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.Change the “c” in “cat” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hat (b) bat (c) cat
- 2.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 3.Which word is “net”? (a) net (b) gem (c) bat
- 4.🦊 Which word is this? (a) fox (b) box (c) six
- 5.Blend the sounds: b – u – g. Which word is it? (a) bug (b) beg (c) jug
- 6.Which picture rhymes with “box”? (a) map (b) bell (c) ox
- 7.Which word is in the “-ug” family? (a) pen (b) mop (c) rug
- 8.Which word is “hen”? (a) hen (b) ten (c) pen
- 9.Blend the sounds: n – a – p. Which word is it? (a) lap (b) tap (c) nap
- 10.Which picture rhymes with “bone”? (a) bug (b) star (c) phone
- 11.Which word is “it”? (a) no (b) I (c) it (d) to
- 12.Change the “t” in “tug” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hum (b) tug (c) hug
- 13.Which word is “I”? (a) in (b) I (c) is (d) a
- 14.We can ___ to the shop. (a) my (b) go (c) the
- 15.Change the “f” in “fed” to “r”. Which word do you get? (a) fed (b) rid (c) red
- 16.Which word is “no”? (a) at (b) no (c) we (d) go
- 17.Which word is “on”? (a) on (b) it (c) my (d) he
- 18.Blend the sounds: p – e – g. Which word is it? (a) pet (b) beg (c) peg
- 19.Blend the sounds: h – u – t. Which word is it? (a) hum (b) hut (c) hot
- 20.The dogs ___ big. (a) are (b) they (c) was
- 21.🍳 “pan” — which picture rhymes with it? (a) can (b) train (c) run
- 22.🛏️ Which word is this? (a) bed (b) gem (c) pen
- 23.I like ___ play. (a) we (b) is (c) to
- 24.Which word is “leg”? (a) net (b) hug (c) leg
- 25.Jump ___ and down! (a) my (b) the (c) up
- 26.Change the “j” in “jug” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) dig (b) dug (c) jug
- 27.Which sight word is spelt p – l – a – y? (a) play (b) look (c) come
- 28.She ___ my best friend. (a) what (b) was (c) they
- 29.Change the “s” in “sum” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) sum (b) gum (c) gem
- 30.Which word rhymes with “bat”, “mat” and “rat”? (a) big (b) hat (c) pop
- 31.Change the “x” in “fox” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) fox (b) dog (c) fog
- 32.Which word rhymes with “fig”, “big” and “wig”? (a) mop (b) jig (c) rat
- 33.Which picture rhymes with “snake”? (a) rat (b) sun (c) cake
- 34.👜 _ a g — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) w (c) b
- 35.Which picture does NOT rhyme with the others? (a) sun (b) clock (c) lock (d) sock
- 36.☕ Which word is this? (a) cup (b) nut (c) sun
- 37.Blend the sounds: l – i – d. Which word is it? (a) lit (b) kid (c) lid
- 38.Which word rhymes with “hat”, “rat” and “pat”? (a) bat (b) pop (c) den
- 39.Blend the sounds: t – a – n. Which word is it? (a) tag (b) fan (c) tan
- 40.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
Answer key
- hat
- o
- net
- fox
- bug
- ox
- rug
- hen
- nap
- phone
- it
- hug
- I
- go
- red
- no
- on
- peg
- hut
- are
- can
- bed
- to
- leg
- up
- dug
- play
- was
- gum
- hat
- fog
- jig
- cake
- b
- sun
- cup
- lid
- bat
- tan
- a
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