Consonant Blends Phonics Worksheets

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List 1: bl as in blue 8

black The first two letters, b and l, are both heard; then comes ack.
blade The first two letters, b and l, are both heard; then comes ade.
blink The first two letters, b and l, are both heard; then comes ink.
block The first two letters, b and l, are both heard; then comes ock.
bloom The first two letters, b and l, are both heard; then comes oom.
blow The first two letters, b and l, are both heard; then comes ow.
blue The first two letters, b and l, are both heard; then comes ue.
blush The first two letters, b and l, are both heard; then comes ush.

List 2: cl as in clock 8

claw The first two letters, c and l, are both heard; then comes aw.
clean The first two letters, c and l, are both heard; then comes ean.
climb The first two letters, c and l, are both heard; then comes imb.
clock The first two letters, c and l, are both heard; then comes ock.
close The first two letters, c and l, are both heard; then comes ose.
cloud The first two letters, c and l, are both heard; then comes oud.
clown The first two letters, c and l, are both heard; then comes own.
clue The first two letters, c and l, are both heard; then comes ue.

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List 3: fl as in fly 8

flash The first two letters, f and l, are both heard; then comes ash.
flip The first two letters, f and l, are both heard; then comes ip.
float The first two letters, f and l, are both heard; then comes oat.
flock The first two letters, f and l, are both heard; then comes ock.
flood The first two letters, f and l, are both heard; then comes ood.
flower The first two letters, f and l, are both heard; then comes ower.
flute The first two letters, f and l, are both heard; then comes ute.
fly The first two letters, f and l, are both heard; then comes y.

List 4: gl as in glue 8

glare The first two letters, g and l, are both heard; then comes are.
gleam The first two letters, g and l, are both heard; then comes eam.
glide The first two letters, g and l, are both heard; then comes ide.
glitter The first two letters, g and l, are both heard; then comes itter.
globe The first two letters, g and l, are both heard; then comes obe.
glove The first two letters, g and l, are both heard; then comes ove.
glow The first two letters, g and l, are both heard; then comes ow.
glue The first two letters, g and l, are both heard; then comes ue.

List 5: pl as in play 8

place The first two letters, p and l, are both heard; then comes ace.
plain The first two letters, p and l, are both heard; then comes ain.
plane The first two letters, p and l, are both heard; then comes ane.
plank The first two letters, p and l, are both heard; then comes ank.
plant The first two letters, p and l, are both heard; then comes ant.
play The first two letters, p and l, are both heard; then comes ay.
please The first two letters, p and l, are both heard; then comes ease.
plow The first two letters, p and l, are both heard; then comes ow.

List 6: sl as in sleep 8

sleep The first two letters, s and l, are both heard; then comes eep.
sleeve The first two letters, s and l, are both heard; then comes eeve.
slice The first two letters, s and l, are both heard; then comes ice.
slide The first two letters, s and l, are both heard; then comes ide.
slip The first two letters, s and l, are both heard; then comes ip.
slope The first two letters, s and l, are both heard; then comes ope.
slow The first two letters, s and l, are both heard; then comes ow.
slush The first two letters, s and l, are both heard; then comes ush.

List 7: br as in brown 8

brain The first two letters, b and r, are both heard; then comes ain.
brave The first two letters, b and r, are both heard; then comes ave.
bread The first two letters, b and r, are both heard; then comes ead.
breeze The first two letters, b and r, are both heard; then comes eeze.
bright The first two letters, b and r, are both heard; then comes ight.
bring The first two letters, b and r, are both heard; then comes ing.
broke The first two letters, b and r, are both heard; then comes oke.
brown The first two letters, b and r, are both heard; then comes own.

List 8: cr as in crown 8

crane The first two letters, c and r, are both heard; then comes ane.
crash The first two letters, c and r, are both heard; then comes ash.
crayon The first two letters, c and r, are both heard; then comes ayon.
cream The first two letters, c and r, are both heard; then comes eam.
crow The first two letters, c and r, are both heard; then comes ow.
crown The first two letters, c and r, are both heard; then comes own.
crumb The first two letters, c and r, are both heard; then comes umb.
cry The first two letters, c and r, are both heard; then comes y.

List 9: dr as in dress 8

drain The first two letters, d and r, are both heard; then comes ain.
drank The first two letters, d and r, are both heard; then comes ank.
dream The first two letters, d and r, are both heard; then comes eam.
dress The first two letters, d and r, are both heard; then comes ess.
drill The first two letters, d and r, are both heard; then comes ill.
drink The first two letters, d and r, are both heard; then comes ink.
drove The first two letters, d and r, are both heard; then comes ove.
dry The first two letters, d and r, are both heard; then comes y.

List 10: fr as in fruit 8

freeze The first two letters, f and r, are both heard; then comes eeze.
friend The first two letters, f and r, are both heard; then comes iend.
fright The first two letters, f and r, are both heard; then comes ight.
front The first two letters, f and r, are both heard; then comes ont.
frost The first two letters, f and r, are both heard; then comes ost.
frown The first two letters, f and r, are both heard; then comes own.
frozen The first two letters, f and r, are both heard; then comes ozen.
fruit The first two letters, f and r, are both heard; then comes uit.

List 11: gr as in green 8

grade The first two letters, g and r, are both heard; then comes ade.
gray The first two letters, g and r, are both heard; then comes ay.
great The first two letters, g and r, are both heard; then comes eat.
green The first two letters, g and r, are both heard; then comes een.
grill The first two letters, g and r, are both heard; then comes ill.
ground The first two letters, g and r, are both heard; then comes ound.
group The first two letters, g and r, are both heard; then comes oup.
grow The first two letters, g and r, are both heard; then comes ow.

List 12: tr as in tree 8

track The first two letters, t and r, are both heard; then comes ack.
train The first two letters, t and r, are both heard; then comes ain.
treat The first two letters, t and r, are both heard; then comes eat.
tree The first two letters, t and r, are both heard; then comes ee.
trick The first two letters, t and r, are both heard; then comes ick.
truck The first two letters, t and r, are both heard; then comes uck.
trunk The first two letters, t and r, are both heard; then comes unk.
try The first two letters, t and r, are both heard; then comes y.

List 13: sn as in snow 8

snack The first two letters, s and n, are both heard; then comes ack.
snail The first two letters, s and n, are both heard; then comes ail.
snake The first two letters, s and n, are both heard; then comes ake.
sneak The first two letters, s and n, are both heard; then comes eak.
sneeze The first two letters, s and n, are both heard; then comes eeze.
sniff The first two letters, s and n, are both heard; then comes iff.
snout The first two letters, s and n, are both heard; then comes out.
snow The first two letters, s and n, are both heard; then comes ow.

List 14: sp as in spoon 8

space The first two letters, s and p, are both heard; then comes ace.
spark The first two letters, s and p, are both heard; then comes ark.
speak The first two letters, s and p, are both heard; then comes eak.
spell The first two letters, s and p, are both heard; then comes ell.
spider The first two letters, s and p, are both heard; then comes ider.
spill The first two letters, s and p, are both heard; then comes ill.
spin The first two letters, s and p, are both heard; then comes in.
spoon The first two letters, s and p, are both heard; then comes oon.

List 15: st as in star 8

stamp The first two letters, s and t, are both heard; then comes amp.
star The first two letters, s and t, are both heard; then comes ar.
steam The first two letters, s and t, are both heard; then comes eam.
stick The first two letters, s and t, are both heard; then comes ick.
sting The first two letters, s and t, are both heard; then comes ing.
stone The first two letters, s and t, are both heard; then comes one.
story The first two letters, s and t, are both heard; then comes ory.
stove The first two letters, s and t, are both heard; then comes ove.

List 16: sw as in swing 8

swan The first two letters, s and w, are both heard; then comes an.
sway The first two letters, s and w, are both heard; then comes ay.
sweep The first two letters, s and w, are both heard; then comes eep.
sweet The first two letters, s and w, are both heard; then comes eet.
swift The first two letters, s and w, are both heard; then comes ift.
swing The first two letters, s and w, are both heard; then comes ing.
swirl The first two letters, s and w, are both heard; then comes irl.
switch The first two letters, s and w, are both heard; then comes itch.

List 17: nd at the end 8

behind The last two letters, n and d, are both heard, after behi.
find The last two letters, n and d, are both heard, after fi.
found The last two letters, n and d, are both heard, after fou.
hand The last two letters, n and d, are both heard, after ha.
mind The last two letters, n and d, are both heard, after mi.
pound The last two letters, n and d, are both heard, after pou.
round The last two letters, n and d, are both heard, after rou.
sound The last two letters, n and d, are both heard, after sou.

List 18: mp at the end 8

blimp The last two letters, m and p, are both heard, after bli.
champ The last two letters, m and p, are both heard, after cha.
chimp The last two letters, m and p, are both heard, after chi.
chomp The last two letters, m and p, are both heard, after cho.
cramp The last two letters, m and p, are both heard, after cra.
shrimp The last two letters, m and p, are both heard, after shri.
stomp The last two letters, m and p, are both heard, after sto.
thump The last two letters, m and p, are both heard, after thu.

List 19: str as in street 8

stray The first three letters, s, t and r, are all heard; then comes ay.
stream The first three letters, s, t and r, are all heard; then comes eam.
street The first three letters, s, t and r, are all heard; then comes eet.
string The first three letters, s, t and r, are all heard; then comes ing.
stripe The first three letters, s, t and r, are all heard; then comes ipe.
stroll The first three letters, s, t and r, are all heard; then comes oll.
strong The first three letters, s, t and r, are all heard; then comes ong.
struck The first three letters, s, t and r, are all heard; then comes uck.

List 20: spr, scr and spl 8

scream The first three letters, s, c and r, are all heard; then comes eam.
screen The first three letters, s, c and r, are all heard; then comes een.
scrub The first three letters, s, c and r, are all heard; then comes ub.
splash The first three letters, s, p and l, are all heard; then comes ash.
split The first three letters, s, p and l, are all heard; then comes it.
spray The first three letters, s, p and r, are all heard; then comes ay.
spread The first three letters, s, p and r, are all heard; then comes ead.
sprout The first three letters, s, p and r, are all heard; then comes out.

How this list was compiled: Our own selection and grouping of 160 English words with a consonant blend, twenty lists of eight, with our own hints: sixteen lists with one two-letter blend at the start of the word (bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl, br, cr, dr, fr, gr, tr, sn, sp, st, sw), two with a blend at the end (nd, mp) and two with a three-letter blend at the start (str; spr, scr and spl). The letters left out of every word are its blend. Every word has an English entry at https://en.wiktionary.org/ (license CC BY-SA 4.0), read on 2026-10-03, and was checked the same day in the Carnegie Mellon University Pronouncing Dictionary, a record of General American pronunciation (https://github.com/cmusphinx/cmudict), where every listed pronunciation must begin, or end, with each consonant sound of the blend in turn. Spring was left out for a second listed pronunciation. That a consonant blend is a group of consonants such as bl in black and st in last was read on 2026-10-03 at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonics. Spellings are American. No published word list or reading program was copied. Licence: own work

How it works

These phonics blends worksheets open on a sort of bl, cl and fl words. Twenty lists of eight follow: six l blends, six r blends, four s blends, nd and mp at the end, and three-letter blends such as str.

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Pick the blends to sort

A sort takes five words from the list on show and five from each of the next two. Under More options, Word list: List 7 sorts br, cr and dr; List 13 sorts sn, sp and st; List 17 sorts nd and mp at the end against str.

Tr phonics worksheet, or any one blend

Lists 1 to 16 hold one blend each: List 12 is tr (tree, train, truck), List 2 cl, List 6 sl, List 13 sn. Choose Missing letters under What goes on the sheet and each word prints without its blend: __ee for tree.

Short words such as flag, drum and jump are on the CCVC and CVCC page, linked under the tool.
Words you type replace our list, but typed words cannot be sorted by blend: that sheet prints them to trace.

Questions and answers

What is a consonant blend?

A group of consonants with no vowel between them, each still heard: bl in black, st in last. A digraph such as sh is different: its two letters spell one sound.

Are there tr worksheets for kindergarten?

List 12 is the tr list: tree, train, truck, try, track, treat, trunk and trick. The grade is our suggestion, not a school's list.

Are there ending blends phonics worksheets?

Lists 17 and 18: nd at the end (pound, find, round) and mp at the end (champ, shrimp, stomp). A sort from List 17 adds the str words of List 19.

What are three-letter blends?

Three consonants in a row, all heard: str in street, spr in spray, scr in screen, spl in splash. Lists 19 and 20 hold them.

The spelling lists

List 1: bl as in blue 8

List 2: cl as in clock 8

List 3: fl as in fly 8

List 4: gl as in glue 8

List 5: pl as in play 8

List 6: sl as in sleep 8

List 7: br as in brown 8

List 8: cr as in crown 8

List 9: dr as in dress 8

List 10: fr as in fruit 8

List 11: gr as in green 8

List 12: tr as in tree 8

List 13: sn as in snow 8

List 14: sp as in spoon 8

List 15: st as in star 8

List 16: sw as in swing 8

List 17: nd at the end 8

List 18: mp at the end 8

List 19: str as in street 8

List 20: spr, scr and spl 8

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Pick the blends to sort

Tr phonics worksheet, or any one blend

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