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Letter L Sound Worksheets

Teaching your kids alphabet sounds? Grab these free printable letter L sound worksheets.

Introduce your preschooler to the letter L with a fun beginning sound coloring page. And 1st graders reviewing letter sounds can practice identifying syllables that have an /l/ sound.

Both alphabet worksheets are available for download below. They’re free. And the PDF comes with answers.

Letter L Beginning Sound Worksheet

This letter L coloring page is a good kindergarten worksheet. Kids will be coloring the images that begin with an L sound.

To do so, children will be sounding out the words of each image. There are 23 pictures to sound out – 14 that start with an L.

A printable letter L beginning sound worksheet. The alphabet coloring page has 23 pictures. Kids need to sound out the words of the images and color the 14 objects that begin with an L sound.

Children only need some crayons to color a lion, lizard, leaf, and laundry basket.

Letter L Phonics Worksheet

Of course the L sound could be anywhere in a word, not just the beginning. So this worksheet will help kids practice finding the L sound, whether it’s at the beginning, middle, or end.

It’s a good phonics worksheet for grade 1 students.

a free printable 1st grade letter L sound alphabet worksheet

It has 12 pictures for kids to practice on. Their job is to figure out which syllable(s) have an L sound. 

To help them isolate each syllable, they might find it helpful to lightly clap while saying each part of the word.

For example, one image is of a butterfly. Below the image are 3 connected boxes, each representing a syllable.

BUT TER FLY

Hopefully, kids notice that the L sound is in the 3rd syllable. To indicate that on the worksheet, they should draw an X in the 3rd box below its image.

Printable Letter L Sound Worksheets

The letter L sound worksheets can be downloaded easily below. It’s free. Use one of the forms below, and the 3 page PDF will be sent to your email.  

The PDF includes both of the worksheets and a page with the answers.

When printing, print pages 1 and 2 to print out just the worksheets.

More Letter L Worksheets

Here are some more fun letter L worksheets and activities:

Here is the link to find more alphabet sound worksheets for other letters. The next completed letter in our series is the letter R.

Answer Keys

Here are the answer keys to help teachers and parents quickly check their student’s work.

L Beginning Sound Worksheet Answer Key

The answer key for the letter L initial sound worksheet:

A letter L beginning sound worksheet answer key. It shows the 14 images of objects that begin with the letter L and should be colored. The letter L objects that should be colored are a lizard, log, lollipop, lighthouse, lightbulb, lion, lipstick, lock, lips, lemon, lamp, leaf, ladder, and laundry.

Kids should have colored these 14 pictures:

  1. lizard
  2. log
  3. lollipop
  4. lighthouse
  5. lion
  6. lightbulb
  7. lock
  8. lipstick
  9. lips
  10. lemon
  11. lamp
  12. leaf
  13. ladder
  14. laundry

Letter L Phonics Worksheet Answer Key

And here’s a quick reference for the 1st grade worksheet.

A letter L phonics syllable worksheet answer key. It shows which syllables in 12 different words contain an L sound. Kids need to put X's in each box representing a syllable that they hear the L sound. There should be an X in the first syllable of the words mailbox, elephant, and helmet; the last syllable in the words butterfly, island, airplane, koala, pineapple, broccoli, and violin; and both syllables in the words flashlight.

More alphabet sound worksheets can be found here.