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Middle sounds: Download free worksheets to trace, colour and learn

Middle Sounds

Middle sounds are the vowel sounds you hear when you pronounce a one-syllable word that begins with a consonant and ends with a consonant. The words ‘bed’ and ‘dog’ have the middle sounds short ‘e’ (eh) and short ‘o’ (or). Middle sounds also appear as vowel teams as in the …

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Beginning sounds: Download free worksheets to trace, colour and learn

Beginning Sounds worksheets

Beginning sounds are the first thing you hear as you start to pronounce a word. The words ‘bed’ and ‘dog’ have the beginning sounds /b/ and /d/. These free worksheets with beginning sounds will help you to explore all the different beginning sounds made with the 26 letters of the …

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Consonant worksheets: Download free activities to trace and circle

Consonant free worksheets

Use these free consonant worksheets to make learning the alphabet fun. Learn the 21 consonants in the alphabet b d c f g h j k l m n p q r s t v w x y z. Consonant letters with strictly one sound when blended with other letters …

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Vowel worksheets: Download free activities to trace and circle

Vowel worksheets

Use these free vowel worksheets to make learning the alphabet fun. Learn the 5 vowels in the alphabet a e i o and u. Each vowel has a short and long sound. The letter y is sometimes a vowel because it sounds like both short and long ‘i’. Short vowel …

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Bear Beer Bare: Download free worksheets to learn homophones

Bear Beer Bare

Have fun with homophones Bear Beer Bare with these free worksheets to learn meaning and trace them for practise. Meanings of the words Bear Beer Bare Here are the meanings of the words Bear Beer Bare, with examples in sentences. Bear – a furry animal e.g. A big brown bear …

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