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1st Grade Reading Practice — Iowa Assessments (ITBS) Prep

This 1st Grade reading practice set covers the essential phonics and early literacy skills tested on the Iowa Assessments (ITBS) at Level 6. First graders will practice beginning and ending sounds, vowel identification, sight word recognition, rhyming words, word families, and basic sentence comprehension. The Iowa Test of Basic Skills at this level evaluates students' growing ability to decode words, recognize common sight words, and understand simple texts. These 210 practice questions provide comprehensive coverage of the reading skills that 6 and 7 year old students need, helping them build confidence with both reading fundamentals and standardized test formats.

Total Questions: 210 Grade: 1st Grade Iowa Level: Level 6 Ages: 6-7
Beginning SoundEnding SoundMiddle SoundLong VowelSight WordsRhymingReadingWord Family
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Beginning Sound

  1. What sound does CAT start with? (/k/ | /s/ | /t/ | /a/)
  2. What sound does DOG start with? (/b/ | /d/ | /g/ | /o/)
  3. What sound does FISH start with? (/f/ | /s/ | /h/ | /i/)
  4. What sound does BALL start with? (/d/ | /b/ | /l/ | /a/)
  5. What sound does SUN start with? (/s/ | /n/ | /u/ | /z/)
  6. What sound does MOUSE start with? (/n/ | /m/ | /s/ | /o/)
  7. What sound does TREE start with? (/t/ | /r/ | /e/ | /s/)
  8. What sound does PIG start with? (/b/ | /p/ | /g/ | /i/)
  9. What sound does LION start with? (/l/ | /n/ | /i/ | /r/)
  10. What sound does HAT start with? (/a/ | /h/ | /t/ | /ch/)
  11. What sound does RAINBOW start with? (/r/ | /b/ | /w/ | /n/)
  12. What sound does CAKE start with? (/s/ | /k/ | /a/ | /ch/)
  13. What sound does NEST start with? (/n/ | /s/ | /t/ | /e/)
  14. What sound does WAGON start with? (/v/ | /w/ | /g/ | /a/)
  15. What sound does JUMP start with? (/j/ | /g/ | /m/ | /u/)
  16. What sound does KITE start with? (/k/ | /t/ | /i/ | /s/)
  17. What sound does GOAT start with? (/d/ | /g/ | /t/ | /o/)
  18. What sound does VASE start with? (/v/ | /f/ | /s/ | /a/)
  19. What sound does YELLOW start with? (/w/ | /y/ | /l/ | /e/)
  20. What sound does ZEBRA start with? (/z/ | /s/ | /b/ | /r/)
  21. What sound does APPLE start with? (/a/ | /p/ | /l/ | /e/)
  22. What sound does UMBRELLA start with? (/u/ | /m/ | /b/ | /r/)
  23. What sound does ELEPHANT start with? (/l/ | /e/ | /p/ | /f/)
  24. What sound does IGLOO start with? (/i/ | /g/ | /l/ | /o/)
  25. What sound does OCTOPUS start with? (/o/ | /k/ | /t/ | /p/)
  26. What sound does QUEEN start with? (/k/ | /kw/ | /n/ | /e/)
  27. What sound does SHIP start with? (/s/ | /sh/ | /h/ | /p/)
  28. What sound does CHAIR start with? (/k/ | /ch/ | /h/ | /r/)
  29. What sound does THUMB start with? (/t/ | /th/ | /h/ | /m/)
  30. What sound does PHONE start with? (/p/ | /f/ | /h/ | /n/)

Ending Sound

  1. What sound does BED end with? (/d/ | /b/ | /e/ | /t/)
  2. What sound does CUP end with? (/k/ | /p/ | /u/ | /b/)
  3. What sound does BUS end with? (/s/ | /b/ | /z/ | /u/)
  4. What sound does CAR end with? (/k/ | /r/ | /a/ | /s/)
  5. What sound does PEN end with? (/n/ | /p/ | /e/ | /m/)
  6. What sound does BOOK end with? (/b/ | /k/ | /oo/ | /g/)
  7. What sound does BELL end with? (/l/ | /b/ | /e/ | /n/)
  8. What sound does DRUM end with? (/d/ | /m/ | /u/ | /r/)
  9. What sound does LEAF end with? (/l/ | /f/ | /e/ | /v/)
  10. What sound does FROG end with? (/f/ | /g/ | /r/ | /k/)
  11. What sound does BOAT end with? (/t/ | /b/ | /o/ | /d/)
  12. What sound does DUCK end with? (/d/ | /k/ | /u/ | /g/)
  13. What sound does HAND end with? (/d/ | /h/ | /n/ | /t/)
  14. What sound does FISH end with? (/f/ | /sh/ | /s/ | /i/)
  15. What sound does BATH end with? (/b/ | /th/ | /t/ | /a/)
  16. What sound does RING end with? (/r/ | /ng/ | /g/ | /n/)
  17. What sound does BEACH end with? (/b/ | /ch/ | /k/ | /sh/)
  18. What sound does LAMP end with? (/l/ | /p/ | /m/ | /b/)
  19. What sound does TENT end with? (/t/ | /n/ | /e/ | /d/)
  20. What sound does DESK end with? (/d/ | /k/ | /s/ | /e/)
  21. What sound does MILK end with? (/m/ | /k/ | /l/ | /i/)
  22. What sound does NEST end with? (/n/ | /t/ | /s/ | /e/)
  23. What sound does GIFT end with? (/g/ | /t/ | /f/ | /i/)
  24. What sound does MASK end with? (/m/ | /k/ | /s/ | /a/)
  25. What sound does HELP end with? (/h/ | /p/ | /l/ | /e/)
  26. What sound does FAST end with? (/f/ | /t/ | /s/ | /a/)
  27. What sound does JUMP end with? (/j/ | /p/ | /m/ | /u/)
  28. What sound does WINK end with? (/w/ | /k/ | /n/ | /i/)
  29. What sound does STAMP end with? (/s/ | /p/ | /m/ | /t/)
  30. What sound does LUNCH end with? (/l/ | /ch/ | /n/ | /sh/)

Middle Sound

  1. What vowel sound is in CAT? (short a | short e | short i | short o)
  2. What vowel sound is in PEN? (short a | short e | short i | short o)
  3. What vowel sound is in SIT? (short a | short e | short i | short o)
  4. What vowel sound is in HOT? (short a | short e | short i | short o)
  5. What vowel sound is in CUP? (short a | short e | short u | short o)
  6. What vowel sound is in BED? (short a | short e | short i | short u)
  7. What vowel sound is in RUN? (short a | short o | short u | short i)
  8. What vowel sound is in PIG? (short a | short e | short i | short o)
  9. What vowel sound is in FOX? (short a | short e | short i | short o)
  10. What vowel sound is in BAG? (short a | short e | short i | short o)
  11. What vowel sound is in BUS? (short a | short o | short u | short i)
  12. What vowel sound is in WET? (short a | short e | short i | short u)
  13. What vowel sound is in MOP? (short a | short e | short i | short o)
  14. What vowel sound is in HIT? (short a | short e | short i | short o)
  15. What vowel sound is in NUT? (short a | short o | short u | short i)

Long Vowel

  1. What vowel sound is in CAKE? (long a | long e | long i | long o)
  2. What vowel sound is in TREE? (long a | long e | long i | long o)
  3. What vowel sound is in KITE? (long a | long e | long i | long o)
  4. What vowel sound is in BONE? (long a | long e | long i | long o)
  5. What vowel sound is in CUBE? (long a | long o | long u | long i)
  6. What vowel sound is in BIKE? (long a | long e | long i | long o)
  7. What vowel sound is in ROSE? (long a | long e | long i | long o)
  8. What vowel sound is in LAKE? (long a | long e | long i | long o)
  9. What vowel sound is in BEE? (long a | long e | long i | long o)
  10. What vowel sound is in NOSE? (long a | long e | long i | long o)
  11. What vowel sound is in MULE? (long a | long o | long u | long i)
  12. What vowel sound is in TAPE? (long a | long e | long i | long o)
  13. What vowel sound is in FEET? (long a | long e | long i | long o)
  14. What vowel sound is in NINE? (long a | long e | long i | long o)
  15. What vowel sound is in HOME? (long a | long e | long i | long o)

Sight Words

  1. What word is this? (the | this | that | them)
  2. What word is this? (add | and | ant | end)
  3. What word is this? (it | if | is | in)
  4. What word is this? (yes | you | your | yet)
  5. What word is this? (was | way | war | wax)
  6. What word is this? (art | arm | are | ark)
  7. What word is this? (far | for | four | from)
  8. What word is this? (have | gave | hive | half)
  9. What word is this? (sad | said | seed | side)
  10. What word is this? (the | they | then | them)
  11. What word is this? (came | come | comb | cone)
  12. What word is this? (what | that | when | want)
  13. What word is this? (their | here | there | where)
  14. What word is this? (from | form | farm | foam)
  15. What word is this? (where | were | wear | wire)
  16. What word is this? (then | when | went | what)
  17. What word is this? (you | our | your | year)
  18. What word is this? (would | could | should | cold)
  19. What word is this? (could | should | would | wood)
  20. What word is this? (there | their | they | them)
  21. What word is this? (above | about | after | again)
  22. What word is this? (witch | watch | which | where)
  23. What word is this? (money | many | may | more)
  24. What word is this? (same | some | home | come)
  25. What word is this? (those | this | these | them)
  26. What word is this? (purple | people | pepper | please)
  27. What word is this? (winter | water | watch | where)
  28. What word is this? (bean | been | bent | best)
  29. What word is this? (letter | little | listen | litter)
  30. What word is this? (become | before | because | began)
  31. What word is this? (dose | does | goes | doll)
  32. What word is this? (again | against | begin | again)
  33. What word is this? (gave | give | live | five)
  34. What word is this? (before | after | about | above)
  35. What word is this? (jump | just | must | dust)
  36. What word is this? (now | knew | know | snow)
  37. What word is this? (vary | every | very | vent)
  38. What word is this? (one | only | once | onto)
  39. What word is this? (were | where | here | there)
  40. What word is this? (very | ever | every | even)

Rhyming

  1. Which word rhymes with CAT? (dog | hat | cup | bed)
  2. Which word rhymes with PAN? (pen | man | pin | pun)
  3. Which word rhymes with BIG? (bag | pig | bug | beg)
  4. Which word rhymes with TOP? (tip | hop | tap | tub)
  5. Which word rhymes with SUN? (sin | run | son | sat)
  6. Which word rhymes with CAKE? (cook | lake | cup | cut)
  7. Which word rhymes with TREE? (try | bee | tie | two)
  8. Which word rhymes with HIDE? (had | ride | hid | head)
  9. Which word rhymes with NOSE? (nice | toes | nap | net)
  10. Which word rhymes with CUTE? (coat | boot | cat | cut)
  11. Which word rhymes with BOOK? (back | look | bike | bake)
  12. Which word rhymes with RING? (rang | sing | rung | rain)
  13. Which word rhymes with PLAY? (please | day | plow | plus)
  14. Which word rhymes with STAR? (stop | car | step | stir)
  15. Which word rhymes with DUCK? (dock | truck | deck | dark)
  16. Which word rhymes with MAKE? (milk | snake | mock | muck)
  17. Which word rhymes with BELL? (ball | well | bill | bull)
  18. Which word rhymes with NINE? (noon | fine | name | none)
  19. Which word rhymes with COLD? (call | gold | cool | coal)
  20. Which word rhymes with JUMP? (jam | bump | jimp | junk)
  21. Which word rhymes with NIGHT? (neat | light | note | knit)
  22. Which word rhymes with TRAIN? (tree | rain | trip | true)
  23. Which word rhymes with CHAIR? (chop | bear | chirp | cheer)
  24. Which word rhymes with GROW? (grab | snow | green | grip)
  25. Which word rhymes with SHEEP? (ship | sleep | shape | sharp)
  26. Which word rhymes with TANK? (tink | blank | trunk | think)
  27. Which word rhymes with BROWN? (brain | town | blown | burn)
  28. Which word rhymes with CLOCK? (click | rock | cluck | clerk)
  29. Which word rhymes with SPELL? (spill | shell | small | split)
  30. Which word rhymes with BRIGHT? (breath | flight | brought | black)

Reading

  1. The cat sat on the mat. Where did the cat sit? (on the bed | on the mat | on the chair | on the floor)
  2. The dog ran fast. What did the dog do? (jumped | ran | slept | ate)
  3. I see a big red apple. What color is the apple? (green | red | yellow | blue)
  4. The sun is hot. How is the sun? (cold | hot | wet | soft)
  5. Mom made a cake. Who made the cake? (Dad | Mom | Sister | Brother)
  6. The bird can fly. What can the bird do? (swim | fly | dig | crawl)
  7. I have two hands. How many hands do I have? (one | two | three | four)
  8. The frog jumped into the pond. Where did the frog jump? (into the tree | into the pond | onto the rock | under the log)
  9. She ate three cookies. How many cookies did she eat? (two | three | four | five)
  10. The baby is sleeping. What is the baby doing? (crying | sleeping | playing | eating)
  11. Tom likes to play ball. What does Tom like? (to read | to play ball | to swim | to cook)
  12. The car is blue. What color is the car? (red | blue | green | white)
  13. We went to the park. Where did we go? (to the store | to the park | to school | to the zoo)
  14. The flower is pretty. How is the flower? (ugly | pretty | tall | small)
  15. Dad works at the office. Where does Dad work? (at home | at the office | at school | at the store)
  16. The clock says it is noon. What time is it? (morning | noon | night | evening)
  17. Sam has a new bike. What does Sam have? (a new car | a new bike | a new toy | a new book)
  18. The bear lives in the forest. Where does the bear live? (in the ocean | in the forest | in the desert | in the city)
  19. It is raining outside. What is the weather like? (sunny | rainy | snowy | cloudy)
  20. The pizza is hot. How is the pizza? (cold | hot | frozen | warm)
  21. Lisa reads books every day. What does Lisa do every day? (plays games | reads books | watches TV | draws pictures)
  22. The train goes fast. How does the train go? (slow | fast | backward | sideways)
  23. I brush my teeth at night. When do I brush my teeth? (in the morning | at night | at noon | in the afternoon)
  24. The cow gives milk. What does the cow give? (eggs | milk | honey | meat)
  25. We play in the snow in winter. When do we play in the snow? (in summer | in winter | in spring | in fall)
  26. The apple fell from the tree. Where did the apple fall from? (the ground | the tree | the table | the basket)
  27. Grandma bakes cookies. What does Grandma bake? (cake | cookies | bread | pie)
  28. The fish swims in water. Where does the fish swim? (on land | in water | in air | in sand)
  29. My sister is five years old. How old is my sister? (four | five | six | seven)
  30. The moon shines at night. When does the moon shine? (in the morning | at night | at noon | in the evening)

Word Family

  1. Which word belongs with: cat, bat, sat? (cut | mat | cot | met)
  2. Which word belongs with: hen, pen, den? (pin | ten | pan | ton)
  3. Which word belongs with: big, pig, dig? (bag | wig | bug | beg)
  4. Which word belongs with: hot, pot, dot? (hat | lot | hit | let)
  5. Which word belongs with: run, sun, fun? (ran | bun | rin | fan)
  6. Which word belongs with: cake, lake, make? (like | bake | look | book)
  7. Which word belongs with: bee, see, tree? (bay | free | buy | bow)
  8. Which word belongs with: bike, like, hike? (back | mike | book | bark)
  9. Which word belongs with: cone, bone, stone? (cane | phone | can | pan)
  10. Which word belongs with: cute, mute, flute? (coat | jute | cat | cut)
  11. Which word belongs with: ring, sing, king? (rang | wing | rung | gang)
  12. Which word belongs with: ball, call, tall? (bell | fall | bill | fill)
  13. Which word belongs with: book, look, cook? (back | hook | bike | hike)
  14. Which word belongs with: day, play, say? (do | may | my | me)
  15. Which word belongs with: rain, train, main? (run | brain | ran | bran)
  16. Which word belongs with: duck, luck, truck? (dock | stuck | deck | stack)
  17. Which word belongs with: shell, bell, well? (shall | tell | sill | tall)
  18. Which word belongs with: grow, show, snow? (grew | flow | group | glow)
  19. Which word belongs with: sleep, deep, keep? (slip | sheep | slap | shop)
  20. Which word belongs with: night, light, right? (neat | sight | note | seat)
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