Year 1 Speaking and listening worksheet

“Questions and full answers” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 1 English unit “Speaking and listening”, for children aged 5 to 6, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Week 1 of the year, 3 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Questions and full answers

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 1 · English · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can ask and answer questions in full sentences.

A Look back3 min

1.
Every sentence starts with a... Circle one.
capital letterquestion marknumber
2.
Put words together and you make a... Circle one.
sentencepicturenumber
3.
A question ends with a... Circle one.
question markfull stopcomma

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ola wants to know Sam's favourite fruit. She asks, and Sam answers in a full sentence.

A small pale shell on a wooden drawer beside a bed with a lamp

Watch me

Ola asks: What is your favourite fruit?

Sam looks at Ola and keeps still.

Sam answers: My favourite fruit is a pear.

Now you

1.
Write a question that starts with what, about a shell.

C Your turn6 min

Do each task. Read your answers out loud.

1.
Sort the cards. Write each card in the right column.
What is your name?My name is Ali.Where is the shell?The shell is in the drawer.
A question A full sentence answer
2.
Which question word asks about a time? Circle one.
whowhenwherewhat
3.
Write a where question about the park.
4.
Answer in a full sentence: What is your favourite food?

Say it out loud: Which words helped you know if it was a question? Say them out loud.

D Spot the mistake3 min

Sam asks: What is your name? Ola says: Ola. Kit says that is a full sentence.

1.
Write the full sentence Ola should say.

E Think deeper3 min

1.
A friend whispers an answer. What could you do to help? Explain in two sentences.

How did it feel?

Tell your grown-up how it felt to answer in a full sentence. Was it easy, tricky or fun?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Questions and full answers · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. capital letter

2. sentence

3. question mark

B

1. Look for: A question starting with What, about a shell, ending with a question mark.

C

1. A question: What is your name?, Where is the shell? · A full sentence answer: My name is Ali., The shell is in the drawer. A card went in the wrong column. Ask: does this card ask something, or tell something? Questions end with a question mark.

2. when Circled who, where or what. Point to the clock and ask: which word fits ___ is tea time?

3. Look for: A question starting with Where, about the park, ending with a question mark. Wrote a sentence with no question mark, such as The park is big. Say: this tells me something. Change it so it asks me something, then add ?.

4. Look for: A full sentence starting with My favourite food is and naming a food. Wrote one word, such as Pasta. Say: put the answer into a whole sentence, starting with My favourite food is.

D

1. Look for: A full sentence such as My name is Ola. Wrote Ola again. Say: a full sentence needs more words, like is. Try My name is Ola.

E

1. Look for: Gives a sensible idea, such as asking the friend to speak louder or listening more closely, in two sentences.

Words to use

Say“Did you hear the whole question? What is the answer in a full sentence?”

Instead of“That is right, now just tell me the word.”

After the sheet

At teatime, take turns asking who, what, when or where questions. Each person answers in a full sentence, three times each.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

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