Term pack

Year 1 English

Name: ________________________

Skills in this pack

Beginning sounds
Word families
Opposites
One and many
Capital letters and full stops
Making a sentence
Days and months

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Year 1 English · 1 of 7

Beginning sounds

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

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

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Year 1 English · 2 of 7

Word families

Read and build words that end with the same letters.

1.Put p in front of -en. What word do you get?
2.Match each family to a word in it.
- -at
- -ig
- -un
- -op
- mat
- bun
- mop
- wig
3.Which word is NOT in the -un family?
- a) sun
- b) sit
- c) fun
- d) bun
4.Which two words are in the same family?
- a) hat and mat
- b) sun and sit
- c) pig and pen
- d) hat and hen
5.Which word is in the -at family?
- a) rat
- b) rot
- c) run
- d) rib
6.Sort each word into its family.
Groups: -op · -en
- top
- den
- hen
- hop
- ten
- mop
7.Which word is in the -ig family?
- a) beg
- b) bug
- c) big
- d) bag
8.Match each letter to the word it makes with -ig.
- b
- d
- f
- w
- wig
- dig
- fig
- big

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Year 1 English · 3 of 7

Opposites

Match a word to the word that means the opposite.

1.What is the opposite of 'always'?
- a) often
- b) again
- c) never
- d) sometimes
2.What is the opposite of 'happy'?
- a) kind
- b) glad
- c) tall
- d) sad
3.What is the opposite of 'heavy'?
- a) strong
- b) thick
- c) light
- d) large
4.Pair each word with its opposite.
- open
- wet
- full
- hard
- soft
- empty
- dry
- closed
5.Pair each word with its opposite.
- in
- push
- start
- over
- out
- under
- pull
- stop
6.What is the opposite of 'fast'?
- a) quick
- b) slow
- c) run
- d) soon
7.Pair each word with its opposite.
- hot
- big
- up
- day
- cold
- small
- night
- down
8.What is the opposite of 'young'?
- a) late
- b) small
- c) old
- d) tired

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Year 1 English · 4 of 7

One and many

Write the plural of a naming word.

1.One box, two ____
2.One baby, two ____
3.One child, two ____
4.One bus, two ____
5.One cat, two ____
6.One foot, two ____
7.One leaf, two ____
8.One mouse, two ____

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Year 1 English · 5 of 7

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

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Year 1 English · 6 of 7

Making a sentence

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

1.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- Birds
- fly
- high.
2.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- book.
- She
- a
- has
3.Which one is a sentence?
- a) bird the sings
- b) The bird
- c) The bird sings.
- d) sings bird the
4.Is each one a sentence?
Groups: A sentence · Not a sentence
- big bus the
- milk like I
- I like milk.
- The bus is big.
5.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- jump.
- can
- I
6.How many words are in "I can run."?
7.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- He
- two
- has
- pens.
8.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- sat.
- cat
- The

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Year 1 English · 7 of 7

Days and months

Name the days and months in order and write them with a capital letter.

1.Write the first month of the year.
2.Match each month to its short form.
- January
- February
- August
- October
- Aug
- Jan
- Oct
- Feb
3.Which one is written the correct way?
- a) friDay
- b) fRiday
- c) friday
- d) Friday
4.Every day name and month name begins with which kind of letter?
- a) A capital letter
- b) A small letter
- c) A number
5.Which one of these is a month?
- a) August
- b) Morning
- c) Tuesday
- d) Winter
6.Sort each name.
Groups: Day · Month
- Friday
- Monday
- December
- April
- Sunday
- July
7.Write the last month of the year.
8.Which one is written correctly?
- a) monday
- b) Monday
- c) MONday

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Answer keys — Year 1 English

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