The document provides a phonics assessment for Year 2 students. It consists of flashcards with graphemes to assess phoneme recognition and writing. There are also word lists to assess blending and segmenting skills, as well as spelling. The assessment should be stopped if a child seems to find it too difficult. At the start of the year, few correct answers are expected, but by the end of the year children should receive mostly correct ticks.

1. Phonics Assessment for Year 2
Name: _____________________ Class:__________________
Date: ______________________ Tested By:______________
Show each flashcard. If the child can say the correct phoneme – tick the first box.
- Hide the flashcards. Say each phoneme and ask the child to write the grapheme on a
whiteboard or pieceof paper. If they write it correctly - tick the second box.
- If at any time a child seems to find it too difficult – stop the assessment at that point!
- First time - expect children to get very few ticks (if any) from Set 6 onwards.
- At the end of year – expect children to get almost all ticks.
Pre 1 Pre 3
a r
t b
p h
s l
m f
n w
i j
Pre 2 v
d Pre 4
g z
o x
c y
ck qu
k ch
e sh
u ng
Pre 5
th (soft)
th (hard)

2. Name:______________________________
SET 1 SET 4
ai ie
ee ir
igh oy
oa ue
SET 2 aw
oo (short) SET 5
oo (long) ph
ar wh
or ew
ur oe
oi au
ow SET 6
SET 3 a-e
ea e-e
er i-e
ay o-e
ou u-e
Any observations:

3. Name: _____________________
Show the child the flashcard with the first word on it. Ask them to soundtalk (say each sound in the
word)and then blend the word together. If they just read it, ask them to go back and soundtalk. Tick if
they can soundtalk and blend correctly. Repeat for all words.
Stop if children are struggling!
At the start of year expect children to get very few ticks.
Sounds and words Tick if correct –otherwise record exactly what child said or did
1. f-o-x fox
2. sh-o-p shop
3. v-a-n van
4. r-i-ng ring
5. t-ai-l tail
6. m-oo-n moon
7. r-oa-d road
8. l-igh-t light
9. p-ar-k park
10. c-oi-n coin
Say the first word to the child. Ask them to segment orally and then write the word in their
whiteboard.
Tick if they spell the word correctly. Repeat for all words.
Stop if children are struggling!
At the start of year expect children to get very few ticks.
Sounds and words Tick if correct –otherwise record exactly what child said or did
1. box
2. rich
3. ship
4. teeth
5. zip
6. rain
7. goat
8. tear
9. owl
10. fight
11. smoke
12. straw