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.Put /b/ in front of "end". What word do you get?

A.bend
B.nedb
C.deb

2.Change the /p/ at the end of "cap" to /t/. What word is it?

A.pat
B.cat
C.tap

3.Put /s/ in front of "and". What word do you get?

A.sand
B.dans
C.nads

4.Which word starts with the same sound as "ship"?

A.shop
B.chop
C.sip

5.Which word has the /a/ sound in the middle?

A.cot
B.cat
C.cut

6.Which word is made of the sounds /s/ /u/ /n/?

A.nus
B.snu
C.sun

7.Take the /f/ off "flat". What word is left?

A.lat
B.fat
C.tal

8.Change the /i/ in "pig" to /e/. What word is it?

A.peg
B.gip
C.pug

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Answer key — Adding and Taking Away Sounds

Set 2. Prints on its own sheet.

1.bend
2.cat
3.sand
4.shop
5.cat
6.sun
7.lat
8.peg

More practice for RF.1.2

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

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