Phonemic Awareness Practice Worksheets with Answer Keys

Let’s go through each section of the worksheet step by step. We’ll solve one page at a time, starting with Page 1 (the left sheet), then Page 16 (the right sheet).

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Page 1 — Phonemic Awareness Practice

Section 1: Rhyming

Say the words for each pair. Circle thumbs up if they rhyme, thumbs down if not.

- Car & Key → “car” and “key” do NOT rhyme → 👎
- Cat & Bat → “cat” and “bat” DO rhyme → 👍
- Bear & Ball → “bear” and “ball” do NOT rhyme → 👎
- Tree & Bee → “tree” and “bee” DO rhyme → 👍

✔ Answers: 👎 👎 👍

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Section 2: Beginning Sounds

Draw a picture that starts with the same sound as the given word.

- Sock → starts with /s/ → draw something like “sun”, “snake”, or “star”
- Donut → starts with /d/ → draw “dog”, “duck”, or “door”
- Fish → starts with /f/ → draw “frog”, “fan”, or “flower”

*(Note: Since we can’t draw here, you would draw those pictures on your paper.)*

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Section 3: Make a New Word

Combine two pictures to make a new word.

- Door + Bell = Doorbell → draw a doorbell
- Jar + Fish = Jarfish? Wait — that doesn’t make sense. Let’s think again.
Actually, it’s likely meant to be compound words:
→ Jar + Fish = ??? Hmm… maybe it’s “jellyfish”? But jelly isn’t shown.
Wait — look again: It’s “jar” + “fish” — perhaps it’s just asking you to imagine combining them? Or maybe it’s a trick? Actually, in many worksheets, this is about blending sounds or making silly combos. But let’s check the example: “cupcake - cake = cup” — so subtraction! Oh wait — no, this section says “say the pictures together”. So:

Actually, looking again — the instruction says: “Draw a picture of the word that you can make when you say the pictures together.”

So:

- Door + Bell = Doorbell → ✔
- Jar + Fish = ??? Maybe “jarfish” isn’t real — but perhaps it’s “goldfish”? No, jar isn’t gold. Wait — maybe it’s “jellyfish” and the jar is meant to be “jelly”? That might be a stretch. Alternatively, maybe it’s “fishbowl” — but bowl isn’t there. Let’s assume it’s creative: draw a fish inside a jar → call it “jarfish” for fun.
- Tree + House = Treehouse → ✔

So:

→ Draw: doorbell, jarfish (or whatever makes sense to you), treehouse

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Section 4: Syllables

Tap out how many syllables are in each word. Circle the number.

- Baby → ba-by → 2 syllables → circle 2
- Leaf → leaf → 1 syllable → circle 1
- Rainbow → rain-bow → 2 syllables → circle 2
- Turtle → tur-tle → 2 syllables → circle 2

✔ Answers: 2, 1, 2, 2

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Section 5: Medial Sounds

Say the word, say the middle sound, circle the letter that represents it.

- Cat → /a/ → circle ‘a’
- Ladybug → /i/ (as in “dy”) → actually, “ladybug” has medial ‘y’ sounding like /i/ → circle ‘i’? Wait — letters given are a e i o u. In “ladybug”, the middle vowel sound is /i/ (from “dy”) → circle ‘i’
- Pig → /i/ → circle ‘i’
- Balloon → /oo/ → which is represented by ‘o’ → circle ‘o’

Wait — let’s double-check:

- Cat → c-a-t → middle sound is /a/ → circle ‘a’
- Ladybug → l-a-d-y-b-u-g → the stressed syllable is “dy” → sounds like /i/ → circle ‘i’
- Pig → p-i-g → middle sound /i/ → circle ‘i’
- Balloon → b-a-l-l-o-o-n → the main vowel sound is /oo/ → which is made by ‘o’ → circle ‘o’

✔ Answers: a, i, i, o

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Now Page 16 — Phonemic Awareness Practice

Section 1: Ending Sounds

Circle thumb up if words end with same sound, down if not.

- Rain & Ten → “rain” ends with /n/, “ten” ends with /n/ → SAME → 👍
- Cat & Net → “cat” ends with /t/, “net” ends with /t/ → SAME → 👍
- Pen & Pineapple → “pen” ends with /n/, “pineapple” ends with /l/ → DIFFERENT → 👎
- Sun & Fan → “sun” ends with /n/, “fan” ends with /n/ → SAME → 👍
- Bed & Pig → “bed” ends with /d/, “pig” ends with /g/ → DIFFERENT → 👎

✔ Answers: 👍 👍 👎 👍 👎

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Section 2: Rhyming

Draw a picture that rhymes with the given word.

- Tree → rhymes with “bee”, “see”, “key” → draw any of those
- Bat → rhymes with “cat”, “hat”, “mat” → draw one
- Fish → rhymes with “dish”, “wish”, “swish” → draw one

*(Again, you’d draw these on your paper.)*

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Section 3: Make a New Word (Subtraction)

Take away part of the word to make a new word.

Example: cupcake - cake = cup

- Butterfly - fly = butter → draw butter (like a stick of butter)
- Mailbox - box = mail → draw an envelope or letter
- Starfish - fish = star → draw a star

✔ Draw: butter, mail, star

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Section 4: Syllables

Circle the number of syllables.

- Hot dog → hot-dog → 2 syllables → circle 2
- Pineapple → pine-ap-ple → 3 syllables → circle 3
- Bunny → bun-ny → 2 syllables → circle 2
- Banana → ba-na-na → 3 syllables → circle 3
- Turtle → tur-tle → 2 syllables → circle 2

✔ Answers: 2, 3, 2, 3, 2

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Section 5: Beginning Sounds

Circle the letter that represents the first sound.

- Ball → /b/ → circle ‘b’
- Donut → /d/ → circle ‘d’
- Lion → /l/ → circle ‘l’
- Nest → /n/ → circle ‘n’
- Snake → /s/ → circle ‘s’

✔ Answers: b, d, l, n, s

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Final Answer:

Page 1:
- Rhyming: 👎 👍 👍
- Beginning Sounds: Draw sun/snake/star; dog/duck/door; frog/fan/flower
- Make a new word: doorbell, jarfish (creative), treehouse
- Syllables: 2, 1, 2, 2
- Medial Sounds: a, i, i, o

Page 16:
- Ending Sounds: 👍 👍 👍 👎
- Rhyming: Draw bee/see/key; cat/hat/mat; dish/wish/swish
- Make a new word: butter, mail, star
- Syllables: 2, 3, 2, 3, 2
- Beginning Sounds: b, d, l, n, s