Beginning Sounds Phonics Worksheets (a–f)
How the sounds work (Listen to the first sound): Say the word slowly, stretching the start: b… ball. The first sound you hear tells you the first letter: ball starts with b. Words that start with the same sound start alike: ball, bus, bat. (c and k can make the same sound: cat, kite.)
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- 1.Which word starts with the letter “d”? (a) bag (b) dice (c) apple
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “a”? (a) five (b) cup (c) ambulance
- 3.Which picture starts like “box”? (a) envelope (b) ball (c) elephant
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “f”? (a) fish (b) ball (c) ambulance
- 5.🍎 _pple — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) b (c) e
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “e”? (a) envelope (b) deer (c) fire
- 7.🍴 _ork — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) e (c) a
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “a”? (a) ant (b) five (c) coconut
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “f”? (a) anchor (b) duck (c) fox
- 10.👜 _ag — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) d (c) b
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “d”? (a) bell (b) camel (c) deer
- 12.Which picture starts like “cake”? (a) can (b) fire (c) dot
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “b”? (a) coconut (b) bell (c) fork
- 14.🦇 _at — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) b (c) c
- 15.🐬 _olphin — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) c (c) d
- 16.🧢 _ap — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) e (c) a
- 17.🐜 _nt — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) b (c) a
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “b”? (a) bat (b) ambulance (c) fire
- 19.Which picture starts like “elephant”? (a) fork (b) book (c) egg
- 20.Which word starts with the letter “a”? (a) five (b) apple (c) dolphin
- 21.Which picture starts like “ambulance”? (a) bell (b) cake (c) axe
- 22.Which word starts with the letter “b”? (a) dog (b) ball (c) dot
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “d”? (a) bag (b) axe (c) duck
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “e”? (a) feet (b) bat (c) egg
- 25.Which picture starts like “five”? (a) deer (b) bed (c) feet
- 26.📖 _ook — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) c (c) a
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “d”? (a) book (b) door (c) cow
- 28.⚓ _nchor — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) a (c) d
- 29.Which picture starts like “elephant”? (a) dog (b) envelope (c) bag
- 30.🦊 _ox — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) f (c) e
- 31.Which picture starts like “deer”? (a) ant (b) dice (c) bag
- 32.Which picture starts like “fox”? (a) duck (b) anchor (c) fork
- 33.Which picture starts like “egg”? (a) elephant (b) bed (c) dolphin
- 34.Which word starts with the letter “d”? (a) dot (b) elephant (c) anchor
- 35.🪓 _xe — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) a (c) b
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “c”? (a) dog (b) dolphin (c) cake
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “c”? (a) car (b) banana (c) elephant
- 38.🎂 _ake — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) a (c) c
- 39.Which picture starts like “ball”? (a) fire (b) car (c) banana
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “f”? (a) can (b) book (c) five
Answer key
- dice
- ambulance
- ball
- fish
- a
- envelope
- f
- ant
- fox
- b
- deer
- can
- bell
- b
- d
- c
- a
- bat
- egg
- apple
- axe
- ball
- duck
- egg
- feet
- b
- door
- a
- envelope
- f
- dice
- fork
- elephant
- dot
- a
- cake
- car
- c
- banana
- five
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