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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Thanksgiving Word Scramble

Thanksgiving Word Scramble

Thanksgiving Word ScrambleChildren rearrange the letters in the Thanksgiving-related words and write the words on the lines. There are pictures to help them that they can colour in. This resource is great for children to learn key vocabulary related to Thanksgiving.  

Age: 5 - 6
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Common exception words - Vocabulary cards

Common exception words - Vocabulary cards

These handy vocabulary cards include common exception words that we use all the time! Common exception words do not follow the rules that children are taught so carefully in phonics. For example, the letter 'a' in the word 'was' sounds like an 'o'. You can print these vocabulary cards onto card or laminate them so they can be used over and over again. There are 45 words in this set.

Age: 5 - 6
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Fill in the blanks cloze activity - Dogs

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.

Age: 5 - 6
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Fill in the blanks cloze activity - Cats

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.

Age: 5 - 6
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Introducing Reading Comprehension - A Trip To London

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.

Age: 5 - 6
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Introducing Reading Comprehension - Ben Goes To The Zoo

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.

Age: 5 - 6
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Introducing Reading Comprehension - Jack Gets A Kitten

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.

Age: 5 - 6
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Introducing Reading Comprehension - The Dinosaur

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.

Age: 5 - 6
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Reading Booster - Set 5

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.

Age: 5 - 6
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Reading Booster - Set 4

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.

Age: 5 - 6
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Reading Booster - Set 3

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.

Age: 5 - 6
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Reading Booster - Set 2

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.

Age: 5 - 6
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Reading Booster - Set 1

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.

Age: 5 - 6
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Year 1 Common Exception Words handwriting booklet

Year 1 Common Exception Words handwriting booklet

Common exception words appear frequently in texts but they do not follow the phonetic spelling rules. This year 1 English handwriting booklet is a great way to help students spell common exception words and practise their handwriting at the same time. There are 5 handwriting practice sheets included in the workbook. Children practise reading the word and writing it on the line. This will help to improve children's vocabulary and it is quick and easy to download or print.

Age: 5 - 6
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Year 1 English Assessment Paper

Year 1 English Assessment Paper

Test your students' knowledge with this handy English assessment paper. This is a fantastic resource to help children with grammar, punctuation, reading, writing, and spelling.

Age: 5 - 6
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Year 1 English Daily Workout -  Summer Term 3

Year 1 English Daily Workout - Summer Term 3

Our daily workouts will give you everything you need to deliver the grammar, punctuation, and spelling requirements of the Primary English curriculum. If your child or student is struggling with a particular aspect of English, either spelling, grammar, punctuation, or reading, then print off one of our daily workouts that will help develop their skills.

Age: 5 - 6
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Year 1 English Daily Workout - Summer Term 2

Year 1 English Daily Workout - Summer Term 2

Watch your students' grammar skills and confidence grow with our engaging daily workouts. This English resource will help your child develop their grammar, punctuation, and spelling skills either at home or in the classroom. Each worksheet has 10 English activities based on the National Curriculum and can be used as a great revision aid.

Age: 5 - 6
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Year 1 English Daily Workout - Summer Term 1

Year 1 English Daily Workout - Summer Term 1

This is the perfect resource for children to improve their knowledge and practise their literacy skills. Each of our English daily workouts covers key areas of the National Curriculum. Print this handy worksheet and watch your child's spelling, grammar, and punctuation skills grow.

Age: 5 - 6
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Year 1 English Daily Workout - Spring Term 3

Year 1 English Daily Workout - Spring Term 3

Use this handy resource to test your child's literacy skills and revise key areas of the National Curriculum. This quick and easy to print/download worksheet is perfect for children to practise reading, writing, spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Each daily workout includes colourful illustrations to keep children engaged in what they are learning. There are 10 questions/tasks for children to complete.

Age: 5 - 6
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Year 1 English Daily Workout - Spring Term 2

Year 1 English Daily Workout - Spring Term 2

These colourful daily workouts can be used as a homework task or used in any English class to help build confidence in reading, writing, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Age: 5 - 6
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Year 1 English Daily Workout - Spring Term 1

Year 1 English Daily Workout - Spring Term 1

Use this handy daily workout to help improve your child's literacy skills in reading, grammar, phonics, punctuation, and more. There are 10 activities for students to complete covering the key areas of the National Curriculum. Our colourful English resources can be used in the classroom or at home and are perfect for testing your child's knowledge and skills in a variety of key topics.

Age: 5 - 6
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Year 1 English Daily Workout - Autumn Term 3

Year 1 English Daily Workout - Autumn Term 3

Each fun daily workout includes activities such as choose the rhyming word, handwriting practice, unscramble the sentence, add the correct punctuation, letter recognition, write the missing sounds, and more. This quick-to-print activity is a great way to check your children's progress and understanding of different topics in English. Students will have fun completing these handy English daily workouts that are quick and easy to print, saving time for busy teachers!

Age: 5 - 6
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Year 1 English Daily Workout - Autumn Term 2

Year 1 English Daily Workout - Autumn Term 2

This is a quick-to-print activity that will help you to see how well your children or students are doing in English class. Students will love completing these fun English daily workouts, they have 10 activities for students to complete and are a great way to check your student's progress. Each page includes activities such as choose the rhyming word, handwriting practice, unscramble the sentence, add the correct punctuation, letter recognition, and more. To save time for busy educators, there are also answer sheets available.

Age: 5 - 6
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Year 1 English Daily Workout - Autumn Term 1

Year 1 English Daily Workout - Autumn Term 1

Students will love completing these fun English daily workouts with a mixture of everything! They are a great way to check your student's progress and understanding of literacy. Each daily workout has 10 activities for students to complete including rhyming words, handwriting, unscramble the sentence, punctuation, letter recognition, and more. Answer sheets for these daily workouts are also available for busy educators. This is a quick-to-print activity that will help you to see how well your children or students are doing.

Age: 5 - 6
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Yes/No questions - Transport

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.

Age: 5 - 6
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Yes/No questions - School items

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.

Age: 5 - 6
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Yes/No questions - Animals

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.

Age: 5 - 6
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Common digraphs information cards

Common digraphs information cards

Students will enjoy learning these common digraphs. Each information card shows the digraph, 10 vocabulary words with that digraph, and a colourful picture. This set of flashcards includes the most common digraphs: sh, ch, th, wh, and ph.

Age: 5 - 6
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Initial s-blends information cards

Initial s-blends information cards

Your children or students will love learning new s-blends and vocabulary with this bright colourful set of information cards that focus on beginning blends with S. Each card shows the blend, 10 vocabulary words beginning with that blend, and a colourful picture. This set of flashcards includes the most common beginning consonant s-blends: sc, sk, sn, st, sp, sm, squ, and sw.

Age: 5 - 6
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Beginning blends with L and R - Information cards

Beginning blends with L and R - Information cards

Children will love these bright colourful information cards that focus on beginning blends with L and R. Each card shows the blend, 10 vocabulary words beginning with that blend, and a colourful picture. This set of flashcards includes the most common beginning consonant blends: bl, br, cl, cr, dr, fr, fl, gl, gr, pl, pr, sl, and tr.

Age: 5 - 6
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Picture description - Christmas

Picture description - Christmas

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

Age: 5 - 6
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Autumn-themed pencil control activity

Autumn-themed pencil control activity

An autumn-themed worksheet for practising fine motor skills. Children trace over the dashed lines carefully to finish the picture of the leaf.

Age: 5 - 6
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Autumn trace and colour

Autumn trace and colour

This worksheet for young learners can be used as a fun resource for any autumn-themed lesson. Children trace and over the lines and colour the picture.

Age: 5 - 6
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Autumn read and colour

Autumn read and colour

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

Age: 5 - 6
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Read and write high frequency spelling words 9

Read and write high frequency spelling words 9

A helpful resource to help children read and write high frequency words. Children choose the correct high frequency word and add it to the sentence.

Age: 5 - 6
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Read and write high frequency spelling words 8

Read and write high frequency spelling words 8

A helpful resource to help children read and write high frequency words. Children choose the correct high frequency word and add it to the sentence.

Age: 5 - 6
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Read and write high frequency spelling words 7

Read and write high frequency spelling words 7

A helpful resource to help children read and write high frequency words. Children choose the correct high frequency word and add it to the sentence.

Age: 5 - 6
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Read and write high frequency spelling words 6

Read and write high frequency spelling words 6

A helpful resource to help children read and write high frequency words. Children choose the correct high frequency word and add it to the sentence.

Age: 5 - 6
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Read and write high frequency spelling words 5

Read and write high frequency spelling words 5

A helpful resource to help children read and write high frequency words. Children choose the correct high frequency word and add it to the sentence.

Age: 5 - 6
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Read and write high frequency spelling words 4

Read and write high frequency spelling words 4

A helpful resource to help children read and write high frequency words. Children choose the correct high frequency word and add it to the sentence.

Age: 5 - 6
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Read and write high frequency spelling words 3

Read and write high frequency spelling words 3

A helpful resource to help children read and write high frequency words. Children choose the correct high frequency word and add it to the sentence.

Age: 5 - 6
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Read and write high frequency spelling words 2

Read and write high frequency spelling words 2

A helpful resource to help children read and write high frequency words. Children choose the correct high frequency word and add it to the sentence.

Age: 5 - 6
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Read and write high frequency spelling words 1

Read and write high frequency spelling words 1

A helpful resource to help children read and write high frequency words. Children choose the correct high frequency word and add it to the sentence.

Age: 5 - 6
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Alphabet practise - Letter A

Alphabet practise - Letter A

This helpful resource gives your students the opportunity to identify, trace, and write the letter A, perfect for practising the letters of the alphabet! There is also a fill in the missing letter activity to help with a child's spelling and reading. This worksheet can also be used in any ESL lesson.

Age: 5 - 6
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Alphabet practise - Letter B

Alphabet practise - Letter B

This helpful resource gives your students the opportunity to identify, trace, and write the letter B, perfect for practising the letters of the alphabet! There is also a fill in the missing letter activity to help with a child's spelling and reading. This worksheet can also be used in any ESL lesson.

Age: 5 - 6
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Alphabet practise - Letter C

Alphabet practise - Letter C

This helpful resource gives your students the opportunity to identify, trace, and write the letter C, perfect for practising the letters of the alphabet! There is also a fill in the missing letter activity to help with a child's spelling and reading. This worksheet can also be used in any ESL lesson.

Age: 5 - 6
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Alphabet practise - Letter D

Alphabet practise - Letter D

This helpful resource gives your students the opportunity to identify, trace, and write the letter D, perfect for practising the letters of the alphabet! There is also a fill in the missing letter activity to help with a child's spelling and reading. This worksheet can also be used in any ESL lesson.

Age: 5 - 6
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Alphabet practise - Letter E

Alphabet practise - Letter E

This helpful resource gives your students the opportunity to identify, trace, and write the letter E, perfect for practising the letters of the alphabet! There is also a fill in the missing letter activity to help with a child's spelling and reading. This worksheet can also be used in any ESL lesson.

Age: 5 - 6
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