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Free worksheets: Word puzzles, KS1

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Square words wordsearch

Square words wordsearch

Can you find all these Goldilocks-themed words in the wordsearch?
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Mini word Sudoku

Mini word Sudoku 4 x 4

Put the letters from the word EASY in the squares so that each column, row, and mini-grid contains all the letters that make up the word.
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Rhyming words: creatures word puzzle

Rhyming words: creatures word puzzle

Practise your rhyming and spelling skills by thinking of names of animals that rhyme with each of these words. There could be more than one answer... how many can you identify?
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Homophones wordsearch

Homophones wordsearch

Can you find these homophone pairs hidden in the wordsearch below?
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Wordssearch with silent letters w and k

Spelling patterns: silent letters w and k

All these words have a silent letter at the beginning. This means that you write the letter when you spell the words, but you don’t make the sound of that letter when you say it out loud. Can you find each of these words in the wordsearch below?
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Year 2 reading comprehension: Pond habitats

Reading comprehension: Pond habitats

Read this text about pond habitats and then see if you can answer the questions below.
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Year 1 reading comprehension: Lucy’s first day

Reading comprehension: Lucy’s first day

Read this story about Lucy's first day of school then answer the questions below.
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Reading comprehension: How to make a healthy salad

Reading comprehension: How to make a healthy salad

Have a go at this reading comprehension – and learn how to make a delicious salad too!
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Learn to use connectives worksheet

Learn to use connectives

Look at these connectives in this box. Which ones could you use in the sentences below? You might find that more than one connective could work in each sentence.
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Full stop or exclamation mark worksheet

Full stop or exclamation mark?

We use exclamation marks when something is funny or scary or if we are shouting. Look at these sentences. Which ones need full stops and which need exclamation marks?
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Compound words worksheet

Compound words

A compound word is a long word made up of two short words. The blue words in the left-hand column go first; the orange words in the right-hand column go second. Cut out the words and see if you can match them up correctly.
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Choose the correct punctuation mark worksheet

Choose the correct punctuation mark

Should these sentences end in a full stop, a question mark or an exclamation mark? Choose the correct punctuation mark for each one, and don’t forget to add in capital letters if they’re missing!
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Choose oa, oe or ow worksheet

Choose 'oa', 'oe' or 'ow' (Phase 5 phonics)

All these words have the /oa/ sound in them, but some are spelled with the digraph 'oa', others with 'oe' or 'ow' or 'o_e'. Can you cut out the words and stick them into the right columns in the table?
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Choose ai, ay or a_e worksheet

Choose 'ai', 'ay' or 'a_e' (Phase 5 phonics)

All of these words have the same /ai/ sound in them, but some are spelled with the digraph 'ai', others with 'ay' or the split digraph 'a_e'. Can you cut out the words and stick them into the right columns in the table?
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Capital letters and punctuation marks: mark the passage worksheet

Capital letters and punctuation marks: mark the passage

Read this paragraph and add in the capital letters, full stops, commas, exclamation marks and question marks where you think they should go
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Using commas to separate items in lists worksheet

Using commas to separate items in lists

We can use commas to separate items instead of using the word ‘and’. Can you rewrite these sentences using a comma instead of ‘and’? Remember, you will need ‘and’ before the final item.
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Spot apostrophe mistakes worksheet

Spot apostrophe mistakes

Ten words in this short story use apostrophes incorrectly. Identify them then find the words in the wordsearch.
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Football maths and soccer English for KS1 and KS2

Football maths and soccer English for KS1 and KS2

Make the most of World Cup fever and give grammar, division and spelling practice a football twist with our soccer-themed worksheets for KS1 and KS2 children.
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Changing word meaning with the prefix un- football worksheet

Changing word meaning with the prefix un-

When we add the prefix un- to a word it changes the meaning of the word to its opposite meaning. Look at these sentences. Can you complete the second sentence by using the blue word and adding the prefix un-?
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Spotting trigraphs football worksheet

Spotting trigraphs (Phase 5 phonics)

A trigraph is a single sound represented by three letters. Cut out these nine words and see if you can put them in the correct places in the following sentences.
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Punctuating sentences football worksheet

Punctuating sentences

These sentences need full stops, capital letters, question marks and exclamation marks. Where do you think they should go?
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Writing a short story about football

Writing a short story

Write about a time when you played or watched a football game. Use the word bank below to help you with spellings.
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Using connectives football worksheet

Using connectives

Connectives join two parts of a long sentence together. Look at these five connectives. Which ones fit best in the following sentences?
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Using commas to separate items in a list football worksheet

Using commas to separate items in a list

When you write a list of objects in a sentence you need to use commas to separate them. Can you add the commas into these sentences? Remember, you don’t need a comma before ‘and’!
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Statement, question, exclamation or command? Football worksheet

Statement, question, exclamation or command?

Are these sentences statements, questions, exclamations or commands? Cut them out and sort them into four piles
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