Sorting Everyday Words by Last Sound — A1 English Pronunciation Practice Test
About this practice test
Practise A1 English pronunciation by saying common words and sorting them by the consonant sound at the end.
What you’ll practice
Hear the difference
Recognise vowel and consonant contrasts in clear recordings.
Stress and rhythm
Identify strong syllables and emphasized words.
Listen and review
Replay each recording and learn from answer explanations.
What to expect:
8 questions with explanations to review after submission.
Study the questions and tasks
Work through the material below, or start the interactive practice above to complete an attempt. Try the exercises before opening any answer or transcript sections, then use them to review your work.
- Practice level
- A1. Try this level if you can follow the instructions and understand most of the language; choose an earlier level if you need more support.
- Question formats
- Sorting into categories
How to approach this practice
Read the instructions and work through the questions before opening the answers.
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Question 1 · Sorting into categories
Sort each word or phrase into its correct category.
Say and sort the words by their last sound. Use American English pronunciation.
Categories
- /p/ as in pen
- /b/ as in bag
Word bank
- job
- web
- cup
- map
Check answers and explanations
- 1. job
- /b/ as in bag
- 2. web
- /b/ as in bag
- 3. cup
- /p/ as in pen
- 4. map
- /p/ as in pen
Sound groups: /p/ as in pen: cup, map; /b/ as in bag: job, web.
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Question 2 · Sorting into categories
Sort each word or phrase into its correct category.
Say and sort the words by their last sound. Use American English pronunciation.
Categories
- /t/ as in ten
- /d/ as in dog
Word bank
- bed
- cat
- red
- coat
Check answers and explanations
- 1. bed
- /d/ as in dog
- 2. cat
- /t/ as in ten
- 3. red
- /d/ as in dog
- 4. coat
- /t/ as in ten
Sound groups: /t/ as in ten: cat, coat; /d/ as in dog: bed, red.
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Question 3 · Sorting into categories
Sort each word or phrase into its correct category.
Say and sort the words by their last sound. Use American English pronunciation.
Categories
- /k/ as in key
- /ɡ/ as in go
Word bank
- bag
- milk
- book
- dog
Check answers and explanations
- 1. bag
- /ɡ/ as in go
- 2. milk
- /k/ as in key
- 3. book
- /k/ as in key
- 4. dog
- /ɡ/ as in go
Sound groups: /k/ as in key: book, milk; /ɡ/ as in go: bag, dog.
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Question 4 · Sorting into categories
Sort each word or phrase into its correct category.
Say and sort the words by their last sound. Use American English pronunciation.
Categories
- /m/ as in milk
- /n/ as in name
Word bank
- room
- rain
- pen
- name
Check answers and explanations
- 1. room
- /m/ as in milk
- 2. rain
- /n/ as in name
- 3. pen
- /n/ as in name
- 4. name
- /m/ as in milk
Sound groups: /m/ as in milk: room, name; /n/ as in name: pen, rain.
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Question 5 · Sorting into categories
Sort each word or phrase into its correct category.
Say and sort the words by their last sound. Use American English pronunciation.
Categories
- /f/ as in fish
- /v/ as in van
Word bank
- give
- five
- leaf
- roof
Check answers and explanations
- 1. give
- /v/ as in van
- 2. five
- /v/ as in van
- 3. leaf
- /f/ as in fish
- 4. roof
- /f/ as in fish
Sound groups: /f/ as in fish: leaf, roof; /v/ as in van: five, give.
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Question 6 · Sorting into categories
Sort each word or phrase into its correct category.
Say and sort the words by their last sound. Use American English pronunciation.
Categories
- /s/ as in sun
- /z/ as in zoo
Word bank
- cheese
- please
- bus
- rice
Check answers and explanations
- 1. cheese
- /z/ as in zoo
- 2. please
- /z/ as in zoo
- 3. bus
- /s/ as in sun
- 4. rice
- /s/ as in sun
Sound groups: /s/ as in sun: bus, rice; /z/ as in zoo: please, cheese.
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Question 7 · Sorting into categories
Sort each word or phrase into its correct category.
Say and sort the words by their last sound. Use American English pronunciation.
Categories
- /l/ as in leg
- /ɹ/ as in red
Word bank
- school
- car
- ball
- star
Check answers and explanations
- 1. school
- /l/ as in leg
- 2. car
- /ɹ/ as in red
- 3. ball
- /l/ as in leg
- 4. star
- /ɹ/ as in red
Sound groups: /l/ as in leg: ball, school; /ɹ/ as in red: car, star.
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Question 8 · Sorting into categories
Sort each word or phrase into its correct category.
Say and sort the words by their last sound. Use American English pronunciation.
Categories
- /ʃ/ as in shop
- /n/ as in name
Word bank
- sun
- fish
- green
- wash
Check answers and explanations
- 1. sun
- /n/ as in name
- 2. fish
- /ʃ/ as in shop
- 3. green
- /n/ as in name
- 4. wash
- /ʃ/ as in shop
Sound groups: /ʃ/ as in shop: fish, wash; /n/ as in name: sun, green.
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