Phoneme Fun!

A Grade 3 ELA worksheet focusing on identifying and manipulating phonemes in words.

Grade 3 ELA GrammarPhonicsPhonemes

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Multiple ChoiceFill in the BlanksShort AnswerTrue / FalseWord Bank

Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.2.BCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.3.3.A

Topics

ELAPhonemesPhonicsGrade 3

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Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in a language.

1. How many phonemes are in the word "cat"?

2. Which word has four phonemes?

ship

dog

blue

rake

Count the phonemes in each word and write the number on the blank.

3. bake:

4. light:

5. chair:

6. Say the word "clap". Now, change the /l/ sound to /r/. What new word do you have?

7. Say the word "swing". Now, remove the /s/ sound. What new word do you have?

8. The word "shoe" has two phonemes.

True

False

9. The word "box" has three phonemes.

True

False

Use the words in the bank to complete the sentences. Each word has a specific number of phonemes.

fish (3 phonemes)

truck (4 phonemes)

tree (2 phonemes)

moon (3 phonemes)

10. The little swam in the pond.

11. We saw a big drive by.

12. A bird built a nest in the tall .