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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