Beginning sounds are the first thing you hear as you start to pronounce a word. The words ‘bed’ and ‘dog’ have the beginning sounds /b/ and /d/.
These free worksheets with beginning sounds will help you to explore all the different beginning sounds made with the 26 letters of the alphabet. These include short and long vowels, hard and soft consonants, and unusual beginning sounds of letters.
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Click the links to download free worksheets to trace, colour and have fun with beginning sounds.
Beginning sound a – act, ape, any, awe
Beginning sound b – bat
Beginning sound c – cat, city
Beginning sound d – dog
Beginning sound e – egg, eat
Beginning sound f – fat
Beginning sound g – gum, gem
Beginning sound h – hat
Beginning sound i – ink, ice
Beginning sound j – jam
Beginning sound k – key
Beginning sound l – leg
Beginning sound m – man
Beginning sound n – net
Beginning sound o – odd, old
Beginning sound p – pig
Beginning sound q – quit
Beginning sound r – rat
Beginning sound s – sun
Beginning sound t – top
Beginning sound u – up, use
Beginning sound v – van
Beginning sound w – wet
Beginning sound x – x-ray, xylophone
Beginning sound y – yes
Beginning sound z – zoo
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