asking sentences

Tell a statement from a question and give it the right end mark.

1.Is each sentence telling you something or asking you something?
Groups: Statement · Question
- Can ducks swim?
- This box is heavy.
- Ducks can swim.
- Is this box heavy?
- She has a bicycle.
- Does she have a bicycle?
2.Which one is written correctly?
- a) What is your name?
- b) what is your name.
- c) what is your name?
- d) What is your name.
3.Which sentence is a question?
- a) Is the bus late?
- b) The bus stops here.
- c) The bus is late.
- d) The bus is red.
4.Which mark ends a question?
- a) a capital letter
- b) a question mark
- c) a comma
- d) a full stop
5.Is each sentence telling you something or asking you something?
Groups: Statement · Question
- Where is my bag?
- I like mangoes.
- Are you ready?
- The sun is hot.
- Cats have tails.
- What is your name?
6.Put the cards in order to make a question.
- door
- Is
- open?
- the
7.Which of these needs a question mark?
- a) The red ball is big
- b) Where is the red ball
- c) I have a red ball
- d) My ball is red
8.Which word starts a question?
- a) Where
- b) Here
- c) Everywhere
- d) There

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Year 1 English · 14 of 14

Looking at a picture

Look at a picture and find the thing a question asks about.