Beginning Phonics Worksheets for Letter-Sound Matching

“I'm Learning Beginning Sounds” pages with four rows each: students name the picture in each row and circle which of two letters it begins with.
Year groups
Nursery–Reception (Early Years), Year 1 (Key Stage 1)
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Updated Sep 18, 2026

Subject
Phonics, Language Development, English
Topic
Beginning Sounds, Animal Worksheet
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This resource is a Beginning Sounds Phonics Practice Worksheet.

Students will say the name of the pictures and read each letter in each row. Then they will circle the letter that makes the same beginning sound as the picture’s name.

There are 4 problems per page.

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Learning objectives

  • Identify the beginning sound of a pictured object

Skills covered

  • Letter discrimination — choosing between two letters for each picture's first sound

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Core concepts

  • Beginning sounds

  • Letter-sound correspondence

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