Blending Phonics Worksheets
How the sounds work (Sound, blend, check): Sound out each letter of a new word, then blend. Use rhymes and families: if you can read “cat”, you can read “hat”. Know the sight words at a glance.
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- 1.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) d (b) c (c) n
- 2.Change the “g” in “gem” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) ham (b) hem (c) gem
- 3.Which word rhymes with “tan”, “fan” and “man”? (a) dug (b) fig (c) can
- 4.Which word is “pen”? (a) pin (b) pen (c) pan
- 5.Can I have ___ water? (a) some (b) they (c) said
- 6.Which word is “they”? (a) there (b) they (c) some (d) here
- 7.He can ___ up the tree. (a) go (b) the (c) my
- 8.Which word is “I”? (a) a (b) I (c) in (d) it
- 9.Which word rhymes with “tan”, “man” and “can”? (a) top (b) big (c) pan
- 10.Which sight word is spelt m – e? (a) is (b) we (c) me
- 11.___ is the cat? (a) Where (b) Some (c) They
- 12.Which word is “ten”? (a) pen (b) ten (c) hen
- 13.Change the “r” in “ram” to “j”. Which word do you get? (a) jam (b) ham (c) ram
- 14.Which word is “in”? (a) in (b) go (c) he (d) my
- 15.Change the “c” in “can” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) can (b) pan (c) ran
- 16.I want ___ go out. (a) the (b) to (c) is
- 17.Blend the sounds: b – a – g. Which word is it? (a) bag (b) bat (c) tag
- 18.What ___ you do? (a) was (b) do (c) they
- 19.Which picture does NOT rhyme with the others? (a) lock (b) pen (c) ten (d) hen
- 20.Change the “m” in “men” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) men (b) pen (c) pan
- 21.Blend the sounds: t – u – g. Which word is it? (a) tub (b) rug (c) tug
- 22.Which word rhymes with “men”, “den” and “ten”? (a) tan (b) hop (c) pen
- 23.Which word is in the “-an” family? (a) mop (b) hug (c) van
- 24.___ am six years old. (a) You (b) I (c) We
- 25.Which word is NOT in the “-op” family? (a) pig (b) mop (c) top (d) hop
- 26.Change the “c” in “cut” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) not (b) cut (c) nut
- 27.Blend the sounds: r – u – g. Which word is it? (a) rug (b) rub (c) tug
- 28.Blend the sounds: w – e – d. Which word is it? (a) web (b) wed (c) wet
- 29.Which word is “bag”? (a) bag (b) bat (c) bug
- 30.Change the “f” in “fan” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) fan (b) pan (c) tan
- 31.Which word is “map”? (a) cap (b) map (c) tap
- 32.Change the “k” in “kit” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) fit (b) kit (c) pit
- 33.Which word is NOT in the “-ig” family? (a) big (b) pig (c) jig (d) hat
- 34.🚗 “car” — which picture rhymes with it? (a) moon (b) frog (c) star
- 35.🪨 “stone” — which picture rhymes with it? (a) cake (b) bone (c) run
- 36.Blend the sounds: t – a – p. Which word is it? (a) tap (b) map (c) nap
- 37.🔴 Which word is this? (a) gem (b) rat (c) red
- 38.The cat ___ on the mat. (a) they (b) was (c) are
- 39.Blend the sounds: c – a – t. Which word is it? (a) cut (b) cat (c) pat
- 40.Come ___ and sit down. (a) here (b) was (c) said
Answer key
- d
- hem
- can
- pen
- some
- they
- go
- I
- pan
- me
- Where
- ten
- jam
- in
- ran
- to
- bag
- do
- lock
- pen
- tug
- pen
- van
- I
- pig
- nut
- rug
- wed
- bag
- tan
- map
- pit
- hat
- star
- bone
- tap
- red
- was
- cat
- here
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