Spell Bee Summer Word List for Class 1

Practise the whole list the way Rapid Fire and Get, Set, Spell! test it: hear each word, type it, and see straight away if it is right. Words you miss come back until you get them.

This is the full CREST International Spell Bee - Summer word list for Class 1, grouped by topic. Open any word to see what it means, how to spell it, the letters children most often get wrong, and practice questions.

Adjectives

active, afraid, amazed, angry, annoyed, beautiful, bitter, blind, bored, brave, bright, broad, busy, calm, careless, cheap, cheerful, chief, clean, clever, cold, cruel, cute, different, dull, empty, favourite, flat, foolish, frozen, furry, gentle, giant, glad, golden, greedy, healthy, helpful, honest, huge, hungry, joyful, kind, little, local, lonely, loud, naughty, nervous, pretty, proud, quick, quiet, ripe, sharp, silly, smooth, snowy, stray, tall, tasty, thirsty, tired, unable, warm, wrong, young

Animal Homes, Young Ones, Sounds

baa, buzz, cage, caw, colt, coo, croak, fawn, roar

Animals

badger, bison, deer, elephant, fish, frog, goat, hedgehog, horse, hyena, koala, lion, meerkat, mouse, ox, panther, porcupine, shark, sheep, snail, tiger, wolf, yak, zebra

Birds

crane, crow, finch, gull, lark, peacock, seagull, sparrow, swan

Body Parts

ankle, arm, beard, cheek, chest, chin, ear, finger, hair, hand, knee, mouth, nail, neck, nose, skull, spine, teeth, thigh, tongue, tooth, wrist

Clothing

belt, coat, frock, gown, jeans, jumper, nappy, raincoat, sandal, shirt, shorts, slipper, suit, tie

Colours

black, blue, brown, cyan, green, indigo, orange, pink, purple, scarlet, violet, white, yellow

Common Words

bike, boat, chart, clock, doll, exam, glue, homework, kite, lunch, paper, pencil, plane, playtime, quiz, ship, train, watch

Days of the Week

Friday, Monday, Saturday, Sunday, Thursday, Tuesday

Double Letter Words

balloon, beep, breeze, cell, coffee, door, feel, food, hobby, letter, marry, merry, middle, pattern, puzzle, ripple, scissors, speech, toffee, tool, umbrella, wheel, summer

Food Items

biscuit, bread, butter, carrot, cheese, chilli, chocolate, corn, guava, loaf, maize, milk, pasta, potato, rice, salad, salt, sandwich, sauce, soup, sugar, tea, tomato

Household Items

bowl, chair, cooker, flask, glass, hammer, hanger, heater, kitchen, lamp, mirror, napkin, needle, plate, recliner, sofa, spoon, table, teacup, towel

Months of the Year

April, August, December, February, January, July, June, November, October, September

Nature & Weather

grass, lake, moon, rain, rock, sand, sky, snow, star, tree, wind

Nouns

ability, aircraft, barge, bubble, abroad, accident, account, action, activity, alarm, album, amount, anger, athlete, award, band, banker, barber, basket, battery, beauty, bicycle, blanket, blood, bottom, brain, brand, brass, bucket, bunch, cabin, camera, capital, cart, cave, chain, chance, channel, charm, circus, cliff, cone, correct, couch, country, crate, crown, dairy, dark, dawn, dental, desert, desk, dice, doe, dolphin, donkey, doubt, dragon, dress, emperor, fabric, factory, falcon, fame, family, farm, feather, flag, flame, flight, floor, flour, fork, frame, future, gallery, garlic, ground, health, hook, hotel, impala, joke, kettle, kick, king, kitten, lemonade, mare, minute, mixture, monkey, morning, muffin, mule, opera, origin, overnight, owner, parrot, party, pigeon, plot, pocket, poem, poet, pollution, pond, power, prank, preview, prince, rabbit, result, riddle, rider, safety, scoop, seal, secret, shade, skate, skirt, slice, spring, storm, story, stunt, switch, target, tennis, tomorrow, town, turkey, turtle, twist, whistle

Numbers (1-20)

eighteen, eleven, fifteen, five, four, fourteen, nine, seven, seventeen, sixteen, thirteen, three, twenty

Occupations

actor, artist, cook, dancer, dentist, doctor, driver, farmer, firefighter, nurse, painter, pilot, policeman, postman, potter, sailor, singer, soldier, tailor, teacher, waiter, writer

Relationships

aunt, brother, daddy, father, mother, niece, parent, sister, son, uncle, wife

Science

aeroplane, air, animal, branch, climate, cloth, cloud, flower, gas, heat, jungle, leaf, liquid, natural, nature, nest, people, plant, rainbow, root, school, season, solid, stem

Transportation

caravan, metro, rickshaw, scooter, skateboard, trolley, unicycle

Trees, Plants, Flowers, Fruits, Vegetables

apple, avocado, bamboo, banana, banyan, beetroot, berry, blackberry, coconut, cotton, grain, grape, lemon, lily, lotus, mango, marigold, oak, olive, palm, papaya, pine, rose, watermelon

Verbs

accept, admit, advise, aim, allow, attach, attack, attempt, attend, avoid, bake, bark, bathe, begin, believe, bleed, block, bring, brook, carry, catch, change, check, cheer, clap, click, climb, continue, crawl, create, cross, dance, decorate, define, describe, destroy, draw, dream, drink, explain, fight, finish, float, forget, forgive, fumble, gargle, glide, grow, guess, happen, hike, imagine, inspect, jump, keep, laugh, lean, listen, need, play, read, recite, release, reply, reveal, ride, rumble, scream, shake, share, shout, sing, sleep, sniff, stand, stick, stitch, study, swim, swing, talk, throw, trick, trouble, understand, wake, walk, whisper, wiggle, wipe, wish, write, yawn, yell, fumble, play, yell

More Words

above, actually, alligator, always, anywhere, baker, beach, bear, before, boot, build, bull, camel, child, confirm, crowd, daily, display, dove, drain, duck, eagle, enjoy, everywhere, false, fast, fearful, feeling, foal, full, gentleman, giggle, good, goose, hardly, holiday, hutch, iron, maple, outside, owl, pebble, present, purr, remark, ribbon, rich, right, slow, someone, suggest, teach, thank, thorn, tiny, true, trunk, volcano, welcome

Next steps for Class 1 Spell Bee Summer

• Class 1 Spell Bee Summer sample paper
• Class 1 Spell Bee Summer previous year paper
• About the Class 1 Spell Bee Summer Olympiad