Letter C Tracing Worksheets PDF

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NameDateCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCc c c cc c c cc c c cc c c cc c c cc c c cMade at homeroomtools.com
NameDatecatcatcatcatcatcatcatcatcatcupcupcupcupcupcupcupcupcupMade at homeroomtools.com
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Rows of the letter 3

  • C Capital C. The starting dot sits at the upper right, where the curve begins, a little under the top line. 5 fit across a row at Large, so 3 rows give 15 to trace.
  • c c c c Lowercase c in groups of 4. At Large 2 groups fit across a row, so 3 rows give 24 to trace. The starting dot sits at the right, just under the dashed line.
  • Cc Capital and lowercase side by side, 4 pairs to a row. The two are one shape in two sizes, and both dots sit at the right.
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Hard c before a, o and u, as in cat 22

  • cactus A plant built for dry places. Two hard c letters, one before a and one before t. 6 letters. Tall: t.
  • cake The k sound twice, spelled two ways: c at the start, k near the end. The silent e makes the a say its name. 4 letters. Tall: k.
  • calf A young cow or bull. The l is written but not said. 4 letters. Tall: l, f.
  • camel The humps on its back hold fat. One kind of camel has one hump and another has two. 5 letters. Tall: l.
  • can Short a. 3 letters, all the same height.
  • candle Short a. The le at the end says ul. 6 letters. Tall: d, l.
  • canoe A narrow boat, pointed at both ends and moved with a paddle. The oe says oo. 5 letters, all the same height.
  • cap Short a. Change the vowel to u and it turns into cup. 3 letters. Tails: p.
  • car The ar says ar, as in star. 3 letters, all the same height.
  • carrot Double r in the middle, said once. 6 letters. Tall: t.
  • castle The t is written but not said. Castles were the strongholds of the Middle Ages. 6 letters. Tall: t, l.
  • cat Short a. Before a, o and u the c says k. 3 letters. Tall: t.
  • coat The o and the a work as a team and say long o. 4 letters. Tall: t.
  • coin The oi says oy, as in boil. 4 letters, all the same height.
  • comet An icy body that gives off gas near the Sun and can grow a tail. 5 letters. Tall: t.
  • cone The silent e at the end makes the o say its name. 4 letters, all the same height.
  • cookie The k sound twice: c at the start, k in the middle. Double o, the short sound, as in book. 6 letters. Tall: k.
  • corn The or says or, as in fork. 4 letters, all the same height.
  • cow The ow says ow, as in down. 3 letters, all the same height.
  • cucumber It grows on a creeping vine. Two hard c letters, and the first u says its name. 8 letters. Tall: b.
  • cup Short u. A small letter, a small letter and a tail. 3 letters. Tails: p.
  • cupcake Two words in one: cup and cake. Two hard c letters. 7 letters. Tall: k. Tails: p.

Words that start with cl, as in clock 6

  • clam A shellfish with two shells of the same size. Short a. 4 letters. Tall: l.
  • clap Short a. Say both sounds at the start: c, then l. 4 letters. Tall: l. Tails: p.
  • clip Short i. 4 letters. Tall: l. Tails: p.
  • clock The k sound at both ends, spelled c at the start and ck at the end. 5 letters. Tall: l, k.
  • cloud The ou says ow. 5 letters. Tall: l, d.
  • clown The ow says ow, as in cow. 5 letters. Tall: l.

Words that start with cr, as in crab 7

  • crab Short a. Crabs are able to run sideways. 4 letters. Tall: b.
  • crane A big bird that has long legs and a long neck. The silent e makes the a say its name. 5 letters, all the same height.
  • crayon A stick of colored wax for drawing. The ay says long a. 6 letters. Tails: y.
  • cricket An insect related to grasshoppers. Hard c at the start and ck in the middle. 7 letters. Tall: k, t.
  • cross Double s at the end, said once. 5 letters, all the same height.
  • crow The ow says long o. A group of crows is called a murder. 4 letters, all the same height.
  • crown Crow with an n on the end, but now the ow says ow, as in down. 5 letters, all the same height.

Soft c before e, i and y, as in city 10

  • celery Soft c before e. Three beats: cel, er, y. 6 letters. Tall: l. Tails: y.
  • cent One hundredth of a dollar. The c says s because an e comes next, so cent sounds the same as sent. 4 letters. Tall: t.
  • center The American spelling. Soft c before e. 6 letters. Tall: t.
  • cereal A cereal is a grass grown for its grain, and also the breakfast made from it. Soft c before e. 6 letters. Tall: l.
  • cinnamon A spice made from the inner bark of a tree. Soft c before i, and double n. 8 letters, all the same height.
  • circle Two c letters, two sounds: s before the i, then k before the l. 6 letters. Tall: l.
  • circus Soft c, then hard c: s before the i, k before the u. 6 letters, all the same height.
  • city The c says s because an i comes next. The y says long e. 4 letters. Tall: t. Tails: y.
  • cycle Soft c before y, then hard c before l. 5 letters. Tall: l. Tails: y.
  • cymbal A thin round metal plate that is struck, often as one of a pair. The c says s because a y comes next. 6 letters. Tall: b, l. Tails: y.

Words that start with ch, as in chair 9

  • chain The ai says long a. 5 letters. Tall: h.
  • chair The c and the h give up their own sounds and make a new one. The air says air. 5 letters. Tall: h.
  • chalk The l is written but not said, and the a says aw. 5 letters. Tall: h, l, k.
  • cheese Double e says long e, and the s says z. 6 letters. Tall: h.
  • cherry Double r. The y says long e. 6 letters. Tall: h. Tails: y.
  • chest Short e. The ch is one sound and the st at the end is two. 5 letters. Tall: h, t.
  • chick A young bird. Two teams in one short word: ch at the start, ck at the end. 5 letters. Tall: h, k.
  • chin Short i. Four letters but only three sounds. 4 letters. Tall: h.
  • chip Short i. 4 letters. Tall: h. Tails: p.

c in the middle or at the end 12

  • duck Right after a short vowel, the k sound at the end of a word is spelled ck. 4 letters. Tall: d, k.
  • face Soft c before e, and the a says its name. 4 letters. Tall: f.
  • fence Short e. Soft c before the silent e at the end. 5 letters. Tall: f.
  • ice The e does two jobs: it makes the c say s and the i say its name. 3 letters, all the same height.
  • mice More than one mouse. Soft c before e. 4 letters, all the same height.
  • music Hard c at the very end. The s says z. 5 letters, all the same height.
  • neck Short e, then ck. 4 letters. Tall: k.
  • octopus A sea animal with eight limbs. Hard c before t. 7 letters. Tall: t. Tails: p.
  • pencil Soft c before i. The c starts the second beat: pen, cil. 6 letters. Tall: l. Tails: p.
  • picnic Two hard c letters, one ending each beat: pic, nic. 6 letters. Tails: p.
  • rock Short o, then ck. 4 letters. Tall: k.
  • truck Short u, then ck. It starts with the tr blend. 5 letters. Tall: t, k.

Names and places with a capital C 16

  • Cairo The capital of Egypt and its largest city. Hard c. Capital C and 4 lowercase letters, all the same height.
  • Caleb A first name with hard c. The a says its name. Capital C and 4 lowercase letters. Tall: l, b.
  • Canada The second largest country by area, and no country has a longer coastline. Hard c. Capital C and 5 lowercase letters. Tall: d.
  • Carl A first name with hard c. The ar says ar. Capital C and 3 lowercase letters. Tall: l.
  • Chicago The largest city in Illinois, on the shore of Lake Michigan. Here the ch says sh. Capital C and 6 lowercase letters. Tall: h. Tails: g.
  • Chile A long, narrow country between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountains. It starts with the ch sound. Capital C and 4 lowercase letters. Tall: h, l.
  • China A country in East Asia whose capital is Beijing. It starts with the ch sound. Capital C and 4 lowercase letters. Tall: h.
  • Chloe A first name where the ch says k. Capital C and 4 lowercase letters. Tall: h, l.
  • Cindy A first name with soft c, because an i comes next. Capital C and 4 lowercase letters. Tall: d. Tails: y.
  • Clara A first name that starts with the cl blend. Capital C and 4 lowercase letters. Tall: l.
  • Cody A first name with hard c. The o says its name and the y says long e. Capital C and 3 lowercase letters. Tall: d. Tails: y.
  • Colorado A U.S. state in the Mountain West with no sea coast. Hard c. Capital C and 7 lowercase letters. Tall: l, d.
  • Cora A first name with hard c. Capital C and 3 lowercase letters, all the same height.
  • Cuba An island nation of the Caribbean Sea. Its capital is Havana. The u says its name. Capital C and 3 lowercase letters. Tall: b.
  • Cyprus An island nation in the east of the Mediterranean Sea. Soft c before y. Capital C and 5 lowercase letters. Tails: y, p.
  • Cyrus A first name with soft c, because a y comes next. Capital C and 4 lowercase letters. Tails: y.

How this list was compiled: The words, names and notes were chosen and written for this page; no list was copied. Sounds follow General American and were checked in each word's entry on en.wiktionary.org, facts about places, animals and the letter on en.wikipedia.org (checked 2026-09-18). Licence: own work

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Letter rows and word rows 9

  • C c C c C c C c Capital and lowercase in turn. The shape stays the same and only the size changes.
  • c e o c e o Three round small letters. None is tall and none has a tail, so all three are the same height.
  • c s c s c s c s Two letters made only of curves. In this letter style both dots sit at the right, just under the dashed line.
  • cat cot cut cap cop cup Hard c before a, o and u. The c says k in all six words.
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Letter rows and word rows, continued

  • cent city cycle Soft c before e, i and y. The c says s in all three words.
  • chin chip chop chat Four words that start with ch. Two letters, one sound.
  • clap clip clock Three words that start with cl. Say both sounds: c, then l.
  • crab crib crop Three words that start with cr, each with a different short vowel.
  • duck neck pick rock The k sound at the end of a short-vowel word is spelled ck: four vowels, four words.

Sentences full of hard c words 3

  • The camel ate a carrot cake. Three hard c words. Cake has the k sound twice but only one c.
  • Cody can carry a cup of corn. The letter c appears 5 times, each one at the start of a word, and every one says k.
  • Cut the cake with care. Five short words, 3 of them starting with hard c.

Sentences with soft c 3

  • Cindy drew a circle in pencil. Soft c in Cindy, circle and pencil, each time before an i. The second c in circle says k.
  • The circus came to the city. The letter c appears 4 times: 2 say s and 2 say k. Circus has one of each.
  • Six mice had rice on ice. Three rhyming words that end in ce. All three c letters say s.

Sentences with cl, cr and ch 3

  • A clown clapped at the clock. Three cl words. Clock ends in ck, so the letter c appears 4 times.
  • Chad chose cheese and chips. Four ch words in a row. No c in this line says k or s.
  • The crab crept across a crack. The pair cr appears 4 times, and crack ends in ck. The letter c appears 5 times.

True sentences with a capital C 5

  • Cairo is the capital of Egypt. True. One capital C, one capital E and a hard c in capital.
  • Canada has the longest coastline. True: no country has more coast. One capital C and one lowercase c.
  • Chicago sits beside Lake Michigan. True. Both ch pairs in this line say sh: Chicago and Michigan.
  • Chile is long and narrow. True: it runs between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountains.
  • Cuba is an island country. True: it lies in the Caribbean Sea. The c in country is hard.

True sentences about c animals and things 4

  • A camel stores fat in its hump. True: the hump is a store of fat. Only one c in the line.
  • A comet can grow a tail. True: the tail is gas and dust, and it shows up when the comet nears the Sun.
  • A crab can run sideways. True. Two c words, both with hard c.
  • Cinnamon comes from tree bark. True: the spice is the inner bark. Soft c, then hard c.

Count the letter c 2

  • Circus has two c letters. The first says s and the second says k. Count again: the line itself has 3.
  • Coco the cat can catch crickets. The letter c appears 8 times in this line, counting the capital. Circle them before tracing.

How this list was compiled: Every practice line was written for this page; none was copied from a workbook or another site. Sounds follow General American and were checked in each word's entry on en.wiktionary.org, facts on en.wikipedia.org (checked 2026-09-18). Licence: own work

How it works

Print these letter C tracing worksheets, PDF or paper: 3 rows of capital C, 3 of lowercase c, then cat and cup, each with an empty row. Open Pick from the 85 rows and words for 70 C words sorted by what c says.

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Page 1 is C and c, page 2 is cat and cup

At Large (19 mm), 3 rows hold 15 capital C's and 24 lowercase c's on Letter or A4. Page 2 holds cat and cup 9 times each. The two are one shape in two sizes: capital C about 18 mm tall, lowercase c about 12. Your own words replace all four sample rows. To keep C and c c c c, press them first in Pick from the 85 rows and words.

Pick C words by the sound the c makes

Hard c comes first: before a, o and u the c says k (cat, corn, cup), and keeps that sound in cl and cr. Before e, i and y it says s: cent, city, cymbal. Circle and circus hold one of each.

  • Point to the dot before the pencil moves. On both letters it sits at the right, not at the top.
  • Follow c with s: in this letter style both lowercase dots sit at the right, just under the dashed line.

Questions and answers

How do I save these letter C tracing worksheets as a PDF?

Press Print or save as PDF, then choose Save as PDF where the dialog asks for a printer. Paper, Letter or A4, and Rows to trace are under More options. The sheet opens at 2 pages, or 1 with Rows to trace at 1.

Why does c say k in cat but s in city?

The next letter decides. Before e, i or y the c is soft and says s: cent, city, cycle. Before any other letter, or at the end of a word, it is hard and says k: cat, clock, picnic. Teach hard c first.

Do ch words belong on a letter c sheet?

For the pencil, yes: chair and chin hold the same c to trace. For the ear, wait. In ch the two letters make one new sound, which shifts to k in Chloe and sh in Chicago. Pick the next letter from the letter list.

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