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) ambulance (b) fish (c) duck
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “f”? (a) camel (b) fire (c) elephant
- 3.Which word starts with the letter “d”? (a) deer (b) five (c) banana
- 4.Which picture starts like “carrot”? (a) ambulance (b) cap (c) five
- 5.🥚 _gg — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) d
- 6.Which word starts with the letter “b”? (a) carrot (b) cat (c) bag
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “c”? (a) car (b) fox (c) apple
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “a”? (a) egg (b) axe (c) five
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “b”? (a) ambulance (b) cake (c) bus
- 10.Which picture starts like “dog”? (a) cat (b) door (c) fork
- 11.⚓ _nchor — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) f (c) a
- 12.🦇 _at — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) d (c) b
- 13.🐜 _nt — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) d (c) a
- 14.Which word starts with the letter “a”? (a) bed (b) car (c) apple
- 15.Which word starts with the letter “f”? (a) ant (b) fish (c) apple
- 16.Which word starts with the letter “b”? (a) axe (b) bell (c) five
- 17.Which picture starts like “anchor”? (a) apple (b) car (c) five
- 18.Which picture starts like “dolphin”? (a) dot (b) ant (c) ambulance
- 19.🧢 _ap — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) c (c) e
- 20.Which picture starts like “axe”? (a) banana (b) envelope (c) ambulance
- 21.Which word starts with the letter “c”? (a) feet (b) camel (c) deer
- 22.Which picture starts like “envelope”? (a) door (b) elephant (c) dog
- 23.Which word starts with the letter “d”? (a) dog (b) anchor (c) feet
- 24.🦶 _eet — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) f (c) e
- 25.Which picture starts like “box”? (a) bed (b) fire (c) can
- 26.Which word starts with the letter “b”? (a) banana (b) ant (c) five
- 27.🥫 _an — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) c (c) b
- 28.🛏️ _ed — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) f (c) a
- 29.Which picture starts like “ant”? (a) carrot (b) door (c) axe
- 30.Which picture starts like “elephant”? (a) banana (b) fire (c) egg
- 31.Which picture starts like “car”? (a) bus (b) apple (c) cup
- 32.Which word starts with the letter “e”? (a) carrot (b) anchor (c) egg
- 33.📖 _ook — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) b (c) e
- 34.🚑 _mbulance — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) e (c) a
- 35.🍎 _pple — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) d (c) a
- 36.🦆 _uck — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) e (c) d
- 37.Which picture starts like “cow”? (a) dog (b) bus (c) cake
- 38.Which word starts with the letter “a”? (a) cow (b) anchor (c) cat
- 39.Which picture starts like “fork”? (a) bell (b) cat (c) five
- 40.📦 _ox — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) f (c) b
Answer key
- duck
- fire
- deer
- cap
- e
- bag
- car
- axe
- bus
- door
- a
- b
- a
- apple
- fish
- bell
- apple
- dot
- c
- ambulance
- camel
- elephant
- dog
- f
- bed
- banana
- c
- b
- axe
- egg
- cup
- egg
- b
- a
- a
- d
- cake
- anchor
- five
- b
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