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Year 1 - The Sound igh
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Year 1 - The Sound igh

This 'Sound igh' spelling quiz introduces KS1 children to spellings with this trigraph. All the spellings in this quiz have been taken from the National Curriculum and are recommended spellings for this age group.

Three letters can sometimes make one sound. When ‘igh’ are together it makes the ‘I’ sound. These three letters will always be in that order. Test your knowledge on spellings with the ‘igh’ sound.

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1 .
Spell the missing word: He is always awake in the ____.
knight
night
nihgt
nigh
Hedgehogs are called nocturnal - this means they are mostly awake in the night and sleep through the day.
2 .
Spell the missing word: He was worried but when it was over, he let out a huge ____ of relief.
sihg
sigh
sighe
sighh
A sigh is where you breathe out, normally after holding your breath because you were worried or anxious.
3 .
Spell the missing word: How ____ is it?
hi
high
hig
hih
Or, how tall is it?
4 .
Spell the missing words: That ____ gave me a ____.
sight and friht
sight and frigh
sight and thright
sight and fright
Both these words have the 'igh' sound!
5 .
Spell the missing words: I ____ eat that chicken ____.
miht and thigh
might and thigh
might and figh
might and thiegh
When we eat chicken, we can eat the thighs, wings, breasts and sometimes what we call the drumsticks.
6 .
Spell the missing word: The shoe didn't fit the ugly sisters because they were just too ____.
tigt
tihgt
tigh
tight
The shoe fit Cinderella and she married the prince!
7 .
Which of these words doesn't have an 'igh' sound in them?
try
pie
slide
peace
The first three answers all have the 'igh' sound in them; also the word I makes the same sound.
8 .
Spell the missing words: We ____ have a ____ problem!
might and slight
migh and slight
might and sight
might and sligh
Might means you may not have a problem and slight means it could be a small problem!
9 .
Spell the missing words: Those ____ are ____.
lites and bright
lights and brite
lights and bright
lights and briht
Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb.
10 .
Spell the missing word: You are not ____, you are wrong!
write
wright
white
right
The word right means you are correct but it also tells you which way to turn.
You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize - Spelling

Author:  Finola Waller

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