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Spelling Colors at the Paint Store

Grade 1 spelling practice at a paint store: finish color words, spell long a with ai or ay, and fix tricky words.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.1.2.d

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 9 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students spell color words with patterns such as ee, ay, ck, ur, and ow.
  • Students choose ai or ay to spell the long a sound.
  • Students spell tricky words such as could, does, and very.

How to use

Say each word aloud before students spell it. Read the ai and ay hint together, then let students work on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.1.2.d

Spell words with common spelling patterns, and frequently occurring irregular words, conventionally.

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Spelling Colors at the Paint Store

Spell color words, ai and ay words, and tricky words.

Color words

Juno helps Uncle Femi at his paint store. She writes color words on the paint cans.

1.
Write the missing letters from the box to finish each color word. Use each group of letters one time.
Word bank: ur · ee · ck · ow · ay

gr n
gr 
bla 
p ple
br n

2.
Which color word is spelled the right way?
  • A. yelow
  • B. yello
  • C. yellow
3.
Juno spelled these color words wrong. Write each one the right way.

wite →  
bloo →  

Long a: ai and ay

The long a sound can be spelled ai or ay. The letters ay usually come at the end of a word. The letters ai usually come in the middle.

4.
Write ai or ay to finish each word.
Word bank: ai · ay

p nt
tr 
spr 
w t
d 

5.
Juno wrote a list of things to buy. Circle the two words that are spelled the right way.

spraitapepayntbrushtrai

Tricky words

Tricky words do not follow the usual rules. You have to remember how they look.

6.
Uncle Femi wrote a note in a hurry. Match each word he spelled wrong to the right spelling.
  1. cud
  2. meny
  3. agen
  4. duz
  5. yor
  1. A. many
  2. B. again
  3. C. your
  4. D. could
  5. E. does
7.
Uncle Femi asks, "___ you like red or blue paint?"
Which word is spelled the right way?
  • A. Would
  • B. Wud
  • C. Woud
8.
One word in this sentence is spelled wrong. Write it the right way.
The paint cans are verry big.

Right spelling:  

9.
Write a sentence about a color you like. Use one of these tricky words: could, many, again, does, your, would, or very.

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