Phonics Competency Pre-Test
Write the phonic concept which identifies the common sounds found in each group of
words below. Do not identify each sound separately, merely indicate the single phonic
concept presented in each closed sort.
Consonants
Consonant Blends
1. black, snake, small, test, steam
Soft g
2. Aegean, gym, gentle, strategic
Soft c
3. city, race, cent, acid, pacing
Digraphs
4. tough, rough, telegraph, cough, elephant
Hard c
5. acre. acquit, couple, contrast, bacon
Digraphs
6. ring, mother, white, chair, bring
Vowels
Vowel Digraph
7. pool, noon, mood, food
Short Vowel
8. sox, hop, hit, bit
Long Vowel
9. sheet, gate, mile, my
R-controlled
10. bird, fern, corn, curb
Dipthongs
11. mouse, down, oil, boy
Dipthongs
12. boat, leave, ceiling, goat
Vowel Digraph
13. true, great, head, weigh
Vowel Digraph oo
14. book, cooker, crook, shook
Words with the ô sound
15. ball, false, saw, waltz, claw
Structural Analysis Generalizations
V/C/V
16. (give the syllable pattern only) legal, cedar, about, elect, frozen
VC/CV 17. (give the syllable pattern only) batter, hoodwink, lectern, lesser
le
18. (give the syllable pattern only) noble, puzzle, kettle, bugle
suffixes
19. portable, likely, heated, loading
prefixes
20. reload, preheat, unfair, transport
In each of the following series, circle the phonic element that does not belong in this sort,
and then give an explanation for your choice using appropriate terminology.
21. th, ph, wh, sk, gh- does not create the ending h effect
22. rid, gum, go, an, egg- go contains a long vowel
23. too, how, toy, clout, boil- is not a dipthong
24. made, file, chance, boat, cheese- no long vowel sound in chance
25. sm, sl, wh, dr, fr- the rest are consonant blends
Multiple Choice. Select the letter(s) at the right that represents the onset of each onesyllable word or the first syllable of two syllable word(s).
26. throw
a. thr
b. ro
c. ow
d. th
e. row
27. fluid
a. uid
b. id
c. lui
d. fI
e. flu
28. roast
a. roa
b. oa
c. st
d. oast
e. r
Select the letter(s) at the right that represents the rime for each one-syllable word.
29. catch
a. atch
30. school a. ch
b. tch
b. choo
c. cat
d. at
c. ool
d. sch