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
- A.3 Choose the two words that are the same
- B.1 Find the lowercase letter in the alphabet
- B.2 Find the uppercase letter in the alphabet
- B.3 Choose the lowercase letter that you hear
- B.4 Choose the uppercase letter that you hear
- B.5 Frequently confused letters: find the letter
- B.6 Frequently confused letters: find all the letters
- C.1 Choose the words that have a given ending
- C.2 Choose the picture that rhymes with the word
- D.1 Blend the sounds together to make a word
- D.2 Identify the first sound in a word
- D.3 Put the sounds in order
- E.1 Which two words start with the same sound?
- E.2 Find all the words that start with a given sound
- E.3 Which two words end with the same sound?
- E.4 Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound
- F.1 Find the short a word
- F.2 Find the short e word
- F.3 Find the short i word
- F.4 Find the short o word
- F.5 Find the short u word
- G.1 Find a word in a sentence
- G.2 Choose the two sight words that are the same
- G.3 Choose the sight word that you hear
Senior-infants skills
- A.3 Choose the two words that are the same
- B.1 Find letters in the alphabet
- B.2 Choose the lowercase letter that you hear
- B.3 Choose the uppercase letter that you hear
- B.4 Identify frequently confused letters
- C.1 Sort consonants and vowels
- C.2 Find the vowel in the word
- D.1 How many syllables does the word have?
- D.2 Which word has more syllables?
- D.3 Sort by the number of syllables
- E.1 Choose the words that have a given ending
- E.2 Choose the picture that rhymes with the word
- E.3 Which word does not rhyme?
- E.4 Complete the rhyme
- F.1 Blend the sounds together to make a word
- F.2 Identify the first, second and last sound in a word
- F.3 Put the sounds in order
- G.1 Which two words start with the same sound?
- G.2 Find all the words that start with a given sound
- G.3 Which two words end with the same sound?
- G.4 Choose the letter that matches the consonant sound
- G.5 Which letter does the word start with?
- G.6 Which letter does the word end with?
- H.1 Which consonant blend does the word start with?
- H.2 Complete the word with the right initial consonant blend
- H.3 Does the word start with a consonant blend?
- H.4 Which consonant blend does the word end with?
- H.5 Complete the word with the right final consonant blend
- H.6 Does the word end with a consonant blend?
- H.7 Choose the word that matches the picture: -ss, -ll, -ff, -zz, -ck
- H.8 Choose the correct digraph
- I.1 Find the short a word
- I.2 Choose the short a word that matches the picture
- I.3 Complete the short a word
- I.4 Choose the short a sentence that matches the picture
- I.5 Find the short e word
- I.6 Choose the picture that matches the short e word
- I.7 Complete the short e word
- I.8 Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture
- I.9 Find the short i word
- I.10 Choose the short i word that matches the picture
- I.11 Complete the short i words
- I.12 Choose the short i sentence that matches the picture
- I.13 Find the short o word
- I.14 Choose the short o word that matches the picture
- I.15 Complete the short o word
- I.16 Choose the short o sentence that matches the picture
- I.17 Find the short u word
- I.18 Choose the picture that matches the short u word
- I.19 Complete the short u word
- I.20 Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture
- I.21 Identify the short vowel sound in a word
- I.22 Complete the word with the right short vowel
- I.23 Spell the short vowel word
- I.24 Complete the sentence with the correct short vowel word
- I.25 Read questions with short vowel words
- J.1 Choose the word that has a different vowel sound
- J.2 Find the long a word
- J.3 Find the long e word
- J.4 Find the long i word
- J.5 Find the long o word
- J.6 Find the long u word
- J.7 Sort short and long vowel words
- K.1 Find a word in a sentence
- K.2 Choose the two sight words that are the same
- K.3 Choose the sight word that you hear
- K.4 Complete the sentence with the correct sight word
- K.5 Spell the sight word