Sounds Fun!

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Phonics for Children
Sophie Holmes · Liana Robinson

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Contents
Unit 1 Short Vowel A
-an, -at, -ap 6
fan, man, can, van, cat, hat, bat, rat, cap, map, nap, tap

Unit 2 Short Vowel A

-ag, -am, -ad 14
bag, rag, wag, tag, ham, ram, dam, jam, dad, mad, bad, sad

Unit 3 Short Vowel E

-et, -eg 22
net, jet, wet, vet, pet, bet, leg, beg, egg

Unit 4 Short Vowel E

-en, -ell, -ed 30
hen, pen, men, ten, bell, sell, well, yell, bed, red, wed

Unit 5 Short Vowel I

-ig, -in, -it, -ix 38
pig, dig, wig, big, pin, win, bin, fin, sit, hit, six, mix

Unit 6 Short Vowel I

-ip, -id, -ib, -ish 46
lip, tip, hip, rip, kid, lid, bib, rib, fish, dish
Review Units 1 - 6 54

Unit 7 Short Vowel O

-ot, -og, -od 62
pot, hot, dot, cot, dog, log, fog, jog, rod, nod

Unit 8 Short Vowel O

-op, -ob, -ox 70
mop, hop, top, cop, rob, job, ox, box, fox

Unit 9 Short Vowel U

-un, -ub, -ug 78
sun, bun, nun, sub, tub, rub, cub, bug, mug, rug, hug

Unit 10 Short Vowel U

-ut, -up, -um, -ud 86
hut, nut, cut, up, cup, pup, gum, hum, mud, bud

Review Units 1 - 10 94

Test 102

Glossary 106

Flash Cards 111

 Listen, point, and repeat. 1

a + n = an

a + t = at

a + p = ap
Match and write.

1
c + an cap
2
c + at can
3 c + ap cat
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 Say and write the words.

1 c an can

2
f an fan

3
c att cat

4
r att rat

5
c ap cap

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 Listen, point, and repeat. 2

fan man can van

cat hat bat rat

cap map nap tap

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Circle the right picture.

cap hat

van nap

tap man
Match the words with the pictures.

bat
cat
map
fan
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 Listen. Circle the picture you hear. 3

1 2

3 4

5 6

Listen. Complete the words. Match the words with the pictures.

1
c a n
2
c
3
c
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Complete the words.

an ap at

f a n r
v m
t b
Color the pictures that rhyme with “bat.”

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 Look at the pictures. Read the sentences. 4

The rat is in the cap. The man has a bat.

The rat is in the can. The can is on the van.

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 Match the phrases with the pictures and write the words.

A man in a van

A rat in a can

A map in a cap

A rat on a tap

A hat on a cat

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