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 “b”? (a) coconut (b) ball (c) can
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “b”? (a) box (b) dog (c) envelope
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “a”? (a) box (b) ball (c) apple
- 4.🍌 _anana — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) b (c) f
- 5.Which word starts with the letter “e”? (a) box (b) bat (c) egg
- 6.Which picture starts like “bus”? (a) apple (b) cake (c) bat
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “c”? (a) ball (b) ambulance (c) car
- 8.Which picture starts like “envelope”? (a) dice (b) cap (c) egg
- 9.Which picture starts like “feet”? (a) five (b) ambulance (c) camel
- 10.🦆 _uck — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) c (c) d
- 11.Which word starts with the letter “a”? (a) anchor (b) bat (c) cup
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “b”? (a) feet (b) bat (c) ant
- 13.🐶 _og — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) c (c) d
- 14.🐱 _at — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) a (c) c
- 15.Which picture starts like “bed”? (a) bat (b) coconut (c) duck
- 16.Which picture starts like “deer”? (a) duck (b) fire (c) can
- 17.Which picture starts like “dolphin”? (a) envelope (b) ball (c) deer
- 18.Which word starts with the letter “d”? (a) ball (b) egg (c) door
- 19.Which picture starts like “duck”? (a) dog (b) ambulance (c) bag
- 20.🐜 _nt — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) a (c) f
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “e”? (a) ball (b) duck (c) envelope
- 22.Which picture starts like “axe”? (a) car (b) ant (c) five
- 23.Which picture starts like “bag”? (a) egg (b) banana (c) fish
- 24.Which word starts with the letter “f”? (a) apple (b) fish (c) cup
- 25.Which picture starts like “dot”? (a) elephant (b) bell (c) dog
- 26.Which picture starts like “car”? (a) deer (b) cap (c) feet
- 27.Which word starts with the letter “f”? (a) deer (b) axe (c) fox
- 28.🛏️ _ed — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) b (c) f
- 29.🐘 _lephant — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) d (c) b
- 30.Which word starts with the letter “c”? (a) carrot (b) duck (c) fox
- 31.🪓 _xe — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) e (c) a
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “c”? (a) cake (b) bell (c) ant
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “b”? (a) bag (b) apple (c) cat
- 34.🎲 _ice — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) d (c) a
- 35.Which picture starts like “duck”? (a) banana (b) axe (c) dice
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “a”? (a) axe (b) bell (c) fish
- 37.Which word starts with the letter “e”? (a) elephant (b) apple (c) fish
- 38.🦊 _ox — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) d (c) f
- 39.Which picture starts like “dog”? (a) deer (b) cat (c) can
- 40.✉️ _nvelope — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) d (c) e
Answer key
- ball
- box
- apple
- b
- egg
- bat
- car
- egg
- five
- d
- anchor
- bat
- d
- c
- bat
- duck
- deer
- door
- dog
- a
- envelope
- ant
- banana
- fish
- dog
- cap
- fox
- b
- e
- carrot
- a
- cake
- bag
- d
- dice
- axe
- elephant
- f
- deer
- e
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