Initial sounds and letters

Match letters to the sounds they make at the start of words.

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1
What letter makes the sound at the start of 'cat'? A) b B) c C) k D) s
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2
What letter makes the sound at the start of 'dog'? A) b B) d C) p D) t
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3
Match each letter to the picture word that starts with it. Match each item on the left to one on the right. Left: a, b, c, d, e Right: apple, ball, cat, dog, egg
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4
Which word starts with the letter 'b'? A) dog B) ball C) fish D) egg
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5
Match the letter to the word that starts with that sound. Match each item on the left to one on the right. Left: f, h, m, p, s Right: fish, hat, mouse, pig, sun
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6
Fill in the missing letter at the start: ___un (a big yellow ball of light in the sky). ___un
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Which letter makes the sound at the start of 'pig'? A) b B) d C) p D) g
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8
What sound does 'g' make in 'goat'? A) /g/ B) /j/ C) /k/ D) /d/
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9
Which letter makes the /j/ sound in 'jam'? A) g B) j C) y D) h
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Which word starts with the /z/ sound? A) zip B) sit C) sun D) rip
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Answer key

Initial sounds and letters · for parents and teachers

1
c
Cat starts with the letter c, which makes a /k/ sound.
2
d
Dog starts with the letter d, which makes a /d/ sound.
3
a → apple; b → ball; c → cat; d → dog; e → egg
Each word begins with the sound of its first letter.
4
ball
Ball starts with the /b/ sound made by the letter b.
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f → fish; h → hat; m → mouse; p → pig; s → sun
Each word begins with the sound that its first letter makes.
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s
The word is 'sun'. It starts with the letter s.
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p
Pig starts with the letter p, which makes the /p/ sound.
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/g/
'g' in 'goat' makes /g/.
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j
'j' makes the /j/ sound.
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zip
'zip' starts with /z/.