Free Year 1 English Worksheets for Teachers

Year 1 phonics worksheet: match boat, star, fish and tree to pictures, fill in ch, sh or th, then read and draw a cat sentence.

Year 1 ai digraph worksheet with alien words like zaip and chaif. Pupils add sound buttons and finish alien names. Full answer key.

Year 1 phonics screening check practice on the ar sound: real and alien words, sound buttons, missing letters and a sentence. Answers included.

Year 1 split digraph worksheet: match snake, kite, bone and cube to pictures, pair vowel sounds, fill sentence gaps. Answers included.

Year 1 contractions worksheet: match I am and did not to short forms, name missing letters, spot contractions. 13 questions with answers.

Year 1 suffixes worksheet: fill a woodland story with words ending -s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er and -est, then write an -ing sentence.

Year 1 Goldilocks comprehension: label story pictures, say how Baby Bear feels, predict what happens next and draw your own breakfast.

Year 1 inference worksheet: three short stories about Sam, Mia and Leo. Pupils work out feelings and reasons from clues. Answers included.

Year 1 prediction worksheet: tick what happens next in three stories, draw Leo's runaway apple, write about Tom's kick. Model answers.

Year 1 word meaning worksheet: word cards for crown, mouse and wall with meaning, picture, rhyme and sentence. Nursery rhyme links.

Year 1 non-fiction comprehension about hedgehogs, robins and red foxes: written answers, find and copy, true or false. Answers included.

Year 1 traditional tales worksheet: sort 12 items into The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks. Answer key included.

Year 1 story writing worksheet: say it before you write it. Pupils tell a partner, write a three-picture slide story, then check and share.

Year 1 story sequencing worksheet: plan a space adventure and draw a six-panel storyboard from The Start to The End, with captions.

Year 1 story writing worksheet: a magic door on the playground wall. Plan, use the word bank, write the story and draw what's inside.

Year 1 character description worksheet: explain why Grump is angry and Snooze is tired, using Point, Evidence, Explain, Link.

Year 1 simple sentence worksheet: say it, then write it. Seven sentence frames about the park, the weather and your favourite food.

Year 1 punctuation exit ticket: add finger spaces to thesunishot, fix a frog can jump, rate the lesson. Three tickets per page.

Year 1 handwriting worksheet: curly caterpillar letters c, a, d and g, spell chip, ship and moth, tricky words and capital letters.

Year 1 letter formation worksheet: look, cover, write, check for cat, dog, tin and Sam, then copy sentences and the digits 0 to 9.

Year 1 common exception words: look, cover, write, check for said, was, friend and school, missing words and a five-word dictation.

Year 1 suffix worksheet: sort 12 words such as jumping, helped, quicker and loudest into -ing, -ed, -er and -est postboxes.

Year 1 days of the week word search: find Monday to Sunday in a 10 by 10 grid, across or down. Answer key gives each position.

Year 1 prefix un- worksheet: fill ten gaps in Sam's Big Day with words like untie, unzip, unkind and unsafe. Answer key included.

Year 1 punctuation worksheet: finger spaces and full stops, joining with and, and capital letters for names, places, days and I.

Year 1 plurals worksheet: learn when to add s or es, then fill ten gaps with words like foxes, dishes, buses and glasses. Answers included.

Year 1 punctuation worksheet: sort 12 sentences into full stop, question mark and exclamation mark bags, then write your own.

Year 1 capital letters worksheet: circle names, places, days and I, fix sentences about Ben and Cardiff, write your own. Answer key.

Year 1 capital letters and full stops worksheet: 12 questions, from circling punctuation to fixing a duck can quack. Answers included.

Year 1 joining with and worksheet: match fish and chips to pictures, match sentence halves, then join two frog and fish sentences.