Writing What You Hear

English · Spelling & Word Study · ages 5-8

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Which word must you remember instead of sounding it out?
- cat
- said
- dog
The teacher says 'sun'. Which spelling matches the sounds you hear?
- sun
- san
- sen
A dictated sentence should always start with a capital letter.
Circle one: True False
Ben writes 'I whent home.' Which word is spelled wrong?
- whent
- home
- I
The teacher says 'pig'. How do you spell it by its sounds?
- peg
- pog
- pig
This sentence is missing something: 'the cat ran' What is missing?
- A tricky word
- A capital letter and a full stop
- A sound
Tom hears the word 'jump' and writes 'jumb'. What is wrong with his spelling?
- The last sound is /p/, not /b/
- There are too many letters
- The first sound is wrong
Priya reads back her writing: 'the cat sat on the mat' What did she forget?
- Too many exception words
- Too many sounds
- A capital letter and a full stop

Answer key

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said · Said is an exception word. Its spelling does not match its sounds.
sun · Sun is spelled s-u-n, matching each sound you hear.
True · Every sentence starts with a capital letter, even in dictation.
whent · Went is an exception word. It is spelled w-e-n-t, not by sounds.
pig · Pig is spelled p-i-g, matching the three sounds you hear.
A capital letter and a full stop · The sentence needs a capital T at the start and a full stop at the end.
The last sound is /p/, not /b/ · Jump ends with the /p/ sound. The letter p matches that sound, not b.
A capital letter and a full stop · Priya's sentence needs a capital letter at the start and a full stop at the end.