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Adding and Taking Away Sounds is a free printable Grade 1 English worksheet on changing a word by adding or removing one sound, aligned to Common Core standard RF.1.2. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Adding and Taking Away Sounds

RF.1.2

NameDate

Tick the right answer.

1.Change the /i/ in "pig" to /e/. What word is it?
  • A.peg
  • B.gip
  • C.pug
2.Which word starts with the same sound as "ship"?
  • A.sip
  • B.shop
  • C.chop
3.Take the /f/ off "flat". What word is left?
  • A.tal
  • B.fat
  • C.lat
4.Which word has the /a/ sound in the middle?
  • A.cat
  • B.cot
  • C.cut
5.Which word ends with the same sound as "much"?
  • A.mush
  • B.rich
  • C.mud
6.Take the /s/ off "stop". What word is left?
  • A.top
  • B.pot
  • C.sop
7.Put /b/ in front of "end". What word do you get?
  • A.nedb
  • B.deb
  • C.bend
8.Change the /p/ at the end of "cap" to /t/. What word is it?
  • A.cat
  • B.tap
  • C.pat

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Answer key — Adding and Taking Away Sounds

Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.peg
  2. 2.shop
  3. 3.lat
  4. 4.cat
  5. 5.rich
  6. 6.top
  7. 7.bend
  8. 8.cat

Questions about Adding and Taking Away Sounds

What does the Adding and Taking Away Sounds worksheet cover?

It practises changing a word by adding or removing one sound — 8 questions for Grade 1, all on Common Core RF.1.2: Break a spoken word into its separate sounds, and put them back together. The instruction to pupils is “Tick the right answer”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.

Which Common Core standard does Adding and Taking Away Sounds practise?

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.2 — RF.1.2, in the Reading: Foundational Skills domain for Grade 1. The published standard reads: “Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds (phonemes).” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.

What age or grade is this worksheet for?

Adding and Taking Away Sounds is written for Grade 1, typically ages 6-7. It is one of the sheets on RF.1.2, so it suits any pupil working at that standard — including older pupils revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.

Does Adding and Taking Away Sounds come with an answer key?

Yes. All 8 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.

How many different versions of Adding and Taking Away Sounds can I print?

25 — one per pupil, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.

Is Adding and Taking Away Sounds free to print and photocopy?

Yes. Adding and Taking Away Sounds, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.

Is there a lesson plan to teach RF.1.2?

Yes — “Breaking Words into Sounds” is a 40-minute Grade 1 plan for RF.1.2, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Adding and Taking Away Sounds is the practice that follows it.

More practice for RF.1.2

Break a spoken word into its separate sounds, and put them back together.

Teaching this next? Breaking Words into Sounds is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RF.1.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.