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 “r”? (a) rice (b) pizza (c) needle
- 2.Clap the beats in “king”. How many beats? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 2
- 3.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) unicorn (b) first (c) car
- 4.Which word is NOT in the “-ig” family? (a) big (b) wig (c) dig (d) cat
- 5.Change the “b” in “bug” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) bug (b) hum (c) hug
- 6.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bug (b) rat (c) red
- 7.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 8.Which word starts with the letter “n”? (a) question (b) nine (c) pin
- 9.Which word starts with the letter “y”? (a) wolf (b) yo-yo (c) turkey
- 10.Add a magic e to “cap”. Which word do you get? (a) cap (b) tape (c) cape
- 11.Which word is NOT in the “-ug” family? (a) mat (b) tug (c) mug (d) bug
- 12.Which word starts with the letter “q”? (a) question (b) octopus (c) red
- 13.Which word is “box”? (a) dot (b) box (c) six
- 14.We ___ in the park. (a) play (b) said (c) what
- 15.Which word is “hat”? (a) bat (b) hat (c) cat
- 16.🪜 ladd_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 17.Which picture ends like “pen”? (a) van (b) map (c) pig
- 18.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) girl (b) guitar (c) popcorn
- 19.Which picture starts like “three”? (a) cheese (b) thumb (c) shell
- 20.🦇 Which word is this? (a) bat (b) rat (c) bag
- 21.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) e
- 22.Which picture rhymes with “van”? (a) rain (b) hen (c) can
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) dog (b) gem (c) tap
- 24.⚽ Which sentence matches the picture? (a) I kick the ball. (b) Mum has a cake. (c) I have a red pen.
- 25.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cap (b) net (c) nut
- 26.Read: “A fish can swim.” Which picture shows it? (a) egg (b) fish (c) van
- 27.Which word is “are”? (a) come (b) are (c) was (d) out
- 28.Which word starts with the letter “i”? (a) house (b) injection (c) goat
- 29.Which picture starts like “pencil”? (a) nail (b) rocket (c) potato
- 30.🥔 _otato — which letter is missing? (a) q (b) p (c) n
- 31.🍃 l_ _f — which two letters are missing? (a) ea (b) ai (c) ow
- 32.I like ___ play. (a) to (b) is (c) we
- 33.Which word starts with the letter “r”? (a) net (b) rose (c) nest
- 34.☂️ “umbrella” — how many beats (syllables)? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3
- 35.🚌 Which word is this? (a) hug (b) sun (c) bus
- 36.🚢 Which sentence matches the picture? (a) I kick the ball. (b) The ship is big. (c) The dog can run.
- 37.Which picture starts like “apple”? (a) ambulance (b) bus (c) camel
- 38.🦈 _ _ark — which two letters are missing? (a) th (b) ch (c) sh
- 39.🧣 Which word is this? (a) scarf (b) scorf (c) scerf
- 40.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
Answer key
- rice
- 1
- unicorn
- cat
- hug
- bug
- e
- nine
- yo-yo
- cape
- mat
- question
- box
- play
- hat
- er
- van
- girl
- thumb
- bat
- i
- can
- gem
- I kick the ball.
- cap
- fish
- are
- injection
- potato
- p
- ea
- to
- rose
- 3
- bus
- The ship is big.
- ambulance
- sh
- scarf
- e
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