Online test for Class 1 English
This test has twenty-four questions pulled from Class 1 across the entire year - sounds of letters, three-letter words, nouns, verbs, rhyming words and short sentence reading. Each prompt uses words that a six-year-old already understands, and every answer includes a brief explanation that parents can read aloud to their child.
- 24 questions, marked instantly
- Every answer comes with the reasoning
- Ends by naming what to revise
- Nothing stored, no account, no email
What this test covers
- Letter sounds (phonics)
- CVC words
- Naming words (nouns)
- Action words (verbs)
- Rhyming words
- Simple sentences
- Picture reading
20 questions, marked as you go
Drawn fresh from a bank of 24, so another go is mostly different questions. Every one explains its method after you answer, and the last screen names the chapters to revise.
Questions
20
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~15
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How to read the result
Every question in this test
The whole paper, grouped by chapter, so you can see the level before anyone sits it. Three are shown below and the rest open up.
24 questions · 7 chapters
8 shown here - the rest are in the test and the PDF
- Letter sounds (phonics)5
- CVC words4
- Naming words (nouns)4
- Action words (verbs)3
- Rhyming words3
- Simple sentences3
- Picture reading2
Question 1. Which letter makes the sound at the start of 'Sun'?
- M
- T
- F
- S
Question 2. Which letter makes the sound at the start of 'Ball'?
- K
- B
- D
- P
Question 3. Which word starts with the same sound as 'Cat'?
- Sun
- Bat
- Cup
- Dog
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Question 4. Which letter comes right after 'D' in the alphabet?
- F
- C
- E
- B
Question 5. Which word ends with the same sound as 'Bag'?
- Ball
- Bat
- Leg
- Bed
Question 6. Which word matches the picture of a small pet that says 'meow'?
- Cap
- Cat
- Cut
- Cot
Question 7. Fill the gap to make a real word: h_t
- a
- y
- e
- u
Question 8. Which of these is a real three-letter word?
- Odg
- Dgo
- Gdo
- Dog
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The PDF has every question, with the answer key on its own last page so you can hold it back and mark the work yourself.
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- Maths
- Maths
- Maths
- Odia
- Odia
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Class 1 English test - common questions
Is this Class 1 English online test free?
Absolutely free - there is no sign-up requirement. You provide no email, create no account, and enter no login credentials. The browser runs the test directly, storing nothing on servers. Your score appears on the page during the session and vanishes when you close the tab. This approach aligns with what our privacy policy specifies, rather than asking for faith in our practices.
My child cannot read on their own yet - is this still useful?
Yes. All prompts stay brief and use words a six-year-old encounters regularly, so reading them aloud together on first attempt is perfectly acceptable. This assesses letter sounds and basic words, not solo reading ability.
Which syllabus does it follow?
It follows NCERT's Mridang for Class 1, which CBSE schools teach. Most state boards and ICSE address the same material at this age - phonics, basic words and naming words - so the test remains useful across different boards. Mridang succeeded Marigold, so children still using the former book are covering identical content with different chapter titles.
Can my child take it more than once?
Without restriction. Questions are selected from a bank, with both the sequence and the options scrambled every time, so guessing correctly on a second attempt by recalling a previous answer position is not possible.
How is this different from your Class 1 English worksheets?
Worksheets focus on one topic at depth using paper, which you mark by hand. These tests mark themselves automatically. A test identifies where understanding breaks down, while a worksheet builds it back up. Most families find a brief test session more beneficial than spending an hour practising something that was never the actual problem.
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