initial k words

Initial K words – Free PDF pictures and 100-word list

Initial k words

Here are some free printable initial k words picture cards, a word list, and some practice sentences. These are perfect resources for any learners having trouble pronouncing the h sound, especially in the initial or first position.

If you have come to this page and are not entirely sure what k initial words are, it is all very simple. They are just words that start with the /k/ sound. This also includes words that start with C, just note that this is a hard C, not a soft C.

To make the /k/  sound, you should first put the back of your tongue on the back of the roof of your mouth. Next, blow air forward behind your tongue. Quickly move your tongue away to release air as you do this. It is a voiceless sound so there should be no vibration in your throat at all.

First of all, there are 4 PDF pages of initial K words flashcards (above and below) they have the pictures and words of –

Sheet 1 – cage, cake, camel, candy, carrot, castle, caterpillar, and cobweb.

Sheet 2 – coconut, comb, core, corn, cow, cub, cup, and kangaroo.

Sheet 3 – kart, kayak, kebab, keg, kernel, ketchup, key, and kick.

Sheet 4 – kid, kimono, king, kite, kitten, koala, kookaburra, and kumquat.

You can use these picture and word flashcards to play games with learners such as matching and memory games. You can also get students to arrange the cards in ways like alphabetical order.

In any case, giving learners nice visuals such as these for pronunciation practice makes lessons much more engaging than just a plain list of words.

Initial K word list

There is a free PDF word list above for you to download and print out. If you just want to copy and paste some words they are listed below.

cab

cabbage

cactus

cabin

cage

cake

calf

call

calm

camel

camera

can

canary

candy

cane

cap

cape

capsule

captain

car

card

care

carpet

carrots

cartoon

castle

cat

catch

caterpillar

cattle

cave

coach

coat

cobra

cobweb

coconut

coffee

coin

cold

collar

color

comb

come

computer

cone

contest

cook

cookie

cool

cop

copy

core

corn

correct

cost

costume

cottage

couch

cough

count

counter

cousin

cow

cowboy

coyote

cub

cup

cut

cute

kale

kangaroo

kart

kayak

keel

keen

keep

keg

kelp

kernel

ketchup

kettle

key

keyhole

kick

kid

kiln

kilo

kimono

kind

kindergarten

king

kiss

kit

Katana

kitchen

kite

kitten

kiwi

koala

kookaburra

Initial K words practice sentences

Here are some fun practice sentences that use the initial K sound to help learners articulate further.

Corn in a canary cage.

Coffee in a cold cabin.

A cowboy called Coyote Kid.

Take care not to cut the carpet.

The captain kissed a kitten.

There are cookies and candy cane in the kitchen.

Cabbage, coconut, and ketchup in a cup.

Cooking kale and kangaroo.

What color can cute caterpillars be?

There’s a cobra on the cabin counter.

Further activities

There are some more free resources here at ESL Vault that also use the /k/ sound. Check out the K and G minimal pairs as well as the K and T minimal pairs.

On these pages, you will find more flashcards and wordlists that use not only initial K words but words that use the final K.

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