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 rhymes with “pat”, “bat” and “mat”? (a) men (b) cat (c) bug
- 2.👜 Which word is this? (a) bug (b) bat (c) bag
- 3.Which picture starts like “wheel”? (a) lock (b) whale (c) dolphin
- 4.She ___ my best friend. (a) they (b) was (c) what
- 5.Which word is “sun”? (a) pin (b) sun (c) hug
- 6.Which picture starts like “up”? (a) volcano (b) zebra (c) umbrella
- 7.Which word ends with the letter “x”? (a) box (b) yo-yo (c) web
- 8.🐔 _en — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) j (c) h
- 9.Which sight word is spelt u – p? (a) in (b) he (c) up
- 10.🤖 _obot — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) r (c) o
- 11.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) grow (b) dream (c) clay
- 12.⭐ “star” — how many beats (syllables)? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
- 13.🐝 b_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ee (c) ow
- 14.Clap the beats in “cake”. How many beats? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
- 15.Which picture rhymes with “sun”? (a) hen (b) run (c) rat
- 16.___ do you want? (a) What (b) Was (c) They
- 17.Which word is “the”? (a) to (b) and (c) see (d) the
- 18.Which sight word is spelt t – h – e – y? (a) look (b) have (c) they
- 19.Listen: “The van is fast.” Which picture is it? (a) kite (b) cake (c) van
- 20.Which picture starts like “guitar”? (a) log (b) hat (c) goat
- 21.Which picture starts like “fox”? (a) coconut (b) apple (c) feet
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) tub (b) net (c) map
- 23.Blend the sounds: p – a – t. Which word is it? (a) pan (b) pet (c) pat
- 24.Which word has a magic e? (a) bed (b) snake (c) rat
- 25.🛏️ b e _ — which letter is missing? (a) m (b) g (c) d
- 26.Which word is “cane”? (a) kite (b) cane (c) can
- 27.Which word starts with “gr”? (a) swan (b) grapes (c) clown
- 28.Change the “h” in “hen” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) men (b) ten (c) hen
- 29.🐛 “bug” — which picture rhymes with it? (a) van (b) cake (c) hug
- 30.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bord (b) bard (c) bird
- 31.Which word starts with “sn”? (a) drum (b) crown (c) snow
- 32.Read: “The hen is on a nest.” Which picture shows it? (a) hen (b) moon (c) dog
- 33.Which word ends with the letter “d”? (a) web (b) lip (c) red
- 34.Change the “b” in “web” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) web (b) wet (c) get
- 35.🎨 p_ _nt — which two letters are missing? (a) ai (b) ow (c) ea
- 36.Which word is in the “-at” family? (a) pen (b) jig (c) pat
- 37.Which word has a magic e? (a) bat (b) cat (c) plane
- 38.🕸️ Which word is this? (a) bed (b) web (c) net
- 39.Which word starts with the letter “j”? (a) juice (b) hen (c) ladder
- 40.Which word has the letters “sh”? (a) chair (b) cheese (c) shoe
Answer key
- cat
- bag
- whale
- was
- sun
- umbrella
- box
- h
- up
- r
- clay
- 1
- ee
- 1
- run
- What
- the
- they
- van
- goat
- feet
- net
- pat
- snake
- d
- cane
- grapes
- ten
- hug
- bird
- snow
- hen
- red
- wet
- ai
- pat
- plane
- web
- juice
- shoe
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