KS1 English textbook
Year 1 English Letters, Sounds and the Alphabet: lesson and practice
- Strand Phonics
- Level Year 1
- Practice 89 questions with step-by-step solutions
By the end of this chapter you will be able to
- Say the sound that a letter makes, using a picture word
- Say the name of a letter, and say the alphabet in order
- Find the letter that comes after, before or between two letters
- Match a capital letter to its small partner
- Find the letter that makes the sound at the start or end of a picture word
- Say which letter family a letter belongs to
- Write the digits 0 to 9 and know they are not letters
You should already know
- Saying numbers and the alphabet in order (Reception)
- Some letter sounds from Reception
- Counting to 10 (Reception)
Where this leads
- Two letters, one sound (Year 1 Chapter 2)
- More ways to write a sound (Year 1 Chapter 3)
Lessons in this chapter
- 1.1 The alphabet, letter names and capital letters · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
- 1.2 Letter sounds: s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
- 1.3 Letter sounds: g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
- 1.4 Letter sounds: f, l, j, v, w, x, y, z and the double letters · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
- 1.5 Forming letters in their letter families · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
- 1.6 Digits 0 to 9: they are not letters · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
- Summary and key words
- Check-up and end-of-chapter quiz · Worksheet (PDF) · Answers (PDF)
Read the whole chapter on one page (good for printing).
Practise with real exam questions
The DfE publishes the old KS1 tests, with mark schemes, for free. They are optional for schools now, so use them as extra practice.