Year 1 Spelling Patterns: Consonant Endings (ff, ll, ss, zz, ck, nk, tch)
Finish each Year 1 word with the correct consonant spelling: ff, ll, ss, zz or ck after a short vowel, nk, tch and the ve ending, using the DfE example words.
Kindergarten · Spelling worksheet
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Spelling
Year 1 Spelling Patterns: Consonant Endings (ff, ll, ss, zz, ck, nk, tch)
Finish each word with the correct consonant spelling, then write the whole word. The bracket tells you which endings to choose from.
Word bank
OffBackBankHaveGiveWellMissBuzzCatchFetchHutchThink
- 1.o blank (ff, ll, ss, zz or ck)
- 2.we blank (ff, ll, ss, zz or ck)
- 3.mi blank (ff, ll, ss, zz or ck)
- 4.bu blank (ff, ll, ss, zz or ck)
- 5.ba blank (ff, ll, ss, zz or ck)
- 6.ba blank (nk)
- 7.thi blank (nk)
- 8.ca blank (tch)
- 9.fe blank (tch)
- 10.hu blank (tch)
- 11.ha blank (English words do not end in v alone)
- 12.gi blank (English words do not end in v alone)
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Accuracy and sources
These references support the historical wording and answer key on this worksheet.
- DfE, English Appendix 1: Spelling (statutory) — Statutory word lists, spelling rules and example words are reproduced verbatim from the DfE appendix under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Crown copyright).