Phonics

Here is a list of all of the skills that cover phonics! These skills are organised by year, and you can move your mouse over any skill name to preview the skill. To start practising, just click on any link. IXL will track your score, and the questions will automatically increase in difficulty as you improve!

Junior-infants skills

  1. A.3 Choose the two words that are the same
  2. B.1 Find the lowercase letter in the alphabet
  3. B.2 Find the uppercase letter in the alphabet
  4. B.3 Choose the lowercase letter that you hear
  5. B.4 Choose the uppercase letter that you hear
  6. B.5 Frequently confused letters: find the letter
  7. B.6 Frequently confused letters: find all the letters
  8. C.1 Choose the words that have a given ending
  9. C.2 Choose the picture that rhymes with the word
  10. D.1 Blend the sounds together to make a word
  11. D.2 Identify the first sound in a word
  12. D.3 Put the sounds in order
  13. E.1 Which two words start with the same sound?
  14. E.2 Find all the words that start with a given sound
  15. E.3 Which two words end with the same sound?
  16. E.4 Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound
  17. F.1 Find the short a word
  18. F.2 Find the short e word
  19. F.3 Find the short i word
  20. F.4 Find the short o word
  21. F.5 Find the short u word
  22. G.1 Find a word in a sentence
  23. G.2 Choose the two sight words that are the same
  24. G.3 Choose the sight word that you hear

Senior-infants skills

  1. A.3 Choose the two words that are the same
  2. B.1 Find letters in the alphabet
  3. B.2 Choose the lowercase letter that you hear
  4. B.3 Choose the uppercase letter that you hear
  5. B.4 Identify frequently confused letters
  6. C.1 Sort consonants and vowels
  7. C.2 Find the vowel in the word
  8. D.1 How many syllables does the word have?
  9. D.2 Which word has more syllables?
  10. D.3 Sort by the number of syllables
  11. E.1 Choose the words that have a given ending
  12. E.2 Choose the picture that rhymes with the word
  13. E.3 Which word does not rhyme?
  14. E.4 Complete the rhyme
  15. F.1 Blend the sounds together to make a word
  16. F.2 Identify the first, second and last sound in a word
  17. F.3 Put the sounds in order
  18. G.1 Which two words start with the same sound?
  19. G.2 Find all the words that start with a given sound
  20. G.3 Which two words end with the same sound?
  21. G.4 Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound
  22. G.5 Which letter does the word start with?
  23. G.6 Which letter does the word end with?
  24. H.1 Which consonant blend does the word start with?
  25. H.2 Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend
  26. H.3 Does the word start with a consonant blend?
  27. H.4 Which consonant blend does the word end with?
  28. H.5 Complete the word with the right final consonant blend
  29. H.6 Does the word end with a consonant blend?
  30. H.7 Choose the word that matches the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck
  31. H.8 Choose the correct digraph
  32. I.1 Find the short a word
  33. I.2 Choose the short a word that matches the picture
  34. I.3 Complete the short a word
  35. I.4 Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture
  36. I.5 Find the short e word
  37. I.6 Choose the picture that matches the short e word
  38. I.7 Complete the short e word
  39. I.8 Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture
  40. I.9 Find the short i word
  41. I.10 Choose the short i word that matches the picture
  42. I.11 Complete the short i words
  43. I.12 Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture
  44. I.13 Find the short o word
  45. I.14 Choose the short o word that matches the picture
  46. I.15 Complete the short o word
  47. I.16 Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture
  48. I.17 Find the short u word
  49. I.18 Choose the picture that matches the short u word
  50. I.19 Complete the short u word
  51. I.20 Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture
  52. I.21 Identify the short vowel sound in a word
  53. I.22 Complete the word with the right short vowel
  54. I.23 Spell the short vowel word
  55. I.24 Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word
  56. I.25 Read questions with short vowel words
  57. J.1 Choose the word that has a different vowel sound
  58. J.2 Find the long a word
  59. J.3 Find the long e word
  60. J.4 Find the long i word
  61. J.5 Find the long o word
  62. J.6 Find the long u word
  63. J.7 Sort short and long vowel words
  64. K.1 Find a word in a sentence
  65. K.2 Choose the two sight words that are the same
  66. K.3 Choose the sight word that you hear
  67. K.4 Complete the sentence with the correct sight word
  68. K.5 Spell the sight word