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.Which word is NOT in the “-en” family? (a) ten (b) men (c) jug (d) pen
- 2.The birds ___ singing. (a) have (b) are (c) was
- 3.Change the “z” in “zip” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) lip (b) zip (c) lap
- 4.Blend the sounds: r – a – g. Which word is it? (a) rag (b) tag (c) rug
- 5.Which word is “see”? (a) and (b) you (c) see (d) the
- 6.🚌 Which word is this? (a) cup (b) hug (c) bus
- 7.Which word is in the “-at” family? (a) top (b) mat (c) fan
- 8.Which picture rhymes with “ten”? (a) hen (b) rat (c) snake
- 9.Change the “n” in “nap” to “l”. Which word do you get? (a) lap (b) nap (c) cap
- 10.Which word is “said”? (a) what (b) said (c) were (d) they
- 11.Which picture does NOT rhyme with the others? (a) snake (b) car (c) jar (d) star
- 12.🐔 Which word is this? (a) pen (b) ten (c) hen
- 13.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 14.Which sight word is spelt p – l – a – y? (a) some (b) they (c) play
- 15.⛵ “boat” — which picture rhymes with it? (a) bell (b) clock (c) goat
- 16.Which sight word is spelt h – a – v – e? (a) have (b) here (c) some
- 17.Which word is “bat”? (a) rat (b) bat (c) hat
- 18.🗑️ Which word is this? (a) bag (b) run (c) bin
- 19.Change the “d” in “dot” to “h”. Which word do you get? (a) hot (b) cot (c) dot
- 20.Blend the sounds: n – o – d. Which word is it? (a) not (b) rod (c) nod
- 21.Which word is “what”? (a) look (b) they (c) what (d) where
- 22.Which picture rhymes with “map”? (a) run (b) cap (c) log
- 23.I want ___ milk. (a) was (b) said (c) some
- 24.Which picture does NOT rhyme with the others? (a) ox (b) cat (c) fox (d) box
- 25.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 26.Which word is “zip”? (a) pin (b) cap (c) zip
- 27.Which picture rhymes with “box”? (a) shell (b) ox (c) cap
- 28.Which word is “pig”? (a) bug (b) pig (c) bin
- 29.Which picture rhymes with “sheep”? (a) snake (b) bed (c) jeep
- 30.Which word is “you”? (a) you (b) see (c) the (d) can
- 31.Which word is in the “-op” family? (a) hat (b) rug (c) mop
- 32.Which picture rhymes with “rat”? (a) hat (b) ox (c) jeep
- 33.Which word is “my”? (a) it (b) in (c) on (d) my
- 34.Which word is “hen”? (a) ten (b) hen (c) pen
- 35.Change the “k” in “kit” to “s”. Which word do you get? (a) kit (b) sit (c) fit
- 36.Is this ___ pen? (a) my (b) we (c) go
- 37.Which picture rhymes with “cake”? (a) bed (b) shell (c) snake
- 38.⚫ _ o t — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) d (c) b
- 39.Which word is in the “-en” family? (a) can (b) hen (c) mat
- 40.🐔 _ e n — which letter is missing? (a) v (b) b (c) h
Answer key
- jug
- are
- lip
- rag
- see
- bus
- mat
- hen
- lap
- said
- snake
- hen
- a
- play
- goat
- have
- bat
- bin
- hot
- nod
- what
- cap
- some
- cat
- e
- zip
- ox
- pig
- jeep
- you
- mop
- hat
- my
- hen
- sit
- my
- snake
- d
- hen
- h
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