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 “r” in “rip” to “z”. Which word do you get? (a) rip (b) zip (c) lip
- 2.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 3.Which picture does NOT rhyme with the others? (a) phone (b) bone (c) stone (d) bat
- 4.Which word is “hug”? (a) cup (b) nut (c) hug
- 5.Which word is “nut”? (a) bat (b) nut (c) hug
- 6.Change the “d” in “sad” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) sat (b) cat (c) sad
- 7.Blend the sounds: b – u – d. Which word is it? (a) bed (b) bus (c) bud
- 8.Which picture rhymes with “bell”? (a) shell (b) nose (c) cap
- 9.Change the “b” in “rub” to “n”. Which word do you get? (a) rub (b) ran (c) run
- 10.Blend the sounds: l – i – p. Which word is it? (a) lip (b) zip (c) tip
- 11.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 12.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 13.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 14.Which word is “come”? (a) what (b) were (c) they (d) come
- 15.🥫 _ a n — which letter is missing? (a) c (b) b (c) h
- 16.Which picture rhymes with “goat”? (a) pear (b) jeep (c) coat
- 17.Change the “d” in “rid” to “p”. Which word do you get? (a) dip (b) rip (c) rid
- 18.🎩 “hat” — which picture rhymes with it? (a) rat (b) pen (c) sun
- 19.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 20.Blend the sounds: r – o – t. Which word is it? (a) not (b) rot (c) rat
- 21.🐀 Which word is this? (a) hat (b) rat (c) bat
- 22.🚌 _ u s — which letter is missing? (a) f (b) d (c) b
- 23.Blend the sounds: h – e – m. Which word is it? (a) hen (b) hem (c) gem
- 24.Which word is “play”? (a) said (b) were (c) they (d) play
- 25.Which word is in the “-en” family? (a) cop (b) pen (c) rat
- 26.Which picture does NOT rhyme with the others? (a) sock (b) lock (c) clock (d) king
- 27.Which word is “in”? (a) in (b) no (c) at (d) up
- 28.Which sight word is spelt o – n? (a) no (b) to (c) on
- 29.Which sight word is spelt u – p? (a) is (b) up (c) to
- 30.___, you cannot go. (a) The (b) To (c) No
- 31.Which picture does NOT rhyme with the others? (a) clock (b) lock (c) sock (d) snake
- 32.Which word rhymes with “hop”, “mop” and “top”? (a) bat (b) cop (c) man
- 33.___ at the big tree! (a) Was (b) Look (c) They
- 34.👄 _ i p — which letter is missing? (a) l (b) c (c) s
- 35.Which word is NOT in the “-ig” family? (a) pig (b) fig (c) hen (d) big
- 36.Which word is “fox”? (a) fox (b) box (c) log
- 37.Which picture does NOT rhyme with the others? (a) house (b) coat (c) goat (d) boat
- 38.Which sight word is spelt m – y? (a) go (b) is (c) my
- 39.🐷 Which word is this? (a) bin (b) pig (c) bug
- 40.🐱 Which word is this? (a) bat (b) rat (c) cat
Answer key
- zip
- u
- bat
- hug
- nut
- sat
- bud
- shell
- run
- lip
- a
- a
- u
- come
- c
- coat
- rip
- rat
- i
- rot
- rat
- b
- hem
- play
- pen
- king
- in
- on
- up
- No
- snake
- cop
- Look
- l
- hen
- fox
- house
- my
- pig
- cat
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