READ/SPELL – first phonetic words with ‘x’

Reading / Spelling

• This resource pack of 6 pages covers: hearing, reading, spelling and using 2 and 3-letter phonetic words containing the letter ‘x’

• When ‘x’ is at the start of a word it makes a different sound to when ‘x’ is not at the start

• All the words in this pack do not have ‘x’ at the start of a word

Last updated
19th March 2026

A little more info...

• An initial sound is the sound a letter makes when it is at the beginning of a word

• If a word is phonetic it means the word can be sounded out using the initial sound of individual letters

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