1st grade English Language Arts practice sheet
Maine Learning Results · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Blend the sounds. Which picture is it?
b - u - s
- 🐛bug
- 🦇bat
- 🚌bus
🚌 bus
Hint: Say the sounds faster and faster: b-u-s… bus!
Question 2
Which word has the short o sound, like “octopus”?
- 🦆duck
- 🔒lock
- 🐱cat
🔒 lock
Hint: Say each word slowly; “lock” has short o: l-o-ck.
Question 3
Which word does not rhyme with the others?
- big
- pen
- dig
pen
Hint: dig, big all end with “ig”. Which one doesn't?
Question 4
Which two letters start this word?
🍫__ocolate- sh
- th
- ch
ch
Hint: Say “chocolate” slowly. Listen to the start!
Question 5
Find the word “have”.
- has
- have
- had
have
Hint: Look at each letter in order: h-a-v-e.
Question 6
Which word needs a capital letter?
- apple
- sam
- run
sam
Hint: People's names always start with a capital letter.
Question 7
Who made a cake with Amir?
Amir and his grandma made a cake in the kitchen.
Amir mixed the eggs and flour.
Grandma put the cake in the hot oven.
Then the whole family ate the cake.
- 👵his grandma
- 👦his friend Leo
- 🐱a cat
👵 his grandma
Hint: Look at the first line. Amir made a cake with…
Question 8
Which word tells about the picture?
🐘elephant- fluffy
- tiny
- big
big
Hint: Think about how it looks, feels, tastes or sounds.
Question 9
Does “bee” mean one or more than one?
- 🐝one
- 🐝🐝more than one
🐝 one
Hint: “bee” has no -s at the end, so it means just one.
Question 10
Which one shows a big feeling?
- Did you race?
- I ran in a race.
- I won the race!
I won the race!
Hint: An exclamation shows a strong feeling and ends with an exclamation mark (!).
Answer key
- 1. 🚌 bus (Blend It)
- 2. 🔒 lock (Short Vowels)
- 3. pen (Word Families)
- 4. ch (Sh, Ch, Th)
- 5. have (Sight Words)
- 6. sam (Sentences)
- 7. 👵 his grandma (Story Time)
- 8. big (Describing Words)
- 9. 🐝 one (More Than One)
- 10. I won the race! (Kinds of Sentences)
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