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Phonics worksheets

Revise /ai/, /ee/, /igh/ and /oa/ sounds (Phase 3 phonics)

Revise /ai/, /ee/, /igh/ and /oa/ sounds (Phase 3 phonics)

This simple game is designed to help support and reinforce the learning of the Phase 3 phonics sounds /ai/, /ee/, /igh/ and /oa/.
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Phase 3 phonics missing tricky words

Phase 3 phonics missing tricky words

Help your child practise reading and writing the tricky words they've learned in Phase 3 phonics with this Reception activity. Tricky or exception words are words in which the English spelling code works in an unusual or uncommon way.
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Phase 2 phonics missing tricky words

Phase 2 phonics missing tricky words

Help your child practise reading and writing Phase 2 tricky or exception words (words in which the English spelling code works in an unusual or uncommon way) with this Reception activity.
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Listen to final sounds

Listen to final sounds

Many children are able to hear the initial sounds (the first sounds) in words or in a word but might struggle to hear the final sounds. This game is designed to help them practise both of these skills and covers a mixture of Phase 2 and Phase 3 phonics sounds.
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Finding rhyming words

Finding rhyming words

Help your child listen to sounds and identify rhyming words with this Reception activity sheet.
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Finding CVC words game

Finding CVC words game (Phase 2 phonics)

Once your child is confident with the Phase 2 phonics sounds /h/ /b/ /f/ /g/ /l/ /p/ /i/ /u/ and /o/, use this game to help them practise blending vowel-consonant and consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
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Final sound board game

Final sound board game

Blending sounds is a tricky but important skill. This quick phonics game is designed to help Reception children practise blending two sounds. Then they'll need to decide if they’ve made a real or nonsense word!
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Blending CVC words game

Blending CVC words game (Phase 2 phonics)

A quick game designed to help your child review the Phase 2 phonics sounds /g/ /c/ /k/ /r/ /t/ /h/ /e/ /a/ and /i/ and to help them practise blending vowel-consonant and consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
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Be a CVC word hunter

Be a CVC word hunter

A game to help your child review the Phase 2 phonics sounds /s/ /a/ /t/ /p/ /i/ /n/ /m/ /d/ and /o/ and to help them practise blending vowel-consonant and consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words.
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/Ch/, /sh/ and /th/ sound sort

/Ch/, /sh/ and /th/ sound sort (Phase 3 phonics)

This game is designed to help children to distinguish between the Phase 3 sounds /ch/, /sh/ and /th/ in words they read and hear.
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Y1 phonics screening check 2019 past paper

Year 1 Phonics screening check 2019

The Year 1 Phonics Screening Check, administered in June, tests children's knowledge of phonics with a mixture of real and nonsense words. The 2019 official past paper will show you what sort of words children are asked to read as part of the assessment.
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Y1 phonics screening check 2018 past paper

Year 1 Phonics screening check 2018

The Year 1 Phonics Screening Check, administered in June, tests children's knowledge of phonics with a mixture of real and nonsense words. The official past paper for 2018 will show you what sort of words children are asked to read as part of the assessment.
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Y3 spelling: split digraphs worksheet

Y3 spelling: split digraphs

In these sentences, look for the words with a spilt digraph. Remember, you are looking for a word with an ‘e’ at the end that changes a short vowel sound into a long vowel sound (for example, mad becomes made).
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Spelling: double consonants revision worksheet

Spelling: double consonants revision

The spelling words below, from the Y5 and Y6 list, all include a double consonant. Can you cut out the cards and arrange them to make a whole word, matching the double consonant on the first card with the end sound on the second card?
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Spelling: double consonants worksheet

Spelling: double consonants

These words have a double consonant in them. Fill in the missing double letters to complete the word.
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Write the initial sounds worksheet

Write the initial sounds

Oh dear – Captain Clumsy has forgotten where she has hidden her treasure! Luckily she left herself a clue. Look at the pictures of the items below. What sound do they each begin with?
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Read and Spell Game (Phase 2 phonics)

Read and Spell Game (Phase 2 phonics)

This fun game is designed to support your child’s progress in phonics and covers some of the Phase 2 sounds.
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Tricky words memory match worksheet

Tricky words memory match (Phase 5 phonics)

Exception words or tricky words are words in which the English spelling code works in an unusual way. Have a go at this game of memory match to test your knowledge of some tricky spellings!
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The grapheme ‘ch’ for the /k/ sound and the /sh/ sound

The grapheme ‘ch’ for the /k/ sound and the /sh/ sound (Phase 5 phonics)

The grapheme ‘ch’ is used to encode (spell) different sounds in English. Say each word aloud, then sort them into the table below.
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Y1 phonics practice: reading alien words worksheet

Y1 phonics practice: reading alien words

Let's go alien hunting! Read each word aloud and decide whether you think it is a real word or an alien word.
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