Phonics Test Worksheets
How the sounds work (Listen, look, check): Listen to (or read) the question and look at the pictures. Say the word slowly and find the sound the question asks about. Check: does your answer make the word in the picture?
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- 1.Which word starts with the letter “h”? (a) lion (b) hen (c) goat
- 2.Which picture starts like “blue”? (a) stop (b) truck (c) blueberry
- 3.Which picture has 1 beat (syllable)? (a) tiger (b) potato (c) frog
- 4.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) soap (b) tent (c) turkey
- 5.Which word ends with the letter “d”? (a) cat (b) bed (c) leg
- 6.Which word rhymes with “hug”, “rug” and “tug”? (a) mug (b) hop (c) rat
- 7.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) fox (b) bus (c) gem
- 8.🐚 _ _ell — which two letters are missing? (a) th (b) ch (c) sh
- 9.Which picture does NOT rhyme with the others? (a) jar (b) tap (c) star (d) car
- 10.Which picture starts like “sun”? (a) tomato (b) up (c) sock
- 11.Which word has “ai”, like “rain”? (a) cheese (b) soap (c) mail
- 12.Which picture starts like “pen”? (a) rat (b) queen (c) pencil
- 13.Which word starts with the letter “g”? (a) kangaroo (b) kiwi (c) gift
- 14.Which word has the letters “ph”? (a) clock (b) brick (c) trophy
- 15.🚑 “ambulance” — how many beats (syllables)? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
- 16.☀️ _ u n — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) s (c) r
- 17.The bus can ___. (a) go (b) my (c) the
- 18.🍎 _pple — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) d (c) e
- 19.Which word is NOT in the “-ig” family? (a) pig (b) big (c) jig (d) cop
- 20.Which picture starts like “gift”? (a) girl (b) kangaroo (c) king
- 21.🛁 Which word is this? (a) bug (b) run (c) tub
- 22.Read: “A snake is long.” Which picture shows it? (a) snake (b) king (c) star
- 23.Which word is “cut”? (a) cut (b) cute (c) kit
- 24.🥛 _ilk — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) r (c) q
- 25.Read: “A lion can roar.” Which picture shows it? (a) monkey (b) dog (c) lion
- 26.Which word has “ee”, like “seed”? (a) see (b) slow (c) paint
- 27.Which word has a magic e? (a) hat (b) run (c) cube
- 28.Which picture starts like “heart”? (a) lion (b) honey (c) kangaroo
- 29.🧶 y_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 30.Which picture does NOT rhyme with the others? (a) map (b) hug (c) cap (d) tap
- 31.Which picture starts like “clock”? (a) brain (b) clown (c) snail
- 32.☂️ “umbrella” — how many beats (syllables)? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
- 33.Which picture starts like “umbrella”? (a) soap (b) up (c) torch
- 34.Which picture starts like “crab”? (a) blue (b) snake (c) crown
- 35.Which word is in the “-en” family? (a) big (b) van (c) ten
- 36.Which word has the letters “ph”? (a) phone (b) bucket (c) chick
- 37.Change the “t” in “tag” to “w”. Which word do you get? (a) tag (b) rag (c) wag
- 38.Which word is in the “-at” family? (a) ran (b) pat (c) mop
- 39.🧈 Which word is this? (a) butter (b) buttar (c) buttor
- 40.Which word starts with the letter “f”? (a) cow (b) axe (c) five
Answer key
- hen
- blueberry
- frog
- soap
- bed
- mug
- gem
- sh
- tap
- sock
- pencil
- gift
- trophy
- 3
- s
- go
- a
- cop
- girl
- tub
- snake
- cut
- m
- lion
- see
- cube
- honey
- ar
- hug
- clown
- 3
- up
- crown
- ten
- phone
- wag
- pat
- butter
- five
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