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 has “ow”, like “blow”? (a) tea (b) pillow (c) paint
- 2.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 3.Which picture starts like “leg”? (a) hat (b) ink (c) ladder
- 4.🚌 _us — which letter is missing? (a) b (b) f (c) a
- 5.🤐 _ i p — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) z (c) r
- 6.Clap the beats in “umbrella”. How many beats? (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1
- 7.Which word starts with the letter “l”? (a) ink (b) leg (c) juice
- 8.👧 _irl — which letter is missing? (a) j (b) i (c) g
- 9.Listen: “A bird can fly.” Which picture is it? (a) bird (b) ball (c) cap
- 10.Which picture has 3 beats (syllables)? (a) dinosaur (b) star (c) turtle
- 11.Which word is “nut”? (a) nut (b) run (c) cat
- 12.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) pan (b) box (c) bin
- 13.🛞 wh_ _l — which two letters are missing? (a) ee (b) ay (c) ow
- 14.Which word has “ay”, like “say”? (a) crayon (b) toast (c) jeep
- 15.Change the “t” in “rot” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) rod (b) rot (c) red
- 16.⌚ wat_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) sh (b) th (c) ch
- 17.🥝 _iwi — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) l (c) k
- 18.Which picture starts like “wheel”? (a) elephant (b) phone (c) whale
- 19.Which picture starts like “chick”? (a) three (b) cheese (c) ship
- 20.Which picture starts like “thread”? (a) shark (b) chair (c) three
- 21.🪨 “stone” — which picture rhymes with it? (a) frog (b) ten (c) bone
- 22.Clap the beats in “banana”. How many beats? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
- 23.🥜 _ u t — which letter is missing? (a) t (b) f (c) n
- 24.Which picture starts like “clown”? (a) snail (b) swan (c) clock
- 25.Which word ends with the letter “d”? (a) bus (b) red (c) net
- 26.Which word is “look”? (a) come (b) what (c) look (d) play
- 27.Which picture rhymes with “box”? (a) ox (b) sheep (c) ten
- 28.Which word has the letters “ch”? (a) shark (b) watch (c) thread
- 29.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) zip (b) red (c) dog
- 30.Read: “The ship is big.” Which picture shows it? (a) kite (b) ship (c) hen
- 31.Which sight word is spelt i – n? (a) in (b) on (c) at
- 32.🦃 t_ _key — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) ur (c) or
- 33.👗 _ _ess — which two letters are missing? (a) bl (b) dr (c) cr
- 34.Listen: “Mum has a cake.” Which picture is it? (a) star (b) mango (c) cake
- 35.🍳 Which word is this? (a) pan (b) van (c) pen
- 36.Which word starts with the letter “u”? (a) sun (b) umbrella (c) sock
- 37.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) i
- 38.🫒 _live — which letter is missing? (a) p (b) q (c) o
- 39.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) moon (b) queen (c) nose
- 40.Do you want ___ rice? (a) some (b) said (c) they
Answer key
- pillow
- a
- ladder
- b
- z
- 3
- leg
- g
- bird
- dinosaur
- nut
- box
- ee
- crayon
- rod
- ch
- k
- whale
- cheese
- three
- bone
- 3
- n
- clock
- red
- look
- ox
- watch
- red
- ship
- in
- ur
- dr
- cake
- pan
- umbrella
- e
- o
- queen
- some
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