Year 1 Phonics Check test items 2020-23
Test items for the Year 1 Phonics Check were updated in January 2024.
The words used in the Phonics Check from 2020 to 2023 were:
Simple pseudo words
- lig
- mep
- gax
- emp
- beff
- shup
- doil
- charb
- frex
- criff
- haps
- barst
Simple real words
- chin
- deck
- horn
- queen
- tram
- press
- self
- keeps
Complex pseudo words
- jigh
- woats
- rird
- phope
- glips
- floost
- splam
- stribe
Complex real words
- stair
- haunt
- lied
- wove
- drank
- treats
- scram
- stroke
- arrow
- forest
- wishing
- brighter
Access the Australian Government Year 1 Phonics Check.
- Resource details
- Year level
- Year 1
- Purpose
- Assessment advice, Professional learning
- Topic
- Year 1 Phonics Check
- Audience
- Teachers, School leaders
- Format
- Webpage
- Learning area
- English
- General capabilities
- Literacy
- Publisher
These materials have been edited and reproduced by Education Services Australia under licence from the Government of South Australia Department for Education. Materials adapted by the Government of South Australia Department for Education with the permission of the Standards and Testing Agency of the UK Government.
Contains public sector information licenced under the Open Government Licence v3.0: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/- Copyright
© UK Department for Education
- Keywords
- decoding, phonemic awareness, phonics, phonics check
