1st grade English Language Arts practice sheet
Alaska content standards · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
How many sounds do you hear in “bee”?
🐝bee- 2
- 4
- 3
2
Hint: Say it slowly and hold up a finger for each sound: b-ee.
Question 2
Which word has the short a sound, like “apple”?
- 🦇bat
- 🦆duck
- 🐷pig
🦇 bat
Hint: Say each word slowly; “bat” has short a: b-a-t.
Question 3
Which one rhymes with “pen”?
🖊️pen- 🔟ten
- 🔌plug
- 🦇bat
🔟 ten
Hint: Rhyming words sound the same at the end: pen, ten!
Question 4
Which word starts with “sh”?
- 🐚shell
- 🍫chocolate
- 🍒cherries
🐚 shell
Hint: Say each word slowly. “shell” starts with sh.
Question 5
Find the word “with”.
- wit
- wish
- with
with
Hint: Look at each letter in order: w-i-t-h.
Question 6
Which sentence is written the right way?
- We like to play.
- we like to play.
- We like to play
We like to play.
Hint: A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a period.
Question 7
Who found the mitten?
Zoe played in the snow.
She lost her red mitten.
Her dog, Pip, dug in the snow and found it!
Zoe gave Pip a big hug.
- 🐱a cat
- 🐶Pip the dog
- 👧Zoe
🐶 Pip the dog
Hint: Look at line three. Who dug in the snow?
Question 8
What is the opposite of “quiet”?
🤫quiet- 📢loud
- 🐭small
- 📕closed
📢 loud
Hint: Opposites are as different as can be, like quiet and loud.
Question 9
Which word fits? “There are four .”
🚗🚗🚗🚗- cars
- car
- balls
cars
Hint: There is more than one car, so add -s: cars.
Question 10
Which one is a telling sentence?
- Give me the ball.
- Do you have a ball?
- I have a red ball.
I have a red ball.
Hint: A telling sentence tells something and usually ends with a period (.).
Answer key
- 1. 2 (Blend It)
- 2. 🦇 bat (Short Vowels)
- 3. 🔟 ten (Word Families)
- 4. 🐚 shell (Sh, Ch, Th)
- 5. with (Sight Words)
- 6. We like to play. (Sentences)
- 7. 🐶 Pip the dog (Story Time)
- 8. 📢 loud (Describing Words)
- 9. cars (More Than One)
- 10. I have a red ball. (Kinds of Sentences)
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