Spelling tests

Here is a complete list of spelling tests for the year. Each week your child will take home a copy of the test, and write the number of the test in their agenda. Use this list if the paper copy of the test doesn't make it home.

Spelling Test #1

          Short “a”

1.   am                11. black
2.   and             12. clap
3.   can             13. drank
4.   than             14. flag
5.   that             15. grass
6.   crash           16. scan
7.   ask             17. smash
8.   snap             18. stamp
9.   thank           19. trash
10. had             20. band

Spelling Test #2

Short “e”

best 11. yet
then 12. men
get 13. yell
them 14. eleven
seven 15. sent
friend*** 16. ten
went 17. sell
when*** 18. check
except 19. blend

10.tell                20. smell

     Spelling Test #3

             Short “i”

this 11. kick
is 12. trip
big 13. quit
him 14. think
did 15. slip
his 16. miss
with 17. drink
will 18. kiss
in 19. flip
it 20. fish

Spelling Test #4

Short “o”

stop 11. dock
shot 12. frost
lost 13. long
not 14. lock
gone 15. crop
frogs 16. mop
cost 17. flop
clock 18. mom
chop 19. log
doll 20. shop

Spelling Test #5         short“u”

     1.    just         11. trust
     2.   trunk       12. skunk
     3.   upon        13. munch
     4.   lunch       14. dug
     5.   under      15. fun
            6.   up           16. bump
            7.   until        17. sun
            8.   bug         18. pump
           9.   run          19. must
           10. jump        20. crunch

Spelling Test #6

Short Vowel Review
1. and                11. this
2. add                12. which
3. fast               13. will
4. plan                14. clock
5. ask              15. gone
6. friend            16. chop
7. seven             17. upon
8. when             18. lunch
9. went             19. trunk
10. well              20. just

Spelling Test #8

      Long “a”

1.   late       11. date
2. made       12. blade
3. sale       13. cake
4. bake       14. dare
5. care       15. stare
6. share      16. make
7. skate      17. plate
8. trade      18. shade
9. stale       19. grape
10. take       20. shake

Spelling Test #9
       Long “e”

1.   sleep             11. peek
2. teeth           12. free
3. keep             13. sheep
4. meet             14. greet
5. green             15. seen
6. tree             16. sheet
7. see               17. bee
8. week             18. seed
9. street          19. feel
10. need             20. seek

Spelling Test #10

            Long “e”

1.   each             11. teach
2. eat               12. treat
3. read             13. bead
4. clean             14. lean
5. please           15. clear
6. easy             16. peach
7. hear             17. tear
8. near             18. beat
9. sea               19. mean
10. year             20. meal

Spelling Test #11

Long “i” as “i-e” or “ight”

1. time         11. bike
2. like 12. crime
3. white       13. fight
4. beside      14. tide
5. ride         15. sight
6. write        16. strike
7. tonight     17. tight
8. right        18. vine
9. might       19. line
10. light        20. mine

Spelling Test # 12

Long “o” as “o-e” or “oa”

1.    road       11. toad
2.   home       12. coal
3.   float       13. score
4.   those      14. broke
5.   joke        15. bone
6.   more       16. stone
7.   nose        17. rose
8.   phone      18. coat
9.   boat        19. choke
10. throat     20. foam

Spelling Test # 13

Long “o” sound – “ow”

1. throw       11. snow
2. flow         12. mow
3. blow         13. tow
4. know        14. bow
5. below       15. stow
6. grow        16. below
7. show        17. flow
8. glow         18. coat*
9. slow         19. those*
10. crow        20. more*

Spelling Test #14

Long “u” sound
“u_e”, “ue”, “ew”

1. blue *       11. knew *
2. true         12. fuse
3. glue         13. tune
4. cute         14. new*
5. pure         15. chew
6. huge        16. blew *
7. June       17. threw
8. use 18. grew
9. amuse      19. fume
10. flew        20. few

Spelling Test #15
“ght” sound

1. bright      11. flight
2. eight        12. sight
3. bought     13. taught
4. caught     14. tight
5. thought    15. right
6. fright
7. might
8. weight
9. brought
10. height

Spelling Test #16

y = long “i” with 1 syllable
y = long “e” with 2+ syllables

1. why          11. cry
2. twenty     12. plenty
3. very          13. thirty
4. sky         14. enemy
5. family      15. fry
6. quickly
7. fly
8. hungry
9. easy
10. try
Spelling Test #17

“ou/ow”
and sight words

down 11. clown
how 12. crowd
now 13. frown
around l4. loudly
our 15. brown
house 16. was *
out 17. here *
about 18. one *
found 19. with *

10.    outside         20. any *

Test #18

                    “er”

1. after         11. mother
2. brother     12. father
3. her           13. under
4. over          14. bigger
5. sister        15. lighter
6. teacher     16. never
7. other        17. softer
8. another     18. wonder
9. winner       19. bother
10.faster      20. Meaner

Spelling Test #19

         “oo”, “ou” & doozers

could 11. wooden
would 12. looked
should 13. crooked
good 14. looking
book 15. booked
look 16. come *
stood 17. said *
shook 18. little *
took 19. of *

10. hook 20. from *

Spelling Test #20

Doozers!

you
they
saw
was
have
because
give
are
of
from
said
some

Spelling Test #21

Compound Words and Doozers*

something 11. into
sometimes 12. nowhere
anyone 13. without
everybody 14. outside
everything 15. whatever
someone 16. children*
whenever 17. does*
anymore 18. more*
nobody 19. your*
anything 20. why*

Spelling Test #22

Review

because
friends
anyone
teacher
should
sometimes
said
except
does
many
every
until
like
whenever
please
each
right
thought
those
know

Spelling Test #23
Contractions

won’t (will not)
can’t (can not)
didn’t (did not)
don’t (do not)
it’s (it is)
that’s (that is)
they’re (they are)
doesn’t (does not)
let’s (let us)
I’m (I am)
wouldn’t (would not)

you’re (you are)

Spelling Test #24
Homophones

to 11. by
two 12. there
too 13. they’re
one 14. their
won 15. right
knew 16. write
new 17. where
know 18. wear
no 19. its
buy 20. it’s

Spelling Test #25

1. Do you know where I can find something to wear?               /11
2. Their house is just over there.                                         /7
3. Make sure that you write with the right hand.                   /10
4. The two of us want to come to the store too.                    /12
                                                          Total:                              /40

Spelling Test #26
Verbs in the past tense with “-ed”

My dog jumped and barked at the door. /9
I looked and I saw a hint of spring outside. /11
She talked all the way when we walked to the store./ 12
I’ve cleaned my room and washed my floor. / 9

Spelling Test #27

Verbs in the past tense with “-d”

1. She liked to eat the cake that I baked. /10
2. They always joked with me and I liked it. /10
3. We shared our time with them because we cared. /10
4. Have you ever skated around the lake before? /9
Total: /39

Spelling Test #28
Verbs in the past tense with double consonants

1.   Help! We’ve been robbed!                                                         /5
2. I had planned to do it later but I forgot.                                    / 11
3. She hopped and skipped to the house.                                     /8
4. I begged him to be quiet so he stopped talking.                      /11
5.   They tripped over the boxes.                                                      /6
                                                                                                Total:                      /41

Spelling Test #29
      Questions
1. What are you going to wear to the dance tonight?                 /11
2. Where will you go this summer?                                            / 7
3. When do you have to be at school?                                        / 9
4. Why are you playing outside all alone?                                   / 8
5. Who has his book?                                                                / 5
6. How long will your friends be in town?                                   / 9
                                                                   Total:                    /49

Spelling Test #30
      Dialogue
1. “Come over here for a minute,” called Autumn.                                 /11
2. “Sit in that desk!” ordered Andrew.                                                / 9
3. “Do you want to come to my house?” asked Omni.                             /13
4. “I wish that she would pick me,” thought Graham.                            /12
                                                                             Total:                    /45