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Writing - Guess the Missing Letters
See if you can work out which letters are missing in this quiz.

Writing - Guess the Missing Letters

This Writing quiz sees if you can guess the missing letters. This quiz asks KS1 children to look at the word as individual letters, not sounds. This task will aid their editing skills, along with their English and literacy knowledge, as suggested by the National Curriculum.

Sometimes, we think faster than we can write. This may mean we forget letters or words in our sentences. The words below are all missing a few letters; see if you can find which ones have been forgotten.

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1 .
Which letters are missing from the words: 'rabit' and 'har'?
b and e
t and e
b and u
t and u
Hares are larger and have longer ears than rabbits.
2 .
'It was a cold, dak, niht.' Which letters are missing from this sentence?
c and t
c and g
r and t
r and g
It should say, 'It was a cold dark night'. Cold is how we describe the weather but you can also catch a cold. A cold, or bug, starts in the nose and throat and makes you feel poorly.
3 .
'I wnt to th park.' Which letters are missing from this sentence?
a and e
e and e
e and a
o and u
It should say, 'I went to the park'. It's always good to read through your sentences because sometimes you might miss a letter of a word you know how to spell.
4 .
'I had a grat time in the se.' Which letters are missing from this sentence?
e and a
e and e
a and e
t and a
It should say, 'I had a great time in the sea.' The word 'sea' is a homophone. This means that 'sea' and 'see' sound the same but are spelt differently and mean different things.
5 .
'Somtimes I eat fis.' Which letters are missing from this sentence?
e and s
e and h
m and h
m and n
It should say, 'Sometimes I eat fish'. Fish is very good for you and is full of vitamins and minerals that make you strong and healthy.
6 .
'I lik choclate.' Which letters are missing from this sentence?
e and o
e and c
e and k
e and u
It should say, 'I like chocolate'. Dark chocolate is considered good for you - but only in small doses.
7 .
Which letters are missing from the words: 'lov chikens'?
u and k
u and c
e and c
v and c
If you love chickens, you'll love them even more when you know they slurp grass like it's spaghetti!
8 .
Which letters are missing from the word: 'elphan'?
p and s
e and t
i and t
o and t
Elephants can live for seventy years and are one of the few mammals that can't jump.
9 .
Which letters are missing from the words: 'ther hous'?
i and s
y and e
e and e
i and e
Although 'there' is a word, it doesn't fit next to 'house'. 'Their' house means the house belonging to the family.
10 .
'He crept upstars and snuk into the room.' Which letters are missing from this sentence?
r and k
i and k
r and c
i and c
It should say, 'He crept upstairs and snuck into the room.'
Author:  Finola Waller

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