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Writing what you hear

English · Spelling & Word Study · ages 5-8
Name ______________________   Date ____________
  1. Which word has an unusual middle spelling you need to remember?

    • said
    • cat
    • dog
  2. The teacher says 'sun'. Which spelling matches the sounds you hear?

    • san
    • sun
    • sen
  3. A dictated sentence should always start with a capital letter.

    Circle one:   True   False

  4. Ben hears 'went' and writes 'whent'. What should he change?

    • Remove the extra h
    • Remove the letter n
    • Remove the letter t
  5. The teacher says 'ship'. Which letters spell its first sound?

    • ch
    • th
    • sh
  6. This sentence is missing something: 'the cat ran' What is missing?

    • A capital letter and a missing word
    • A capital letter and a full stop
    • A question mark and a missing word
  7. Tom hears 'jump' and writes 'jumb'. What should he change?

    • Change the last letter from b to p
    • Remove the last letter from the word
    • Change the first letter from j to g
  8. The teacher says, 'We can run.' Priya writes 'We run.' Which word must she add?

    • We
    • run
    • can
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  1. said · In said, ai spells the middle sound heard in bed. The s and d match familiar sounds.
  2. sun · Sun is spelled s-u-n, matching each sound you hear.
  3. True · Every sentence starts with a capital letter, even in dictation.
  4. Remove the extra h · Went is spelled w-e-n-t. Ben added an h that is not needed.
  5. sh · Ship starts with /sh/. Write sh together for that one sound.
  6. A capital letter and a full stop · The sentence needs a capital T at the start and a full stop at the end.
  7. Change the last letter from b to p · Jump ends with /p/. Replace the last letter b with p.
  8. can · Add can between We and run to match the sentence Priya heard.
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