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 “pen”? (a) pan (b) ten (c) pen
- 2.Which word is “tub”? (a) tub (b) web (c) bus
- 3.I ___ two cats. (a) where (b) have (c) they
- 4.🥫 “can” — which picture rhymes with it? (a) frog (b) pan (c) sheep
- 5.Which sight word is spelt w – h – a – t? (a) play (b) what (c) was
- 6.🐀 Which word is this? (a) cat (b) rat (c) bat
- 7.Which picture does NOT rhyme with the others? (a) three (b) bee (c) tree (d) pan
- 8.Change the “n” in “run” to “g”. Which word do you get? (a) rug (b) rag (c) run
- 9.🔒 “lock” — which picture rhymes with it? (a) map (b) sock (c) ring
- 10.Which word is “was”? (a) where (b) was (c) what (d) out
- 11.Which sight word is spelt w – a – s? (a) was (b) where (c) were
- 12.🐔 Which word is this? (a) hen (b) pen (c) ten
- 13.Which word is in the “-ig” family? (a) pig (b) pop (c) hug
- 14.Which word is “tap”? (a) map (b) cap (c) tap
- 15.Which picture does NOT rhyme with the others? (a) map (b) cap (c) hug (d) tap
- 16.Blend the sounds: r – a – g. Which word is it? (a) rat (b) rag (c) ram
- 17.___ cat is on the mat. (a) Go (b) The (c) See
- 18.📦 Which word is this? (a) fox (b) bin (c) box
- 19.Which word is “pan”? (a) pen (b) pan (c) pin
- 20.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 21.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 22.🪨 “stone” — which picture rhymes with it? (a) ring (b) bone (c) hen
- 23.Change the “v” in “van” to “c”. Which word do you get? (a) van (b) cap (c) can
- 24.Blend the sounds: n – o – t. Which word is it? (a) pot (b) hot (c) not
- 25.Which sight word is spelt w – h – e – r – e? (a) was (b) there (c) where
- 26.Which picture rhymes with “box”? (a) bug (b) red (c) ox
- 27.🐛 “bug” — which picture rhymes with it? (a) train (b) hug (c) fox
- 28.Blend the sounds: p – e – n. Which word is it? (a) hen (b) pet (c) pen
- 29.I want ___ go out. (a) is (b) to (c) the
- 30.Blend the sounds: n – e – t. Which word is it? (a) not (b) nut (c) net
- 31.🖊️ _ e n — which letter is missing? (a) s (b) d (c) p
- 32.Which word is “zip”? (a) bin (b) map (c) zip
- 33.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 34.Which picture does NOT rhyme with the others? (a) bat (b) hat (c) fox (d) cat
- 35.Which word rhymes with “hen”, “pen” and “den”? (a) top (b) men (c) wig
- 36.Which word is “pin”? (a) pan (b) pin (c) pen
- 37.Which word is in the “-at” family? (a) bat (b) cop (c) mug
- 38.🛏️ Which word is this? (a) hen (b) red (c) bed
- 39.Change the “m” in “man” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) tan (b) ten (c) man
- 40.Which word is “play”? (a) were (b) play (c) look (d) they
Answer key
- pen
- tub
- have
- pan
- what
- rat
- pan
- rug
- sock
- was
- was
- hen
- pig
- tap
- hug
- rag
- The
- box
- pan
- a
- u
- bone
- can
- not
- where
- ox
- hug
- pen
- to
- net
- p
- zip
- a
- fox
- men
- pin
- bat
- bed
- tan
- play
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