Phonics

Phonics Words

100

Read the word:

corn

What is corn?

A yellow vegetable

200

/ar/

This a big fish with sharp teeth.

Shark

300

Read the word:

rear

What is the meaning of rear?

The back of something

400

/or/

This means the baby comes out of the mummy's tummy.

born

500

/ur/ 

This is something that a woman keeps her money in. 

purse

Count the Sounds

100

sharp

3

200

horse

3

300

mermaid

5

400

cheer

2

500

downstairs

7

What's the Sound

100

/air/

Think of a word with this sound in it.

chair

stair

care

there

200

What sound is made by the graphemes ow and ou?

/ow/ as in cow

300

What sound is in all of these words:

fern

turkey

skirt

/ur/ sound

400

What sound is in all of these words?

good

look

book

foot

short /oo/

500

Which word has a different ending sound?

hear

near

bear

fear

bear

Different graphemes

100

Think of a word that has the /oi/sound, but not with the grapheme oi.

boy

joy

soy

200

Think of a word that has the /oa/ sound, but not the oa grapheme.

window

so

both

smoke

300

Think of a word that has the /igh/sound, but not the igh grapheme.

tie

I

eye

fly

bike

400

Think of a word that has the long /oo/ sound, but not the oo grapheme. 

blue

flew

do

flute

500

Think of a word that has the/air/ sound, but not the air grapheme.

care

there

pear

Chance

100

Count the sounds:

birthday

5

200

/ow/

What is the meaning of the word:

howl

The sound the wolf makes.

300

/air/

What is the name of the place where wild animals live or hide?

lair

400

What is the difference between short and shorts?

Short means the opposite of long or tall, whereas shorts is something you wear in summer. 

500

Think of a word that has the /ear/ sound, but does not have the ear grapheme.

here

deer

sneer