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.🍌 “banana” — how many beats (syllables)? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
- 2.Which word starts with the letter “e”? (a) box (b) ant (c) elephant
- 3.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 4.Which sight word is spelt o – u – t? (a) are (b) out (c) was
- 5.Clap the beats in “pencil”. How many beats? (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
- 6.Which picture starts like “jar”? (a) honey (b) joker (c) ink
- 7.Which picture starts like “ship”? (a) chair (b) three (c) shoe
- 8.Which word has the letters “ch”? (a) shirt (b) cheese (c) thumb
- 9.Which word is “cup”? (a) cup (b) cat (c) tap
- 10.Which word starts with the letter “s”? (a) violin (b) soap (c) ten
- 11.Blend the sounds: l – o – t. Which word is it? (a) dot (b) cot (c) lot
- 12.Read: “The tiger can run.” Which picture shows it? (a) fish (b) duck (c) tiger
- 13.Which word starts with “sp”? (a) snow (b) sponge (c) tree
- 14.Change the “l” in “log” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) jog (b) log (c) dog
- 15.Which word is “they”? (a) were (b) they (c) come (d) said
- 16.Which word is “go”? (a) up (b) is (c) go (d) in
- 17.🦕 “dinosaur” — how many beats (syllables)? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
- 18.Listen: “A bird can fly.” Which picture is it? (a) cat (b) bird (c) frog
- 19.Which word has the letters “ch”? (a) shark (b) chick (c) ship
- 20.🦈 sh_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 21.🧣 sc_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) or (c) ar
- 22.Which word has “ee”, like “bee”? (a) seed (b) road (c) day
- 23.🃏 _oker — which letter is missing? (a) j (b) i (c) l
- 24.🪟 wind_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ow (c) ai
- 25.Which word is NOT in the “-an” family? (a) hug (b) van (c) can (d) man
- 26.___ is your school? (a) Some (b) Where (c) They
- 27.Which word is “what”? (a) have (b) what (c) were (d) where
- 28.Which word rhymes with “cop”, “mop” and “pop”? (a) hop (b) hat (c) man
- 29.🐘 “elephant” — how many beats (syllables)? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
- 30.🐯 Which sentence matches the picture? (a) The train is long. (b) I like my red kite. (c) The tiger can run.
- 31.Which word is “hat”? (a) bat (b) rat (c) hat
- 32.Which picture does NOT rhyme with the others? (a) frog (b) log (c) dog (d) cat
- 33.Which word rhymes with “top”, “cop” and “mop”? (a) pop (b) pig (c) hat
- 34.Change the “f” in “fan” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) man (b) fan (c) can
- 35.Which sight word is spelt w – e? (a) to (b) we (c) go
- 36.Which picture starts like “yawn”? (a) up (b) yo-yo (c) turkey
- 37.Change the “m” in “mix” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) mix (b) fix (c) six
- 38.🚗 _ar — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) a (c) e
- 39.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) sun (b) bin (c) tap
- 40.Which picture starts like “question”? (a) paint (b) nose (c) queen
Answer key
- 3
- elephant
- u
- out
- 2
- joker
- shoe
- cheese
- cup
- soap
- lot
- tiger
- sponge
- dog
- they
- go
- 3
- bird
- chick
- ar
- ar
- seed
- j
- ow
- hug
- Where
- what
- hop
- 3
- The tiger can run.
- hat
- cat
- pop
- can
- we
- yo-yo
- six
- c
- bin
- queen
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