Sample Activities and Exercises For Phonological Awareness Phonemic isolation Name Directions: Locate the selected sound and indicate its position with a check mark. 1. Look for the /b/ sound in each below. 2. Look for the /m/ sound in each below. 3. Look for the /f/ sound in each below. 4. Look for the /p/ sound in each below. 5. Look for the /d/ sound in each below. Phonemic identity Name Directions: Identify the objects and then encircle the common sound/s. 1. map clap wrap dog doll dig cop cut car hen pen ten man cap fan 2. 3. 4. 5. Phonemic categorization Name Directions: Which picture does not belong? Put an X over the picture that does not go with the rest. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Phonemic blending Name Directions: Connect and blend the proper sounds of the image shown. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Phoneme segmentation Name Directions: Name the pictures and say it out loud. Determine the number of phonemes and sort them. Phoneme deletion Name Directions: To discover new words, delete the common sound in each group. Phoneme substitution Name Directions: Substitute all of the sounds asked in each item. 1. Replace all the beginning sounds with the /m/ sound. 2. Replace all the short /i/ sounds with the short /o/ sound. 3. Replace all the beginning sounds with the /k/ sound. 4. Replace all the beginning sounds with the /b/ sound. 5. Replace all the ending sound with the /t/ sound. Phoneme addition Name Directions: in each of the boxes, add the phonemes. The phoneme is added to the beginning or end of a word to create a new word. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.