Term pack

Class 1 English

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Skills in this pack

Beginning sounds
Rhyming words
Word families
Naming words
Action words
First describing words
A and an
This, that, these, those
Capital letters and full stops
Making a sentence
Family words
Parts of the body
Animal words
Words we see every day
Looking at a picture

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Class 1 English · 1 of 15

Beginning sounds

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

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

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Rhyming words

Spot two words that rhyme.

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

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Class 1 English · 3 of 15

Word families

Read and build words that end with the same letters.

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

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Naming words

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

1.Which word names a place?
- a) clap
- b) park
- c) happy
- d) quickly
2.Which word names a person?
- a) under
- b) baker
- c) green
- d) jump
3.Sort each word.
Groups: Naming word · Not a naming word
- chair
- happy
- river
- eat
4.Sort each naming word.
Groups: Person · Animal · Thing
- doctor
- teacher
- cow
- chair
- duck
- ball
5.Write the naming word in this sentence: "My book is new."
6.Which word names an animal?
- a) small
- b) goat
- c) sing
- d) book
7.Tap the animal in this picture.
Write the number of the part.
8.Write the naming word in this sentence: "The cat ran."

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Class 1 English · 5 of 15

Action words

Find the word that tells you what someone is doing.

1.Write the action word in this sentence: "Fish swim."
2.Which word is NOT an action word?
- a) swim
- b) sing
- c) sleep
- d) chair
3.Which part of the body do we use?
Groups: Legs · Hands
- hold
- kick
- clap
- walk
- write
- run
4.Write the action word in this sentence: "She opens the door."
5.Which word tells what a fish does?
- a) chair
- b) under
- c) green
- d) swims
6.Which word is an action word?
- a) chair
- b) red
- c) under
- d) jump
7.Which word is an action word?
- a) door
- b) swim
- c) tall
- d) milk
8.Match each sentence to the missing action word.
- We ___ food.
- We ___ water.
- We ___ a song.
- We ___ a book.
- eat
- drink
- read
- sing

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Class 1 English · 6 of 15

First describing words

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

1.Write the describing word in this sentence: "The old man smiled."
2.Tap the big ball.
Write the number of the part.
3.Sort each word.
Groups: Describing word · Naming word
- soft
- cat
- box
- tree
- tall
- happy
4.Tap the small ball.
Write the number of the part.
5.Which word tells us the size of a thing?
- a) huge
- b) sing
- c) slowly
- d) chair
6.Match each describing word to the thing it fits.
- hot
- cold
- sweet
- soft
- pillow
- ice
- fire
- sugar
7.Which word is a describing word?
- a) happy
- b) run
- c) under
- d) door
8.Tap the tall tree.
Write the number of the part.

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Class 1 English · 7 of 15

A and an

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

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

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Class 1 English · 8 of 15

This, that, these, those

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

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

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Class 1 English · 9 of 15

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

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Class 1 English · 10 of 15

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.
- milk.
- like
- cold
- We
2.Which one is in the right order?
- a) red ball my is.
- b) ball my is red.
- c) My ball is red.
- d) is my ball red.
3.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- The
- hot.
- sun
- is
4.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- jump.
- I
- can
5.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- book.
- has
- a
- She
6.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- two
- pens.
- He
- has
7.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- Birds
- fly
- high.
8.How many words are in "I can run."?

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Class 1 English · 11 of 15

Family words

Name the people in a family and say how they are related to you.

1.Your mother's mother is your ___.
2.Your father's father is your ___.
3.Who is your father's mother?
- a) Grandmother
- b) Aunt
- c) Sister
- d) Cousin
4.Match each family word to the one that goes with it.
- mother
- sister
- grandmother
- aunt
- brother
- father
- uncle
- grandfather
5.Who is your father's brother?
- a) Grandfather
- b) Uncle
- c) Aunt
- d) Cousin
6.Which word is a family word?
- a) run
- b) blue
- c) chair
- d) cousin
7.Who is your mother's mother?
- a) Grandmother
- b) Sister
- c) Aunt
- d) Teacher
8.Who is your uncle's wife?
- a) Your mother
- b) Your sister
- c) Your cousin
- d) Your aunt

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Class 1 English · 12 of 15

Parts of the body

Name the parts of your body and say what each one does.

Before you start

Here is a body. Find out what each part is called.

1. Head
2. Body
3. Arms
4. Legs
5. Toes

Point to each one on yourself as you go, and say its name out loud.

1.Tap the legs.
Write the number of the part.
2.We hear with our ___.
3.Match each part of the body to what it does.
- eyes
- ears
- nose
- legs
- smell
- walk
- hear
- see
4.Tap the arms.
Write the number of the part.
5.What do we see with?
- a) Eyes
- b) Hands
- c) Ears
- d) Toes
6.Where is each part?
Groups: On your head · On your arm
- ears
- nose
- eyes
- elbow
- hand
7.How many of each does a body have?
Groups: Two · One
- head
- mouth
- nose
- eyes
- ears
- hands
8.Tap the head.
Write the number of the part.

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Class 1 English · 13 of 15

Animal words

Name animals, their homes and their babies.

1.Where does a bird keep its eggs?
- a) In a hive
- b) In a den
- c) In a nest
- d) In a stable
2.Which animal can fly?
- a) Fish
- b) Cow
- c) Parrot
- d) Goat
3.Match each animal to its home.
- bird
- bee
- horse
- lion
- den
- nest
- stable
- hive
4.Match each animal to its baby.
- dog
- cat
- cow
- hen
- chick
- calf
- puppy
- kitten
5.Where does each animal live?
Groups: On a farm · In the wild
- tiger
- lion
- monkey
- goat
- hen
- cow
6.Where does each animal live?
Groups: In water · On land
- whale
- dog
- fish
- cow
7.Which animal lives in water?
- a) Hen
- b) Fish
- c) Cat
- d) Goat
8.How many legs does each animal have?
Groups: Two legs · Four legs
- hen
- dog
- goat
- parrot

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Class 1 English · 14 of 15

Words we see every day

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

1.Which word is "the"?
- a) them
- b) then
- c) the
- d) they
2.Which word fits? ___ name is on the bag.
- a) Me
- b) My
- c) I
- d) Is
3.Which word fits? We ___ friends.
- a) are
- b) at
- c) is
- d) am
4.Write the missing word: "I ___ happy."
5.Which word is "and"?
- a) and
- b) ant
- c) ask
- d) add
6.Who is each word about?
Groups: About me · About you
- I
- you
- your
- yours
- me
- my
7.Which word is "see"?
- a) sit
- b) she
- c) see
- d) say
8.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- cat.
- see
- I
- a

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Looking at a picture

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