This is a
Word Decoding worksheet designed to help early readers match pictures with the correct spelling of the word they represent. The goal is to identify which of the 4 given spellings correctly names the image.
Let’s go through each picture and select the correct word:
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1. Picture: Grapevine (vines with grapes)
Options: vine, vin, vane, vone
✔ Correct answer:
vine — This is the standard spelling for the plant shown.
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2. Picture: Donkey / Mule
Options: mul, mule, mile, male
✔ Correct answer:
mule — A mule is a hybrid animal that looks like the one pictured. “Mul” is incomplete, “mile” is distance, “male” is gender.
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3. Picture: Wheel spoke (part of a wheel)
Options: spock, spoke, spike, spake
✔ Correct answer:
spoke — The radial rod connecting the hub to the rim of a wheel is called a “spoke.”
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4. Picture: Briefcase
Options: cas, kas, case, cose
✔ Correct answer:
case — Short for “briefcase.” “Cas” and “kas” are phonetic approximations but not correct; “cose” is not a word in this context.
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5. Picture: Slice of cake with candle
Options: cack, cike, coke, cake
✔ Correct answer:
cake — Clearly the object shown. Others are misspellings or unrelated words (“coke” is soda).
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6. Picture: Note paper pinned up
Options: note, not, nite, nete
✔ Correct answer:
note — Refers to a piece of paper with writing, often pinned up as shown. “Not” is a negation, “nite” is informal for night, “nete” is incorrect.
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7. Picture: Prune (dried plum)
Options: pune, prane, prun, prune
✔ Correct answer:
prune — The correct spelling for the dried fruit shown. “Prun” is missing the ‘e’, others are misspellings.
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8. Picture: Slide (playground equipment)
Options: slid, slide, slode, slade
✔ Correct answer:
slide — The playground structure shown. “Slid” is past tense, “slode/slade” are not correct words here.
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9. Picture: Number 5
Options: fiv, five, fove, fave
✔ Correct answer:
five — The correct spelling of the number 5. “Fiv” is incomplete, “fove/fave” are incorrect.
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10. Picture: Ace of Hearts playing card
Options: ace, ac, as, ese
✔ Correct answer:
ace — The card shown is the Ace of Hearts. “Ac” is abbreviation, “as/ese” are incorrect.
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✔ Final Answers (by row):
| Image | Correct Word |
|-------|--------------|
| Vine |
vine |
| Mule |
mule |
| Spoke |
spoke |
| Case |
case |
| Cake |
cake |
| Note |
note |
| Prune |
prune |
| Slide |
slide |
| Five |
five |
| Ace |
ace |
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💡 Teaching Tip:
This activity helps students develop
phonemic awareness and
visual word recognition by connecting images to their correct spellings. Encourage them to sound out each option and see which one matches the picture both visually and phonetically.
Let me know if you’d like a printable answer key or an explanation for younger learners!
Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of decoding words worksheets.
