My Monster Book

of Phonics

Name: 

You will need a dice and counters for some of the games in this book.

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 Feed the Hungry Monsters
Write the real words on Ted’s plate and the nonsense words onto Zed’s plate.

Ted Zed
ock Real Words Nonsense Words duck

doll will

kiff goff

voss vaff

mess zock

lick muffin

puff yill

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 Quick Colour
Colour all of the monsters with real words in yellow and the monsters with nonsense words in green.

Real Words Nonsense Words

sang
zop
ring rock
cozz

buzz seng

jazz

boss
pack
zill
ving

jaff
bank

robin vock
sunhat dess

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 Quick Sort
Write the words in the correct column.

ch sh th qu

chip thin chat shell wish with quack quit shed quiz shop

rich moth chick quiff thanks quick thick dish shut ship

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 Spot the Real and Nonsense Words
Colour all the real words blue and the nonsense words red. How many of each can you spot?

Real Words Nonsense Words

ht h t
rain chig feet quig nigh hain

yeep sail ight wee

k
shee
p
figh
t

raim t eep
high deep vigh see

t k
wai mai
ch yigh daic aim jeek ligh
t

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 Sort the Monster’s Rubbish
Sort the nonsense words into the recycling bin to be recycled into new words.
oom Put the real words into the word bin. zoo

boat Recycling Bin Word Bin goat

zoom voosh

voam loat

joof voom

hoot roots

load book

hood wood

zoak voach

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 Match the Sounds
Draw a line from each word to the grapheme it contains.

worn turnip

ar
or ur bark
fur

chart
sort
cork
born
cart shark for
fork
park hurt arch
hard
surf
church turf curl
urn

far cord jars

torn burn turn

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 Speed Read
How quickly can you read all the words on the race track?

howl toil fern perm

void term card vow

kerb oil wow verb

gown coil foil bow

boil town herd soil

down join farmer owl

coin how herb cows

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 Phonics Mosaic
Read the real and nonsense words with each grapheme in. Use the key to reveal the hidden picture.

zure vure shairm vairs zairp gairong yairch vair

air nonsense words: ear real words:
light blue light yellow
dure yure tairth chair fair pair chairm dairch

dairm yairing hair quairt air vairsh unfair zairth air real words: ure nonsense words:
green bright yellow

jair sairm bairsh vairt pure yairp mairch bairth

ear nonsense words: ure real words:

mairsh kairt zair lairink sure wairp zairt thairm
bright blue brown

tairt quair fairink vairing cure quair bairm pairsh

gairs pairt ear near dear fear beard tairsh

neart shearp hear year gear rear tear eart

beart jearm earm cheart vearch theart zeard leart

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 Missing Sounds
Fill in the missing sounds.

e b ch f k

i p l t c d

m o f t t l

r i b g er l

a n l a dd j

qu n b d r n
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Spot It!
crab flag
hand grass
drop skip
doll sheep
plug nest
swim lamp
brush train
frog milk
black cube
cross slug

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 Word Search
bump brick
b r i k b r g p e p l e
s w b a n b d a s l w i
wind spot
r b r i n a w u n u d p
o t i w i n d s p m a s
tent b a c k r d u m l u p w bank

a s k a n b p l e s t i
smell n s e t a n s m e l l m drum
k t m e l l p o s t l n
n e n d s m o l p u r m
band plum
s n e s t n t e b u m p
b t u m p r u m w i d n
swim p o t s e s d r u m i m nest

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 Find the Word
Read the sentence and fill in the missing word from the list below.

The ____________was thick I must not ______________ A crab ________________

this morning. on the flowers. into the crack in the rock.

We ________________ all weekend near

I like to jump and _________________.
the pond.

I love to find
At the weekend, my sister I ___________ a lot when
_____________ in my
and I _________ in a tent. dust is in the air.
lunch box.

blink spent crisps slept twist frost crept tramp

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 Quick Colour
Colour all the animals with real words in blue and the animals with nonsense words in orange.

Real Words Nonsense Words

crash float stars grart smart

green prowt spoon fleart rown

brush sparch zairst crash clown

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 Feed the Hungry Wolves
Write the real words on Wilf’s plate and the nonsense words onto Wezz’s plate.

scroomp street

crunch tranch

varnch Wilf Wezz shramp

Real Words Nonsense Words
squonk vooting

treetop printer

starlight floating

handstand melting

stoomtop sandpit

windmill chipbix
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 Sentence Mazes
Find and colour the sentence in the maze to match the picture.

Gran and nest link.

Write the sentence
gulp Frank back down. you have found.

meet spent a train.

go roast week in

just lump smart Spain. 

A clock will green.

Write the sentence
scarf stood on moon. you have found.

had cross the slugs.

snack hand wooden chest.

twist fork from stop. 

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 Quick Sort
Write the words in the correct column.

ay ou ie ea

day pie spray sea found fried out treat stay sprout bead

least spied seat tried lie crayon proud tray scout

clay

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 Correct the Mistakes
Correct the mistakes in the phoneme frames.

b ir t s s k er t th ir t

oi s t er b oi s g er l

t oy z t i ss oo g r ue

l e tt a ch ir t b l oo

13 th ir t ee p s t a m ue

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 Read and Race
ue
Start whip knew when

wh
drew

ele lawn tissue

ph
glue an
t Finish
dolp
hin pew

aw
saw blue wh
iske
rs
true
whale claw
b et Instructions
alpha
phone
1. Roll the dice.
whisper
clue

ew
2. Sound out to blend the

ph
stew prawn word you land on.
few 3. Who will finish first?

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 What’s in the Box?
Draw a line from each word to the box with the grapheme it contains.

toe
trolley
author turkey
jockey
Joe
donkey launch

sauna
doe haunt

oe au
Paul ey
key
abbey

tiptoe foe
woe valley
pulley hockey
August

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 Roll and Read
Roll a dice and recite the words on the line that matches your number.

take name same late make

made flame game came take

same take name late name

name make same take late

late same name make flame

flame take late same name

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 Spot the Real and Nonsense Words
Colour all the real words red and the nonsense words green. Are there more real words or nonsense words?

Real Words Nonsense Words

te e in g de te
whi slem even swe kite sple

e e e
fine strid even libe frep gem

e e de e
glid thes bike kete insi them

lete e
Pete thife ce e
p e
com priz slid que bim

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 Sort the Monster’s Smelly Washing
Write the real words under the washing line and the nonsense words under the washing machine.

Washing Line Washing Machine

bone Jun
e
Real Words Nonsense Words
e
flum ston
e

b e e
quo blut

t ru me cub
e
s

de
pho
ne splu

e e
zon hom

e e
tub jum

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 Spot the Family
Circle all the words you spot with ai, ay, or a_e sounds in the sentences.

Ray is a snail. He likes to play in the rain. I am going to the playground to play
with my friend Jane.

Mum always makes me cake on a Friday. I saw a rainbow on my way home. I think
I will paint a picture of it tonight.

This is the tale of the brave whale who

tried to save a sailing boat.

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 Phonics Mosaic
Read the real and nonsense words with each grapheme in. Use the key to reveal the hidden picture.

these Pete street key turkey tree feet meet

ee words: light blue e_e words: yellow
theme even donkey valley trolley chimney greet seed

deep sheep sea seat meat bead creep been ey words: green y words: brown

weep weed read treat heap steam queen sweet

ea words: purple
screen speech least bean beast bleach cheek bleed

thirteen bleak beat feast least flea repeat screech

leaf coffee east beak beans cheap sleep clean

happy lolly hairy cream dream smelly crunchy penny

lucky heater lead mean neat season pea puppy

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 Match the Words
Draw a line from the pictures to the correct tiny word on the page.
Some of the pictures are missing. Fill in the missing pictures.
fly

ht
nig
time

fried
right

kite

slide
tie cried bike

pie

sky
shine
light

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 Mixed-Up Maze
Colour the path of nonsense words through the maze to reach the finish flag.
rt
Sta
thoat bow load gome quowch zowm toes moat

vone toad mow chroe home trofe snow dome

vrown zow goes srone loaf soach stone flow

goat pode boash shoaf cone loat phone loan

bone show toast boat low zoap quobe moan

alone zone oak coat arrow blow voack obe

ish
Fin

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 Quick Sort
Write the words in the correct column.

oo ew u_e ue

moon boo glue cube tube room blue tooth pool crew

tune prune June few boots zoom blew drew dude

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 Speed Read
Read all the words on this page as quickly as you can.

salad topic along wagon robin salsa habit enjoy My best time:

tower comet Aztec ninja liver apart order panic

ember actor otter Latin Japan crayon silver newest

yellow London sister winter bucket doctor ending better dragon market insect

pepper sunset summer donkey window crackers artist muffin Monday teacher pumpkin

lobster thunder snowman Spanish dentist numbers glitter monster fresher morning loudest

reading starfish stingray daylight backyard spelling playlist thinking birthday kindness thirteen

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 Well Done!
You have completed the
Monster Phonics Challenge.

You are a Phonics Superstar!

Date Signed
 Answers
Page 1 Page 3 Page 5
Real Words Nonsense Words ch sh th qu Real Words Nonsense Words
doll ock boat oom
chip shut moth quit zoom
mess kiff voam
lick voss rich dish thin quiz
hoot
chat ship thanks quiff joof
puff goff load
duck vaff chick shed thick quack zoak
hood
will zock shell with quick voosh
muffin yill zoo
wish loat
goat
shop
roots voom
book voach
Page 4 wood
Page 2
Real Words Nonsense Words
Real Words Nonsense Words Page 6
rain chight
buzz zop feet quigh ar or ur
ring cozz night hain chart cork surf
sang seng sail yeep cart born turn
rock ving week ight
park sort hurt
sheep raim
bank zill hard fork burn
fight vight
jazz jaff arch cord church
high eep
pack vock see maich far torn turf
boss dess wait yigh shark for urn
aim daick jars worn curl
robin
light jeek bark turnip
sunhat
deep fur

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 Answers
Page 8 Page 11 Page 12 (Cont.)
zure vure shairm vairs zairp gairong yairch vair b r i k b r g p e p l e I like to jump and twist.
dure yure tairth chair fair pair chairm dairch s w b a n b d a s l w i We spent all weekend near the pond.
r b r i n a w u n u d p
I love to find crisps in my lunchbox.
dairm yairing hair quairt air vairsh unfair zairth

jair sairm bairsh vairt pure yairp mairch bairth o t i w i n d s p m a s

At the weekend, my sister and I slept in a
mairsh kairt zair lairink sure wairp zairt thairm b a c k r d u m l u p w
tent.
tairt quair fairink vairing cure quair bairm pairsh a s k a n b p l e s t i
gairs pairt ear near dear fear beard tairsh n s e t a n s m e l l m I blink a lot when dust is in the air.
neart shearp hear year gear rear tear eart k t m e l l p o s t l n Page 13
beart jearm earm cheart vearch theart zeard leart n e n d s m o l p u r m
Real Words Nonsense Words
s n e s t n t e b u m p
crash grart
b t u m p r u m w i d n
Page 9 float prowt
p o t s e s d r u m i m
web chair fork stars fleart
bump spot smart rown
zip light card wind bank green sparch
tent drum
mop feet tail spoon zairst
smell plum
band swim brush
ring burger owl
brick nest crash
van ladder jar clown
Page 12
queen beard rain
The frost was thick this morning.
I must not tramp on the flowers.
A crab crept into the crack in the rock.

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 Answers
Page 14 Page 16 Page 19 (Cont.)
Real Words Nonsense Words ay ou ie ea oe au ey

crunch scroomp day out pie sea doe author valley

treetop varnch spray found fried treat Joe Paul jockey
starlight squonk stay proud spied seat
handstand woe launch turkey
stoamtop crayon scout tried least
windmill tray sprout lie bead tiptoe sauna key
tranch
street
shramp clay abbey
printer
floating vooting hockey
melting chipbix
Page 17 pulley
sandpit

birds skirt third Page 21

Page 15 oyster boys girl Real Words Nonsense Words
white sleme
toys tissue glue evening splete
Gran and nest link.
swede libe
gulp Frank back down. letter shirt blue kite frepe
meet spent a train. fine geme
thirteen statue stride kete
go roast week in
even thife
just lump smart Spain. glide quece
these bime
A clock will green. Page 19 bike
inside
scarf stood on moon. oe au ey theme
had cross the slugs. complete
toe haunt trolley prize
snack hand wooden chest.
Pete
twist fork from stop. foe August donkey
slide

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 Answers
Page 22 Page 24 Page 26
Real Words Nonsense Words these Pete street key turkey tree feet meet
thoat bow load gome quowch zowm toes moat
theme even donkey valley trolley chimney greet seed

bone quobe
deep sheep sea seat meat bead creep been vone toad mow chroe home trofe snow dome
flume strume weep weed read treat heap steam queen sweet

phone blute screen speech least bean beast bleach cheek bleed vrown zow goes srone loaf soach stone flow
zone splude thirteen bleak beat feast least flea repeat screech

goat pode boash shoaf cone loat phone loan

tube jume leaf coffee east beak beans cheap sleep clean

June happy lolly hairy cream dream smelly penny

crunchy

bone show toast boat low zoap quobe moan

stone
lucky heater lead mean neat season pea puppy

cube Page 25 alone zone oak coat arrow blow voack obe

home
shine tie

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sky kite
Ray is a snail. He likes to play in the rain. oo ew u-e ue

Mum always makes me a cake on a Friday. slide night moon crew cube glue
boo few tube blue
I am going to the playground to play with
bike light tooth blew tune
my friend Jane. pool drew prune
boots June
I saw a rainbow on my way home. I think I pie time
zoom dude
will paint a picture of it tonight. room
right fly
This is the tale of the brave whale who tried
to save a sailing boat. fried cried

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