Phonics · lesson 6 of 24 · free

Ending sounds — Phonics for kids

Children often hear the start of a word and guess the rest. This lesson trains the ear for the END of a word: cat ends with t, pen ends with n, bag ends with g.

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How the sounds work

Listen to the last sound — “say the word slowly to the very end — the last sound tells you the last letter”

  1. Say the word slowly and stop on the last sound: ca-t.
  2. The last sound tells you the last letter.
  3. Words that end the same way end with the same letter: cat, nut, net.

Use it for: Spelling whole words, not just the first letter, and reading carefully to the end.

Worked example: Which picture ends like “cat”? → nut

  1. Say “cat” slowly: c-a-t. Its last sound is the letter “t”.
  2. “nut” ends with the same sound: n-u-t. Van ends with n and web with b.

Check: ca-t and nu-t both end with t ✓

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