Spelling Year 1

Spelling Year 1 KS1. Support on spelling for kids with Super Brainy Beans. Primary homework help with worksheet downloads and online games.

Pick a level

If you find the spellings difficult in your year then try starting with spellings from the year below. It's ok to work lower than the year you are on and fill the gaps rather than struggling at your level without understanding the basics.

Learning spellings

The best way to remember your spellings is the look, say, cover, write, check method. Regularly practicing this way will improve your spellings.

Practice your spellings for four days then get someone to test you on the fifth day without looking at the words first.

Spell all 100 common words

Throughout Year 1 & Year 2 children are expected to learn how to spell the first 100 words which are commonly used in reading and writing.

Some of these do not follow the normal phonic rules and are known as 'tricky' words. Here there is no trick to learning to spell these words they just have to know.

Tricky words
Zara is dreaming of space again! She's a wildenaut! Help her with the tricky words so that she can explore space.

Words with ff or ss

These words have the f or s sound, spelt ff or ss.

puff miss

Words with ff or ss
In this game help Wellington make words using the double consonants ff and ss.

Adding ing & ed

Add ing to a word to show that something is happening now.

rain + ing = raining
dust + ing = dusting

Add ed to a word to show that it has happened in the past.

push + ed = pushed
open + ed = opened

Words with ai & oi sound

The following words have the ai or oi sound. To remind you of the sounds visit the phonics page.

rain train join soil

ai Spelling Game
Click on the snowflakes in the correct order to spell the words in the list and stay cool!

Words with the oa sound

Words that have the oa sound are spelt asoa, ow or oe.

goal snow toe

Words with ee sound

The following words have the ee sound. To remind you of the sounds visit the phonics page.

meet week me he

Words with igh sound

The igh sound can be found in words in different ways.

right high I my

Words with u-e

Yoo and oo sounds in words are spelt with the split digraph u-e in words.

tube rude cube

Words with the oo sound

The follow words have the oo sound.

food zoo foot

Words with oo sound
It's bedtime again and Uncle Tom is exploring words which have the long vowel phoneme 'oo' in them. Help him make some 'oo' words so he can have his bedtime bits.

Words ending with y sound

Some words ending with the ee sound are spelt with y.

very silly sunny

Plurals adding s or es

A plural means that there is more than one of something. There are rules for added plurals to nouns. Nouns are a person or thing. For more on nouns see our Grammar page.

With most nouns just add an s to the end of the word.
shop + s = shops
book + s = books

If the noun ends with s, ss, x, sh or ch add es.
bus + es = buses
church + es = churches
fox + es = foxes

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