Literacy Basics: Spelling
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Author: Jan Bond at Chalkface Project

These quizzes reinforce the exercises in the Chalkface Literacy Basics worksheets Pack 1 and Pack 3. There is a direct correspondence between the quizzes and the page numbers in each pack. 

There are 10 questions per quiz. They use a rich variety of different question types to maintain interest, and every question includes formative feedback. 

To get the most out of these quizzes:

  • use them in conjunction with the worksheets, either beforehand as diagnostics, or afterwards as reinforcement. 
  • for reinforcement, allow 2-3 attempts per quiz, but not more.
  • for diagnostic use, allow only one attempt per quiz.
  • when assigning to a whole class, use the Teams feature to encourage competition.

The Wordles quiz covers 20 of the 32 topics and can be used for general reinforcement. It is not suitable as a general diagnostic, because its highly visual nature would skew the results. The Wordles themselves were created on wordle.net.


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01 i and e
02 i and e exceptions
03 plurals with s
04 plurals without s
05 adding able, ible, uble
06 adding ing
07 adding ly
08 negatives
09 opposites
10 apostrophes
11 using n't
12 owning apostrophes
13 accept, except, expect
14 bought, brought
15 here, hear
16 its, it's
17 lead, led
18 not, knot
19 no, know, now
20 of, have
21 of, off
22 our, are
23 quiet, quite
24 stationery, stationary
25 there, they're, their
26 there's, theirs
27 threw, through
28 to, two, too
29 wear, where
30 weather, whether
31 who's, whose
32 your, you're
Wordles
This is an exercise in spotting mis-spelled words hidden in "Wordles", which are word-pictures. It will help you to develop your intuition about right and wrong spelling. If you take the quiz several times, you will notice that different pictures pop up each time. Good luck, and enjoy - it's fun!
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