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Year 1 English Printable Worksheets

Year 1 is an important year for reading, writing, and speaking. Our year 1 English worksheets will help support your child as they learn to use phonics to spell simple words, read stories, memorise common sight words, identify rhyming words, tell simple narratives, improve their vocabulary, and much more.   

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Reading comprehension - Toby Goes On An Adventure

This reading comprehension is great for testing your KS1 pupils' reading comprehension skills. Perfect for any English lesson, this worksheet can be used in a group or as a one-to-one activity. Encourage your young learners to read through the story, or read the story to your class and help them answer the accompanying questions. There are 5 questions for children to answer. Reading comprehension exercises expose students to new words and concepts, helping them expand their vocabulary. They learn to recognise and understand different word meanings and learn to extract information from the text.

Fill in the blanks cloze activity - Dogs

Children read through the passages and use the words from the word bank to fill in blank spaces. Use this time-saving cloze activity worksheet to help your students become better readers. Cloze activities are a great way to engage learners and improve reading comprehension and grammar skills.

Fill in the blanks cloze activity - Cats

Cloze activities are a great way to engage learners and improve reading comprehension and grammar skills. Children read through the reading passages and use the words from the word bank to fill in blank spaces. Use this time-saving worksheet to help your younger students become better readers.

Introducing Reading Comprehension - A Trip To London

This short introduction to reading comprehension will help struggling readers build their confidence and improve their reading skills at home and at school. Children read through the text and answer 4 reading comprehension questions. Reading will help your child to improve their understanding of the language, build their vocabulary, practise sequencing and summarising, and help them as they progress in their studies. This resource is about a mother and son who go to London.

Introducing Reading Comprehension - Ben Goes To The Zoo

This short introduction to reading comprehension will help struggling readers build their confidence and improve their reading skills at home and at school. Children read through the text and answer 4 reading comprehension questions. Reading will help your child to improve their understanding of the language, build their vocabulary, practise sequencing and summarising, and help them as they progress in their studies.

Introducing Reading Comprehension - Jack Gets A Kitten

Children read through the text and answer 4 reading comprehension questions. This short reading comprehension activity about a boy and his kitten offers children the chance to practise and improve their reading skills. Reading will help your child to improve their understanding of the language and build their vocabulary.

Introducing Reading Comprehension - The Dinosaur

This short reading comprehension activity about a dinosaur offers children the chance to practise and improve their reading skills. Children read through the text and answer 4 reading comprehension questions.

Reading Booster - Set 5

With this reading booster activity, children read the sentences, read the question twice, and then circle the correct answer. Our reading boosters for early learners will help children recognise common sight words and use capitalisation and punctuation correctly. Use this reading resource to help your child read with greater confidence and fluency.

Reading Booster - Set 4

Our reading boosters for early years will help children recognise common sight words and use capitalisation and punctuation correctly. Children read the sentences, read the question twice, and then circle the correct answer.

Reading Booster - Set 3

Reading helps to improve a child's concentration and improves vocabulary and language skills. Use our fun and engaging reading booster activity to develop a child's imagination and creativity. Quick and easy to print or download, use this resource in the classroom or at home.

Reading Booster - Set 2

This fun and engaging reading booster activity will help children read with greater confidence and recognise common words that are used in early reading books. Use this fun reading booster activity to help develop a child's early reading skills. Children read each question twice and circle the correct answer.

Reading Booster - Set 1

Use this fun reading booster activity to help develop a child's early reading skills. Children read each question twice and circle the correct answer. This engaging reading booster resource will help your child read with greater confidence and fluency.

Yes/No questions - Transport

Is this a van? Is this a car? Is this a train? Children look at the images and write 'Yes, it is' or 'No, it isn't'. This activity will help improve a student's reading skills and also help educators to check a childrens' understanding of a topic.

Yes/No questions - School items

This school items-themed resource asks students to look at the pictures and write 'Yes, it is' or 'No, it isn't. By asking children questions, you are encouraging them to engage with their work and develop their interest in a topic. This activity can also be used in any ESL class.

Yes/No questions - Animals

By asking children questions, you are encouraging them to build their critical thinking skills and develop their interest in a topic. This animal-themed English resource asks students questions about animals and they must reply 'Yes, it is' or 'No, it isn't. This activity can also be used in any ESL class.

Picture description - Christmas

This fun Christmas-themed resource asks students to look at the picture and answer the questions.

Autumn read and colour

Children read the sentences and colour the autumn pictures to match the sentences.

Reading Comprehension - Marcus the Monkey

This worksheet can be used as an extra resource for a Chinese New Year theme or used in an English lesson. It is about a monkey called Marcus. Students read through the text and then answer the multiple choice questions.

Reading comprehension - My Baby Brother

This short story is for early readers. A girl is talking about her baby brother. Students are asked to read through the short passage and then answer the multiple choice questions.

Reading comprehension - Getting Ready for School

Students are asked to read the short story about a boy who gets ready for school. They are asked to put the sentences in order from 1 - 5, then answer the questions.

Reading comprehension - A Trip to the Zoo

Students are asked to read the short story about Lizzy going to the zoo with her parents. They are then asked to answer the questions by putting a circle around the correct letter.

Reading comprehension - Ollie the Octopus

Year 1 English - Reading comprehension. Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about an octopus called Ollie and answer the study questions.

Animal riddles - Who Am I?

Year 1 English - This activity is great fun for kids. They can work in pairs, groups or by themselves. They must read through the riddles and see if they can figure out which animal is being described.

Picture sentences

Choose the Correct Sentence to Match the PictureIn this worksheet, students will be presented with a series of charming pictures, each depicting a different scene or scenario. Their task is to carefully read the sentences provided and select the one that best matches the picture. This activity encourages students to develop their understanding of sentence structure, vocabulary, and context. Engage Year 1 pupils in an enjoyable activity that enhances their reading comprehension and language skills.

Reading comprehension - Molly the Meerkat

Year 1 English - Reading comprehension. Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about a meerkat called Molly and answer the study questions.

Reading comprehension - I am a monkey (short text)

Year 1 English - Reading comprehension. Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about a monkey and answer the multiple choice questions.

Reading comprehension - I am a fox

Year 1 English - Reading comprehension. Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about a fox called Farley and answer the multiple choice questions.

Reading comprehension - I am a crocodile

Year 1 English - Reading comprehension. Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about a crocodile called Snappy and answer the multiple choice questions.

Reading comprehension - I am a sheep

Year 1 English - Reading comprehension. Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about a sheep called Shaun and answer the multiple choice questions. This is a fun way to learn about animals!

Reading comprehension - I am a badger

Year 1 English - Reading comprehension. Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about a badger called Brock and answer the multiple choice questions. This is a fun way to learn about animals!

Reading comprehension - I Like To Dance

Year 1 English - Reading comprehension. Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about a girl called Louise who likes to dance and answer the study questions.

Reading comprehension - Ben's New House

Year 1 English - Reading comprehension. Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about Ben's new house and answer the study questions.

Reading comprehension - Otis the owl

Year 1 English - Reading comprehension. Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about an owl called Otis and answer the multiple choice questions.

Reading comprehension - Percy the Pig

Year 1 English - Reading comprehension. Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about a pig called Percy and answer the multiple choice questions.

Reading comprehension - I am a koala

Year 1 English - Reading comprehension. Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about a koala called Kara and answer the multiple choice questions.

Father's day - Picture sentences 2

Match the correct sentence to the picture.

Father's day - Picture sentences 1

Easter - Matching colours with words

Match the egg on the left to the word on the right, then colour the egg.

Mother's Day - Correct sentences 5

Children must look at the pictures and match them to the correct sentences.

Mother's Day - Correct sentences 4

Mother's Day - Correct sentences 3

Children must look at the pictures and match them with the correct sentences.

Mother's Day - Correct sentences 2

Mother's Day - Correct sentences

Reading comprehension - Zak Goes To The Zoo

Year 1 English - Reading comprehension. Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about a boy called Zak who goes to the zoo. They must then answer the study questions.

Reading comprehension - Tilly Gets Lost

Year 1 English - Reading comprehension. Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about a little yellow duckling that gets lost. They must then answer the study questions.

Reading comprehension - Gracie Visits Grandma

Year 1 English - Reading comprehension. Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read a story about a girl called Gracie who visits her grandma and then answer the study questions.

Reading comprehension - Ned and the Spiky Ball

Year 1 English - Reading comprehension. Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about a boy called Ned and a strange looking ball. There are study questions to answer.

Reading comprehension - I am a woodpecker

Year 1 English - Reading comprehension. Having strong reading comprehension skills will also help in other subjects. Students read the text about a woodpecker and answer the multiple choice questions.

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Watch your child’s reading and writing skills develop in leaps and bounds as they progress through our fun and engaging activities. We have hundreds of year 1 English worksheets that are great for starting a lesson, reinforcing key language skills, expanding vocabulary, improving punctuation and grammar, and much more.  

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Year 1 Literacy/English Home Learning Mini Pack includes Parental Guidance (Coronavirus)

Subject: English

Age range: 5-7

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The activity sheets are structured around the narrative, non-fiction and poetry blocks of the new literacy Framework. The content comes from common Year 1 fiction and non-fiction themes. The activities are designed to support work done across the curriculum as well as in literacy teaching.

The activities follow the main literacy priorities in Year 1 and are designed to be used flexibly. They are intended to be used with an adult: it would be pointless for the child to do them alone. Much of the learning is in the interaction.

Each activity sheet has a clear focus and advice to the adult as well as the child. There are four main types: • Understanding and engaging with texts; • Shaping texts; • Sentence structure and punctuation; • Spelling.

Each unit contains a mixture of the activity types.

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• Year 1 - Printable Resources
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• Year 1 Exceptional Home Learning

If you have access to a printer,  please find below a home learning pack and other activities that you can download and print at home for your children to independently work through, at their own pace to allow opportunities for a screen break:

• Please click here to access activity workbooks and fun activity sheets that can be downloaded and printed for your child to work through.

Week Beginning 13th July 2020

• KS1- Home Learning Pack (week commencing 13th July 2020)
• KS1 - Home Learning Pack - Guidance and Answers (week commencing 13th July 2020)
• English - Handwriting Template for Books
• Maths - Lesson 1 - Find a Half (Part 1)
• Maths - Lesson 2 - Find a Half (Part 2)
• Maths - Lesson 3 - Find a Quarter (Part 1)
• Maths - Lesson 4 - Find a Quarter (Part 2)
• Maths - Daily Challenges
• Maths - 'One More and One Less' Card Game
• Maths - The Place Value Mystery in the Palace Game
• Topic - PSHE - Memories
• Topic - Geography - Clothes sorting Weather Activity
• Topic - Science - Animal Fact File Templates

Week Beginning 6th July 2020

• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack (week commencing 6th July 2020)
• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack - Guidance and Answers (week commencing 6th July 2020)
• English - Postcard
• English - Wordsearch
• Topic - PSHE - Eat Well Plate
• Topic - Science - Habitat Exploration Log
• Maths - Lesson 1 - Ordering Numbers
• Maths - Lesson 2 - Recognising Coins
• Maths - Lesson 3 - Recognising Notes
• Maths - Lesson 4 - Counting in Coins
• Phonics Grid (week commencing 6th July 2020)
• Phonics - Roll and Read 'IE'

Week Beginning 29th June 2020

• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack (week commencing 29th June 2020)
• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack - Guidance and Answers (week commencing 29th June 2020)
• English - Popping Punctuation
• English - Design a New Front Cover
• English - Handwriting Practise
• Topic - Science - Animal Groups
• Maths - Lesson 1 - Counting to 100
• Maths - Lesson 2 - Partitioning Numbers
• Maths - Lesson 3 - Comparing Numbers (1)
• Maths - Lesson 4 - Comparing Numbers (2)
• Maths - Diving into Mastery - Activity Cards
• Maths - Diving into Mastery - Answer Sheet
• Phonics Grid (week commencing 29th June 2020)
• Phonics - 'ph' Real or Nonsense Words
• Phonics - Hard and Soft 'g' Sound Sorting Game

Week Beginning 22nd June 2020

• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack (week commencing 22nd June 2020)
• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack - Guidance and Answers (week commencing 22nd June 2020)
• Phonics Grid (week commencing 22nd June 2020)
• Phonics - 'ee' Phoneme Spotter
• Phonics - 'ee' Sorting Grid
• Phonics - 'ee' Alternative Pronunciation Sorting Game
• Phonics - 'i' Alternative Pronunciation Sorting Game
• Phonics - 'o' Alternative Pronunication Sorting Game
• Maths - Lesson 1 Make arrays 2020
• Maths - Lesson 2 Make doubles 2020
• Maths - Lesson 3 Make equal groups - sharing 2020
• Maths - Lesson 4 Make equal groups - grouping 2020
• Maths Reasoning Challenge
• English - Helping Others
• English - 'Doing Chores' Worksheet
• English - Reading comprehension
• Topic - PHSE - Emotions Board Game
• Topic - PE - Fitness Challenge Cards
• Topic - Science - Identifying Trees

Week Beginning 15th June 2020

• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack (week commencing 15th June 2020)
• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack - Guidance and Answers (week commencing 15th June 2020)
• Phonics Grid (week commencing 15th June 2020)
• Phonics - 'ai' Matching Cards
• Phonics - 'u-e' Magic Wand
• Maths - Lesson 1 'Count in 2s'
• Maths - Lesson 2 'Count in 5s'
• Maths - Lesson 3 'Count in 10s'
• Maths - Lesson 4 'Add Equal Groups'
• Maths - Reasoning Challenge
• English - Handwriting Sheet
• English - Ocean Animals Fact Files
• English - Under the Sea Wordsearch
• English - 'The Runaway Iceberg' Comprehension
• Topic - History 'Gandhi' Comprehension
• Topic - Science 'Nature Walk Diary'

Week Beginning 8th June 2020

• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack (week commencing 8th June 2020)
• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack - Guidance and Answers (week commencing 8th June 2020)
• Phonics Grid (week commencing 8th June 2020)
• Phonics - 'u-e' Words
• Phonics - Phase 5 - Spot the 'i-e' Words
• Phonics - 'i-e' Four in a Row
• Maths - Lesson 1 - Measure Mass
• Maths - Lesson 2 - Compare Mass
• Maths - Lesson 3 - Introduce Capacity and Volume
• Maths - Lesson 4 - Measure Capacity
• Maths - Addition & Subtraction Challenge
• Maths - Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s
• English - Describe the Monster
• English - Story Boards
• English - Comic Book
• English - Rainbow Simile Poem
• Topic - PSHE - Friendship Wordsearch
• Toipc - History - Queen Victoria Fact File
• Topic - History - Queen Victoria Comprehension Sheet
• Topic - Science - Plant Life Cycle
• Twinkle Twinkle

Week Beginning 1st June 2020

• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack (week commencing 1st June 2020)
• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack - Guidance and Answers (week commencing 1st June 2020)
• Phonics Grid (week commencing 1st June 2020)
• Phonics - Tuesday's ' a-e' Recap Activity
• Phonics - Thursday's Alternative 'ee' Activity
• Maths - Daily Maths Challenges
• Maths - Lesson 1 - Compare Lengths and Heights
• Maths - Lesson 2 - Measure Length (1)
• Maths - Lesson 3 - Measure Length (2)
• Maths - Lesson 4 - Introduce Weight and Mass
• Maths - Number Bonds to 20 Challenge
• Topic - Gross motor skills
• Topic - Geography - Australia
• Topic - Leaf Activity
• Topic - Plants and Flower Hunt

Week Beginning 18th May 2020

• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack (week commencing 18th May 2020)
• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack - Guidance and Answers (week commencing 18th May 2020)
• Phonics Grid - Week Commencing 18th May 2020
• Phonics - My 'a_e' Workbook
• Maths - Add by Making 10 (Lesson 1)
• Maths - Subtraction - Crossing 10 (Lesson 2)
• Maths - Subtraction - Crossing 10 (Lesson 3)
• Maths - Compare Number Sentences (Lesson 4)
• Maths - 'A Challenge a Day' Booklet
• English - Book Review
• English - The Bear Who Came to Babysit
• Topic - Observe Draw Imagine Worksheet
• Topic - Science 'Investigation Flowers'

Week Beginning 11th May 2020

• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack (week commencing 11th May 2020)
• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack - Guidance and Answers (week commencing 11th May 2020)
• Phonics Grid - Week Beginning 11th May 2020
• Phonics - 'ew' Sounds
• Maths - Addition Recap
• Maths - Adding by Counting On
• Maths - Number Bonds
• Maths - Find a Part
• Maths - Related Facts
• Science - Naming Flowers

Week Beginning 4th May 2020

• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack (week commencing 4th May 2020)
• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack - Guidance and Answers (week commencing 4th May 2020)
• Phonics Activites - week beginning 4th May 2020.pdf
• Phonics - My 'OY' Workbook
• Phonics - 'UE' Roll and Read Activity
• Phonics - 'IR' Real and Nonsense Words Activity
• English - 'Nouns' Activity.pdf
• Maths - 'White Rose' Find a Quarter
• Maths - 'White Rose' - Find a Quarter (2)
• Maths - 'White Rose' - Finding Half
• Maths - 'White Rose'Problem Solving challenge
• Maths - Place Value Recap Activity
• Growth Mindset Statements
• Topic - NHS Collage Rainbow
• Topic - Make your own Hero Mask
• Topic - Pyjamarama Wordsearch
• Topic - Pyjamarama 'Create a Comic Strip'
• Topic - Parts of a Plant Worksheet

Week Beginning 27th April 2020

• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack (week commencing 27th April 2020)
• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack Guidance and Answers (week commencing 27th April 2020)
• 'Pippety Skycap - A Tale of Mischief' - Talk for Writing Home-School Booklet (supporting GOSH)
• Phonics Activities (week commencing 27th April 2020)
• Maths - Learning Grid
• Maths Activities
• Float or Sink Activity
• Weather Diary
• Four Seasons Tree Drawing
• Design an Outfit
• Five Ways I Can Help the Earth

Week Beginning 20th April 2020

• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack (week commencing 20th April 2020)
• Year 1 - Home Learning Pack - Parent Guidance and Answers (week commencing 20th April 2020)
• Maths - Homework Grid
• Maths - 'Measuring' Activity
• English - 'Question Mark or Full Stop' Activity

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Year 1 English: what your child learns

Literacy is a daily lesson, made up of three aspects:

• Speaking and listening

Reading in Year 1 – your child will:

• be able to use their phonic knowledge to read words
• know all the 40+ phonemes (sounds) and know which letters or groups of letters correspond to them
• read words with -s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er and -est endings
• read a range of poems, stories and non-fiction
• be able to re-tell stories that they know
• correct their own inaccurate reading

Children should be allowed to choose a book at school to take home with them to read. You may be given an exercise book to write your comments in when you read with them. Children will also read with their teacher in groups once a week (this is called guided reading).  

Try this at home:

• Visit your local library and let your child choose their own books
• Read regularly to your child – even if they’re a fluent reader, they will still enjoy it
• If your child is not keen on stories, try fact-based non-fiction books or a comic to spark their interest

Start the Year 1 Learning Programme!

• Weekly maths & English worksheets
• Follows the National Curriculum
• Keeps your child's learning on track

Writing in Year 1 – your child will learn:

• learn to spell words containing each of the 40+ phonemes already taught (read our parents' guide to Year 1 spelling for a more detailed explanation)
• learn to write the days of the week
• learn to add suffixes , word endings (such as -s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er and -est) and also learn about the prefix un-
• form all lower case and upper case letters, plus the digits 0 to 9
• join clauses in a sentence using the word 'and'
• punctuate sentences using capitals, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks
• sequence stories to form short narratives
• discuss what they have written with others
• Give your child plenty of opportunities to draw and write with a range of materials
• Ask your child to help you write a shopping list and then look for the items when they get to the shop
• Encourage them to write to people as much as possible: Christmas cards, birthday invitations, thank you letters and postcards are a great way of giving them a real purpose for writing

Revise what your child is learning with some at-home practice: look through our Year 1 English worksheets to find a good activity to download and complete at home. Phonics is still a big part of literacy in Year 1, so make regular phonics practice part of your after-school routine.

Check your Y1 child's progress in English with our free Y1 English Progress checks , three mini-tests for autumn, spring and summer term.

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Spelling Year 1 KS1. Support on spelling for kids with Super Brainy Beans. Primary homework help with worksheet downloads and online games.

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• Covers all the essential words to learn in Year 1.
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Learning spellings

Practice your spellings for four days then get someone to test you on the fifth day without looking at the words first.

Spell all 100 common words

Throughout Year 1 & Year 2 children are expected to learn how to spell the first 100 words which are commonly used in reading and writing.

Words with ff or ss

These words have the f or s sound, spelt ff or ss .

pu ff mi ss

Adding ing & ed

Add ing to a word to show that something is happening now.

rain + ing = rain ing dust + ing = dust ing

Add ed to a word to show that it has happened in the past.

push + ed = push ed open + ed = open ed

Words with ai & oi sound

The following words have the ai or oi sound. To remind you of the sounds visit the phonics page .

r ai n tr ai n j oi n s oi l

Words with the oa sound

Words that have the oa sound are spelt as oa , ow or oe .

g oa l sn ow t oe

Words with ee sound

The following words have the ee sound. To remind you of the sounds visit the phonics page .

m ee t w ee k m e h e

Words with igh sound

The igh sound can be found in words in different ways.

r igh t h igh I m y

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Words with u-e

Yoo and oo sounds in words are spelt with the split digraph u-e in words.

t u b e r u d e c u b e

Words with the oo sound

The follow words have the oo sound.

f oo d z oo f oo t

Words ending with y sound

Some words ending with the ee sound are spelt with y .

ver y sill y sunn y

Plurals adding s or es

A plural means that there is more than one of something. There are rules for added plurals to nouns. Nouns are a person or thing. For more on nouns see our Grammar page .

With most nouns just add an s to the end of the word. shop + s = shop s book + s = book s

If the noun ends with s , ss , x , sh or ch add es . bus + es = bus es church + es = church es fox + es = fox es

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