Letter X Words for Kids
You can use these picture cards for activities such as:
Sorting – This can be done in ways such as alphabetical order, adjectives, verbs, and nouns, color groups, pictures students like and dislike, or any other way that is interesting.
Sentence creation – Give learners one or more cards and ask them to create a sentence using the words.
Tongue twisters – Mix the cards up and then give students 3 or more cards to make their own silly sentences and tongue twisters.
Matching – Buy cutting the words from the bottom of the pictures you can create a fun picture and word matching activity to help reinforce the vocabulary.
Below is a list of the X words with pictures grouped by their pronunciation.
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- Axe
- Axolotl
- Box
- Boxer
- Excited
- Exercise
- Explain
- Explore
- Explosion
- Extreme
- Fax
- Fix
- Flax
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- Fox
- Galaxy
- Ibex
- Lynx
- Mailbox
- Maximum
- Mexico
- Mix
- Ox
- Oxygen
- Phoenix
- Pixie
- Relax
- Six
- Taxi
- Texas
- Textbook
- Toxic
- Tux
- Xbox
- Xray
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- Exam
- Exhaust
- Exit
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- Xerus
- Xylophone
List of X Words
Next, we have a more comprehensive list that also includes some more challenging words. It has, however, been limited to 120 of the easiest words with X for kids. You will also find a free printable PDF version of this list below.
Annex
Anxiety
Anxious
Apex
Appendix
Approximate
Axe
Axis
Borax
Box
Boxer
Boxy
Coax
Codex
Complex
Crucifix
Earwax
Exact
Exam
Examine
Example
Exceed
Excel
Excellent
Exceptional
Exchange
Excited
Exclaim
Exclusive
Excuse
Exercise
Exert
Exhale
Exhaust
Exhausting
Exhibit
Exile
Exist
Exit
Exotic
Expand
Expect
Expel
Expense
Expensive
Experience
Expert
Explain
Explode
Exploit
Explosion
Export
Expose
Expression
Expressive
Exquisite
Extend
Extensive
Extort
Extra
Extract
Extraordinary
Extreme
Fax
Fix
Fixer
Flax
Flex
Flexible
Fox
Galaxy
Hoax
Ibex
Inbox
Index
Jinx
Latex
Luxurious
Luxury
Lynx
Mailbox
Matrix
Maximum
Mix
Mixer
Noxious
Onyx
Ox
Oxygen
Paradox
Phoenix
Pixel
Pixie
Pox
Prefix
Relax
Remix
Six
Sixth
Suffix
Sweatbox
Tax
Taxi
Text
Textbook
Toolbox
Toxic
Unbox
Vex
Vixen
Vortex
Wax
Waxen
Xbox
Xenops
Xerox
Xerus
Xmas
X-ray
Xylophone
Most of the vocabulary in the above word list is commonly known. However, there are a few words that some people may not be familiar with. These include –
Flax – This is a plant that is used by people for its fibre, oil, and seeds. It is used to make textiles and food products.
Xerus – This is a kind of squirrel that lives in Africa. They live on the ground in burrows and mostly eat plants and insects.
Xenops – This is a kind of rainforest and jungle bird found in South and Central America. They are very small and behave similarly to woodpeckers.
Practice sentences with X words
Here are some simple sentences for learners to practice X words.
He saw a fox and an ox.
Six boxes came from Texas.
Alex says boxing is exciting.
Are there pixies in this galaxy?
There is wax on the textbook.
Exercise is excellent for you.
There’s an axe next to the mailbox.
The onyx xylophone was expensive.
Students can also try making their own sentences from the word list. There are also the tongue twisters with X which are quite challenging to read aloud.
