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Phonics worksheets

Spelling patterns: words ending in -il worksheet

Spelling patterns: words ending in -il

All of these words end in -il but the letters have been jumbled up. Can you unjumble them to make the correct words?
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Spelling patterns: words ending -y wordsearch

Spelling patterns: words ending -y wordsearch

Can you find all the words in this wordsearch that end in -y?
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Spelling patterns: words ending -ve worksheet

Spelling patterns: words ending -ve

All these words end in -ve (not many English words end in -v without an ‘e’!). Some of them have a long vowel sound (like ‘five’) and some of them have a short vowel sound (like ‘give’). Can you sort them into words with short vowels and words with long vowels?
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Spelling patterns: words ending -ey worksheet

Spelling patterns: words ending -ey

In these words the /ee/ sound is written with the grapheme ‘ey’. Look through this nonsense passage and underline the ‘ey’ words. Then write each word out three times to help you learn them
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Spelling patterns: ‘wa’ or ‘qua’ words worksheet

Spelling patterns: ‘wa’ or ‘qua’ words

When the graphemes ‘w’ or ‘qu’ are followed by the single vowel ‘a’, it usually represents the /o/ sound as in swan. For each of these words, add an ‘a’ to complete the word. Say the
word out loud. Can you hear how the ‘a’ makes an /o/ sound? Then have a go at the wordsearch.
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Spelling patterns: ‘or’ representing the /er/ sound worksheet

Spelling patterns: ‘or’ representing the /er/ sound

The letter ‘w’ followed by the ‘or’ grapheme makes the /er/ sound as in worm. Can you work out where these words should go in these sentences?
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Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ure/, /ur/ and /er/ blends

Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ure/, /ur/ and /er/ blends

Let's play a game of snap! Listen out for the /ure/, /ur/ and /er/ blends.
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Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /igh/, /air/, /ear/ and /ure/ blends

Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /igh/, /air/, /ear/ and /ure/ blends

Let's play a game of sound snap. Listen out for the /igh/, /air/, /ear/ and /ure/ blends!
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Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ee/, /oo/ and /oo/ sounds

Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ee/, /oo/ and /oo/ sounds

Let's play a game of sound snap with the /ee/, /oo/ and /oo/ sounds. Just cut out the card, shuffle and deal!
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Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ar/, /or/ and /ur/ blends

Phase 3 phonics sound snap: the /ar/, /or/ and /ur/ blends

Let's play a game of sound snap! Listen out for the /ar/, /or/ and /ur/ blends.
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Phase 2 phonics sound snap: middle sound

Phase 2 phonics sound snap: middle sound

Let's have a game of snap! Can you hear the middle sound in these words?
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Phase 2 phonics sound snap: first sound

Phase 2 phonics sound snap: first sound

Let's have a game of sound snap. Just cut out the snap cards, shuffle up, and deal out!
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Decoding puzzle: words containing ‘o’ sounding like /u/

Decoding puzzle: words containing ‘o’ sounding like /u/

This list of words include an ‘o’, pronounced as the short vowel sound /u/. Look at the clues on the right and enter the words into the boxes on the left. Use the code numbers above each letter to work out the mystery word at the bottom of the sheet.
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The phonemes /or/, /ar/ and /ur/ worksheet

The phonemes /or/, /ar/ and /ur/ (Phase 3 phonics)

By adding the letter r to the letters o a u we get three new phonemes: /or/, /ar/, /ur/. Try a wordsearch to find words containing these phonemes.
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Blending sounds to read: /igh/

Blending sounds to read: /igh/ (Phase 3 phonics)

A Phase 3 phonics worksheet to help children practise reading the trigraph /igh/.
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Blending sounds to read: /oa/

Blending sounds to read: /oa/ (Phase 3 phonics)

A Phase 3 phonics worksheet to help children practise reading the digraph /oa/.
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Blending sounds to read: /ai/

Blending sounds to read: /ai/ (Phase 3 phonics)

A Phase 3 phonics worksheet to help children practise reading the digraph /ai/.
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Blending sounds to read: /ee/

Blending sounds to read: /ee/ (Phase 3 phonics)

A Phase 3 phonics worksheet to help children practise reading the digraph /ee/.
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Roll a CVC word

Roll a CVC word (Phase 2 phonics)

Using two consonant dice and a vowel die, play this simple phonics game with your Reception child and roll and write CVC words.
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Connect 4: words with ‘ll’ endings

Connect 4: words with ‘ll’ endings (Phase 2 phonics)

A downloadable, printable Connect 4-style game to help children practise reading words with 'll' endings as part of Phase 2 phonics learning in Reception.
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