Phonics Fun
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There are many games and
exercises to help you learn about phonics. Just click on the one you want and
try it out.
Vowels Save the Day – In this animated movie (1.5 minutes) the Consonants try to have a party, but find they can’t do anything until the Vowels arrive.
Short Vowel Sounds (2.1)
A Sound of A Shows the short vowel sound of A in different words. Click on the letter A to hear the word, and click the right arrow to go to the next word. In the last part, you have to separate capital A and small letter a.
AN ending test AT ending test These are short exercises in making words ending in AN and AT.
Reading: Zac the Rat A little story which uses the short A sound. Try reading it. You can click on words to hear what they sound like.
Chicken Stacker Find the word with the short A sound.
E Sound of E Shows the short vowel sound of E in different words.
EN ending test ET ending test These are short exercises in making words ending in EN and ET.
Reading: Peg the Hen A little story which uses the short E sound. Try reading it. You can click on words to hear what they sound like.
I Sound of I Shows the short vowel sound of I in different words.
IG ending test IP ending test Short exercises in making words ending in IG and IP.
Reading: The Big Hit A little story which uses the short I sound. Try reading it. You can click on words to hear what they sound like.
Chicken Stacker Find the word with the short I sound.
O Sound of O Shows the short vowel sound of O in different words.
OT ending test OG ending test Short exercises in making words ending in OT and OG.
Reading: Mox’s Shop A little story which uses the short O sound. Try reading it. You can click on words to hear what they sound like.
Chicken Stacker Find the word with the short O sound.
U Sound of U A demonstration of the short vowel sound of I, as used in various words.
UG ending test Short exercises in making words ending in UG.
Reading:Gus the Duck A little story which uses the short U sound. Try reading it. You can click on words to hear what they sound like.
Chicken Stacker Find the word with the short U sound.
Matching Game This matching game has 3 levels. Level 1 will test what you have done so far. You can learn about blends by doing Levels 2 and 3.
Jim’s
Crankophone Can
you tell which vowel the word has?
Name
the Picture Can you tell the difference between similar words with
different vowels?
Whirlyword Make three-letter words using a poker-machine.
Consonants (2.2)
B, C, D, F Sound of B Sound of C Sound of D Sound of F
Some examples of words beginning with these letters. Click on the letter to hear the sound. Click on the right arrow for the next word.
Be patient. The arrow may not appear until the action is completed.
G, H, J, K, L Sound of G Sound of H Sound of J Sound of K Sound of L
Some examples of words beginning with these letters. Click on the letter to hear the sound. Click on the right arrow for the next word.
Be patient. The arrow may not appear until the action is completed.
F and H test Can you tell the difference between F and H? Try this test to find out.
M, N, P, R Sound of M Sound of N Sound of P Sound of R
Some examples of words beginning with these letters. Click on the letter to hear the sound. Click on the right arrow for the next word.
Be patient. The arrow may not appear until the action is completed.
Peter Piper Can you say this popular tongue-twister?
B and P test – Beginning B and P test – Middle B and P Test – End
Can you tell the difference between B and P? Try these tests to find out.
L and R Test - Beginning1 L and R Test - Beginning2 ML and R Test - Middle L and R Test - End
Can you tell the difference between L and R? Try these tests to find out.
More
Consonants
(3.1)
Some examples of words beginning with these letters. Click on the letter to hear the sound. Click on the right arrow for the next word.
Be patient. The arrow may not appear until the action is completed.
T and D test Can you tell the difference between T and D? Try this test to find out.
F and V test Can you tell the difference between F and V? Try this test to find out.
B and V test - Beginning B an V test - Middle B and V test - End
Can you tell the difference between B and V? Try these tests to find out.
Fuzzy Wuzzy Can you say this popular tongue-twister?
Timed game – Matching Consonants (L-Z) Timed Game – Matching Consonant Sounds
These concentration games are good for revising consonants.
Try to find all the pairs in the shortest possible time. Click “Start New Game” to begin.
J, W, Y Sound of J Sound of W Sound of Y
Some examples of words beginning with these letters. Click on the letter to hear the sound. Click on the right arrow for the next word.
Be patient. The arrow may not appear until the action is completed.
Woodchuck Can you say this popular tongue-twister?
Long
Vowel Sounds (3.2)
Magic E The Magic e
This movie begins by showing the effect of magic E on the vowel A.
Magic E Lesson This is a power-point presentation about the magic E.
This is a song about MagicE and here are the words of the song.
Long A A_E test Drag into box - test Picture Hunt Reading: Jake’s Tale
Poem: Ice Cream Cake Poem: Daisy the Snail Poem: The Birthday Day
Poem: A Meal By the Sea Y as a vowel (E) Reading: My Family
Long I I_E test Reading: Sky Ride Poem: The Doctor’s Line
Poem: I spy a Little Fly Song - Y as a vowel Poem: Marching Through the Night
Long O O_E test Picture Hunt Reading: Robot and Mr. Mole
OA Reading: Soap Boat Poem: The Toad and the Goat AI, EA, OA test
O and E as end vowels Song - Lonely Vowels
Long U U_E test Drag into the box Reading: Dune Buggy
Matching Game – Long and Short Vowels
Timed game - Find the Matching blends
SH and CH Sound of SH Shelly Sells Seashells Demonstration of SH
Sound of CH Demonstration of CH
TH Sound of TH Demonstration of TH
TH / D discrimination TH / S discrimination
TH / T discrimination TH / Z discrimination
Sandcastle Click on ow/ou and oy/oi
R-controlled vowels ER, IR, UR test Reading: Surfer Girl Sandcastle Click on ir/ur/er
AR test The A-R Song Reading: Car Race
OR test Picture Hunt Reading: My Horse Glory
AR / OR test AR / OR / ER test Sandcastle Click on or/ore/oar/war
Matching Game (Match words with pictures by turning over cards – Includes R-controlled vowels.)
Short Vowel Sounds Word Blender Whirlyword
Long Vowels Snap it! Drag’n’spell
Phonemes Sandcastle Write a Postcard
Fuzzy Lion Ears: Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6
Number Pronunciation Click here to practice numbers and times.
More Vowel Sounds and Silent Consonants (7.1)
OO, EW, AW,
AL OO test Double O Song Poem:
The Man in the Moon
Timed Game - Match the Vowel Sounds
Sandcastle Click on aw/au/augh/al. Then click on ar/a/al.
Touching the Moon. Read the story. Then do the Word Puzzles
Others Sandcastle Click on air/are/ear and ear/eer/ere.
Word Jumbler – Click on “What’s the pattern?”
Sandcastle Click on oo/u
Silent Letters GH test Silent letters test WH demonstration
Silent Invaders
Game: Save
the world from silent invasion by finding out the silent letter.
Homophones – A video with several examples of homophones. The words are shown.
Word Jumbler – Click on “Sounds the Same”
Word Jumbler - Click on “Count the Syllables”
Dividing words into syllables. Movie - Chunk That Word
The rules of Syllables: Rules
Compound Words Make Compound Words Compound Words (Short Test) Quiz
Matching Game Concentration Game
Pronouncing ED Endings Regular Past Pronunciation
PowerPoint Presentation – Adding ED, ER and EST
PowerPoint Presentation – Adding ING
Phonics Quiz This is useful if you want to test what you have learnt from the above set of rules.
Phonics Game Show A little test about your knowledge of phonics. (For advanced students.)