Phonetic drills for Level 1

1. 1
2
3
4

2. 1
2
ABC
Letter A
sh- blend
th- blend
3
4

6. A

7. Fish bowl game
1. Divide the class into 2 teams.
2. Pick a letter from the bowl
3. Write a word using that letter
(initial or median)
4. Say the word correctly.
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8. 1. Ask the students to write 3
words for each letter of the
English Alphabet in their
notebook.
2. Call on them to recite the words.
3. If a student repeats a word, ask
him/her to change it to another.

10. A
Short a
Long a E
Short e
Long e
I
Short i
Long i
O
Short o
Long o U
Short u
Long u

13. •Short /ă/ song

14. •There was a cat.
•Wearing a hat.
•Taking a nap –
•on my lap.

15. •ham
•can
•back
•jam
• fat
•fan
• jack
•rat
•ran
•sack
• flat
•black
•cab
•bad
•bag
•cap
•dad
•gap
•map
•crab
•mad
•rag
•tag
•tap

16. • Divide the class into two teams.
• Each team assigns a “speller” for each
word.
• Toss a coin to determine which team goes
first.
• Only one guess per word is allowed. If the
team gives the wrong answer, the other
team can steal.
• One point is given for a correct guess.
• The team to get five points first wins.

17. •Butt spelling game

19. • Long /ā/

20. •There was a snake
•who was brave
•playing a game
• in the rain.

21. • baby
• paper
• table
• day
• lady
• major
• radio
• April
• cable
• train
• data
• brain
• date
• pray
• name
• age
• jail
• candy

23. shape sharp shark
shell shed she
shirt ship shiv
short shop show
shut shunt shush

24. shape sharp shark
shell shed she
shirt ship shiv
short shop show
shut shunt shush

25. shape sharp
a ______