Beginning Sounds
Word Families
Short Vowels
Blends and Digraphs
100

Name the beginning sound you hear in the word "cat."

/k/

100

Give a rhyming word that belongs to the "-at" family (for example: cat → ___).

Bat, sat, rat...

100

Which short vowel sound do you hear in "hat"?

short /a/

100

Which two-letter blend starts the word "blow"?

/bl/

200

 What beginning sound do you hear in "sun"

/s/

200

Say a word that belongs to the "-an" family (for example: man → ___).

Can, pan, ran...

200

What short vowel sound is in "pet"?

short /e/

200

What two letters make the sound at the end of "fish"?

/s/ /h/

300

Which beginning sound do you hear in "fish"

/f/

300

 Name a word that rhymes with "bed".

Red, led, fed...

300

Say the short vowel sound in "sit."

short /i/

300

Name the beginning blend in "tree."

/tr/

400

What is the beginning sound in "short"

/sh/

400

Give two words that rhyme with "pin".

Tin, bin, fin...

400

Which short vowel sound do you hear in "hop"?

short /o/

400

Which digraph makes the sound at the start of "chair"?

/ch/

500

What is the beginning sound in "plant"

/pl/

500

Say a new word that belongs to the "-ock" family

Sock, rock, clock...

500

Listen to "cup." Tell the short vowel sound you hear.

short /u/

500

Say the blend at the start of "white."

/wh/

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