12 free english resources for Year 1, organised by topic with answer sheets, study guides and topic tests.
English develops reading, writing, spelling and grammar together. Strong readers write better, and students who understand sentence structure read with more understanding. Our English resources separate those strands so you can target the one that needs work, while reading passages, writing prompts and grammar activities all reinforce one another.
Printable practice with an answer sheet.
Children learn the two most important sentence rules: start with a capital letter and end with a full stop. They pick the correctly…
Children learn that a verb is a doing word that tells us what someone or something does. They find verbs in word lists and sentences,…
Children learn that a noun is a word that names a person, animal, place or thing. They pick nouns out of word lists and short sentences,…
Children practise making nouns plural by adding -s, then meet the -es rule for words ending in s, x, sh or ch. They choose the right form…
Children trace and copy twelve of the most common words in early readers (the, and, said, was, they, you, have, like, come, went, look,…
A passage with questions.
A short, friendly story about a windy day at the beach, followed by questions that check what happened, why it happened and what some…
A simple information report about kangaroos with questions that help children find facts, think about why kangaroos behave the way they…
A short rhyming poem about a magpie that visits a backyard each morning. Children find details in the poem, think about why Mum says not…
Prompts with planning space and success criteria.
A playful story prompt for early writers: a hat that lets you talk to animals. Children plan the who, where and what of their story with…
Word lists with practice activities.
Ten words with the digraphs sh, ch and th, where two letters work together to make one sound. Your child traces the words, fills gaps in…
Ten words where a silent 'e' at the end makes the vowel say its name (cake, bike, hope). Your child traces the words, completes gap-fill…
Ten words with the long 'e' sound spelt ee or ea, such as tree and read. Your child traces the words, fills gaps in sentences, unscrambles…
Writing prompts include a model opening and clear success criteria rather than a single 'correct' answer, so parents and teachers can give useful feedback.
Yes. All passages are written by Success Tutoring and checked for age-appropriate vocabulary and sentence length.
Resources tagged NAPLAN practise the same text types and skills NAPLAN assesses. They are NAPLAN-style and not official test papers.