ENGLISH 1 Quiz Bee

SLIS SPELLING BEE

Grade 1

EASY ROUND

v. endure or tolerate

1. Please ____ with me while I find the book that you need.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• bare

• bear

• beyr

• barre

n. a set of two things used together

2. Mother gave me a new ____ of shoes for my birthday.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• fair

• fare

• pair

• pear

v. to carry out

3. ____ a speech.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• makke

• meyk

• make

• meke

v. direct one's gaze toward something

4. Let me ____ at your new dress.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• luk

• luuk

• lok

• look

n. something given voluntarily without payment in return

5. The best ____ you can give to those around you is kindness.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• gifft

• gift

• giff

• giftt

adj. characterized by quick motion

6. It's not how ____ you get there, but how long you stay.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• past

• pass

• fasst

• fast

adj. having a great deal of money

7. If you can buy anything at the mall without looking at the price, you are ____.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• reach

• ritch

• reech

• rich

v. cook (food) by dry heat, typically in an oven or on a hot surface

8. Tom can ____ really good apple pies.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• beyk

• vake

• bake

• baek

v. to have or continue to have in your possession

9. Do you want this photograph back or can I ____ it?

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• kip

• kiip

• keep

• keip

v. to provide someone with something

10. We're collecting for the children's home - please____ generously.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• giv

• giiv

• give

• gib

AVERAGE ROUND

n. a long, usually hard seat for two or more people

1. A park _____ is made of wood.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• bench

• bentch

• vench

• beinch

adj. having a large distance between two sides

2. She picked up a _____ book and began to read out loud.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• tick

• tik

• thick

• thik

n. a meal that is eaten in the middle of the day:

3. Why don't we have ____ together on Friday?

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• lunch

• luntch

• lanch

• lantch

v. to move backward and forward or up and down in quick, short movements

4.  _____ the bottle well before use.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• sheak

• shake

• sheyk

• shaek

v. to move through water by moving the body 

5. He used to ____ for his school when he was younger.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• swiim

• suwim

• sweem

• swim

adj. intelligent, or able to think quickly

6. He seems like a very _____ young man.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• smmart

• smarth

• smaart

• smart

n. someone who is selling something

7.  She's been working as a street _____, selling fruit and vegetables.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• bendor

• vendor

• vendoor

• veendor

v. to give someone knowledge or to train someone

8. She offered to _____ me to paint.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• tech

• teaach

• teech

• teach

v. to take hold of something, especially something that is moving through the air

9. I managed to _____ the glass before it hit the ground.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• katch

• cathc

• catch

• cattch

n. a number of things of the same type fastened together 

10. A _____ of flowers was placed outside the doorway

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• banch

• bunch

• vunch

• banchh

DIFFICULT ROUND

n. a flat shape with four sides of equal length 

1. Cut the pastry into a _____.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• skuare

• squware

• square

• sqaure

adv. used in polite requests or questions.

2. _____ close the door before you leave.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• please

• plis

• pleese

• plaese

adv. in a happy way

3. The children played _______ in the sand

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• happily

• happyli

• happili

• hapilly

adj. full of light

4. The rooms were _____ and airy.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• brihgt

• brayt

• brihtg

• bright

v. to cause something to separate suddenly

5. I didn't mean to _____ your phone.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• break

• breyk

• vreak

• breake

adj. pleasant to look at

6. That's a ______ dress you're wearing.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• pretti

• prety

• pretty

• preety

v. to cut or damage a surface

7. That cat will _______ you with its claws

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• scrattch

• skratch

• scratch

• scartch

v. to decide what you want from two or more things or possibilities

8. Whom did you ______ for our team leader?

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• choose

• chus

• choosee

• chosee

v. to go toward the top of something

9. It was an effort to _____ the stairs

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• claimb

• klimb

• climb

• clim

v. to make marks that represent letters, words, or numbers on a surface

10. _____ down your ideas on a piece of paper.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• writte

• right

• rayt

• write

pron. asking for information specifying one or more people or things

11. _____ of those houses do you live in?

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• witch

• which

• whitch

• withc

v. to fasten, join, or close

12. I've ripped my dress- can you ______ them up for me

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• stitch

• steetch

• stittch

• stihc

v. to give money as a payment for something

13. How much did you _____ ?

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• speend

• spend

• spennd

• ispend

v. to take or carry someone or something to a place or a person,

14. When they visit us they always _____ their dog with them.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• bring

• breeng

• briing

• bringg

adv. making a lot of noise

15. She spoke very ______.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• lawdly

• loudlly

• loudly

• lowdly

adj. having an appetizing flavor

16. The breakfast is complete and _____.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• tasty

• tastety

• teysti

• tastey

adj. showing no fear of difficult things

17. The King was a ____ warrior.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• brave

• brabe

• breyv

• brayv

n. a public road in a city or town

18. Our daughter lives just across the ______from us.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• strit

• street

• istrit

• streeet

n. a folded cover or large envelope for holding papers

19. Keep the papers in a _____.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• foulder

• folder

• polder

• foolder

n. a quality that makes you like someone or something

20. He is an actor of effortless _____.

Multiple Choice

Which is spelled correctly?

• sharm

• charm

• chaarm

• charmm