The Alphabet

1 Trace and say. Colour.

Aa Bb Cc Dd

Ee Ff Gg Hh

Ii Jj Kk Ll
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 The Alphabet

1 Trace and say. Colour.

Mm Nn Oo Pp

Qq Rr Ss Tt

Uu Vv Ww Xx
Yy Zz
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 1 Tim and Tom
1 Look and trace. Say.

Tim Tom

Tim Tom
2 Circle the odd one out.

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 a
1 Trace and say.

cat hat
rat fat
2 Read and match.

A fat rat.

A cat in a hat.

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 e
1  01 Listen and circle a or e.

a  e a  e a  e

a  e a  e a  e

2 Trace and say.

net
vet
pet
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 i
1 Trace and say.

fig big
wig dig
2  02 Listen and circle the words with the i sound. Colour.

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 o
1  03 Listen and circle o, a or i.

o  a  i o  a  i o  a  i

o  a  i o  a  i o  a  i

2 Trace and read.

A hot dog on a log.

A fox in a box.

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 u
1 Trace and say.

rug run
sun bus
2 Look and write a, e, i, o or u.  04 Listen and check.

vet hi t
bi s di g
hi t ti n
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 2 Tim and Tom
1 Look and match.

Tim Tom run wet hat hot

2  05 Listen and colour the sounds through the maze.

i e i a
a o u e
e u i o
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 ch
1 Trace and say.

chick lunch

catch chair
2  06 Listen and tick ✔ the words with the ch sound.

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 sh
1  07 Listen and circle sh or ch.

sh  ch sh  ch sh  ch

sh  ch sh  ch sh  ch

2 Look and read. Trace.

sh e ll
shell
sh i p
ship
f i sh
fish
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 th (three)
1  08 Listen and circle t or th.

t  th t  th t  th

t  th t  th t  th

2 Trace and read.  09 Listen and check.

I’ve got three teeth.

My teacher can catch.

A shark and a fish.

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 long a
1 Trace and say.

rain train
tail paint
2  10 Listen and circle the words with the long a sound. Colour.

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 long e
1  11 Listen and tick ✔ the words with the long e sound.

2 Look and read. Trace.

sh ee p
sheep
th r ee
three
t r ee
tree
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 long i
1 Trace and say.

night light

right
2 Trace and say. Read and match.

ai night

ee rain

igh bee

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 long o
1  12 Listen and circle the words with the long o sound. Colour.

2 Look and trace. Say.

goat toast

coat boat
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 long u
1 Trace and say.

spoon moon

boot pool
2  13 Listen and colour the sounds through the maze.

igh oo igh ee
ee oa ai oo
oo ai ee oa
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 3 Tim and Tom
1 Read the story again. Tick ✔ the things you can see in the story.

sun ✔ dog

moon net

hat chair

fish shark

bee watch

2 Read and circle sh. Match to Tim or Tom.

I can see three ships!

I can see a fish! Tim

I can see a shell!

It’s a crab! Tom

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 ow
1  14 Listen and tick ✔ the words with the ow sound.

2 Look and read. Trace.

c ow
cow
ow l
owl
c r ow n
crown
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 ng
1  15 Listen and tick ✔ the words with the ng sound.

2 Trace and read.  16 Listen and check.

The king can sing.

Three wings.

The string is strong.

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 a
ar
1 Read and match.  17 Listen and check.

garden

car

star

park

farm

shark

arm

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 or
1  18 Listen and tick ✔ the words with the or sound.

2 Look and read. Trace.

f or k
fork
s t or m
storm
sh or t s
shorts
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 er
1  19 Listen and circle ar, or or er.

ar  or  er ar  or  er ar  or  er

ar  or  er ar  or  er ar  or  er

2 Find and circle the words.

f a r m e r f

l a h o p u g

o e r n i j k
farmer monster
w s i s t e r

e b r t q w x

r s n e l t e

c d e r v m r

flower sister
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 oo (book)
1  20 Listen and circle the words with the oo sound. Colour.

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 4 Tim and Tom
1 Find these things in the story and write the frame number. Say.

2 Look and write.  ng  er ar or ow oo

flower c

ki c

hse bk
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 th (feather)
1  21 Listen and tick ✔ the words with the th sound.

2 Look and trace. Say.

mother father

brother weather
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 oy
1 Read and match.

boy
oyster
cowboy
toy
2 Trace and say.

boy toy

oyster cowboy
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 ur
1  22 Listen and tick ✔ the words with the ur sound.

2 Look and read. Trace.

b ur g er
burger
s ur f
surf
c ur l
curl
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 air
1  23 Listen and circle the words with the air sound. Colour.

2 Look and trace. Say.

hairbrush fair

chair hair stairs

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 ear
1  24 Listen and circle ear or air.

ear  air ear  air ear  air

ear  air ear  air ear  air

2 Say these words. Tick ✔ the 3 rhyming words.

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 d + r = dr
1  25 Listen and circle d, r or dr.

d  r  dr d  r  dr d  r  dr

d  r  dr d  r  dr d  r  dr

2 Look and read. Trace.

dr u m
drum
dr i n k
drink
dr e ss
dress
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 t + r = tr
1  26 Listen and write.  tr dr

tree ess

ink ain

actor eam

um umpet
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 s + t = st
1  27 Listen and circle s, t or st.

s  t  st s  t  st s  t  st

s  t  st s  t  st s  t  st

2 Look at the picture. Find and circle 6 words that begin with st.

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 s + w = sw
1  28 Listen and match.

sw

st

2 Look and read. Trace or write.

sw ee p
sweep
sw i m
sw
sw i ng

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 5 Tim and Tom
1 Say and write.  29 Listen and check.  tr air ur sw er ai ng

burg f

i n
2 Look at the tricky words. Tick ✔ the words you can read.

Tricky words

I’m He’s I the

Here’s Thank
your Oh!
you!

There’s Let’s go is

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 1 Tim and Tom

1
I’m Tim.
I’m Tom.
4

2
I’m a cat.
He’s not a tiger. He’s a cat!

I’m a tiger.

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 2 Tim and Tom

1
I can run in the sun!
your hat.
Here’s
Thank you!

2
I’m hot!
I’m wet!

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 3 Tim and Tom

1
I can see a shell!

I can see three ships!

4

2
Oh! It’s a crab!

I can see a fish!

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 4 Tim and Tom
1 At the farm … 2

There’s a horse.

3 4

There’s a farmer.

There’s a cow.

And a goat!

5 6
Oh! Three chicks!

Look! Three brown eggs!

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 5 Tim and Tom
1 At the fair … 2

Let’s go on the train.

Here’s your burger.

Thank you!

3 Up, up, UP! 4 Down, down, DOWN!

This is fun!

5 6

This is fun!

Let’s go on the swing!

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