Phonics

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 Alphabet

This is the English alphabet. There are 26 letters.

Five letters are vowels. The other 21 letters are consonants.

1 Colour the vowels green and the consonants orange.

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2 Look and signal the letters. Then listen and do the
action.

3 What word is this?

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 Short A

4 Listen and say.

Circle the words that make the short A sound.

Pat the Cat has got a

fast taxi cab.

5 Write and colour.

P t the C  t h  s got a
f  st t  xi c  b.
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6 Listen. Tick (   ) the pictures with the short A sound. A
A B

C D

E F

G H

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 Short E

7 Listen and say.

Circle the words that make the short E sound.

A hen has ten red eggs in a nest.

8 Find ten eggs and colour them red. Write.

A h n has t  n r  d
ggs in a n  st.
    

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9 Listen. Tick (   ) the pictures with the short E sound. E
A B

C D

E F

G H

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 Short I

10 Listen and say.

Circle the words that make the short I sound.

A big pink pig sits on a ship.

11 Write and colour.

A b g p nk p g s ts on a sh p.

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12 Listen. Tick (   ) the pictures with the short I sound. I
A B

C D

E F

G H

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 Short O

13 Listen and say.

Circle the words that make the short O sound.

A frog sits on a log.

A frog hops into a pond.

14 Write. Do the maze.

A fr  g sits   n a l g. A fr
        gh
    ps
into the p nd.
   

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15 Listen. Tick (   ) the pictures with the short O sound. O
A B

C D

E F

G H

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 Short U

16 Listen and say.

Circle the words that make the short U sound.

The bugs have fun

under the sun.

17 Write. Find all the u’s in the picture.

u
u

u
u u

u
The b gs have f  n   nder the s  n.
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18 Listen. Tick (   ) the pictures with the short U sound. U
A B

C D

E F

G H

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 Y and J

19 Listen and say.

Y
Y and J, Y and J

J
Yell and jump, skip and play,
Two different sounds to practise today.
Y comes from the back of the mouth
And J from the front.
They are different. They are not the same.

20 Look, listen and say.

A B C

yarn yard yellow

J
D E F

jar jam jacket

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21 Listen and say. Can you say the Y and J
sentences five times fast?

A B

The jazzy jaguar The yellow yak

jumps in the jungle. yells in the yard.

22 Look, listen and say. Write Y or J.

A B C

D E F

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 H

23 Listen and say.

Hop, hop, hop Hop, hop, hop

Up and down Side to side.
Hop, hop, hop Hop, hop, hop
All around. Like a rabbit.
Hop, hop, hop Hop, hop, hop
Forwards. Like a frog.
Hop, hop, hop Hop hop hop
Backwards. 10 times!

24 Listen and say.

H-h-h-h hello!

H-h-h-h how are you?

I’m h-h-h-h happy.
I’m h-h-h-h happy to
h-h-h-h hear that!

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25 Listen. Tick (   ) the pictures that start with the H
H sound.
A B

C D

E F

G H

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 Sound check
26 Write the missing letters of the alphabet and find them in
the picture. Circle them with a red pencil.

A F G K
M N Q R W Y Z

E U H P
S D
T
L C V
A
I O
X
J B

27 Listen and say. Do the action.

A B C

j-j-j-j-jump y-y-y-y-yell h-h-h-h-hop

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28 Connect the dots and say the letter.

What are these letters? V

29 Look at the picture and write the missing vowel.

A ban  na B lives C m lon

D sp nach E pl   m

30 Listen and check.

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