Letter G Tracing Worksheets

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NameDateGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGg g g gg g g gg g g gg g g gg g g gg g g gMade at homeroomtools.com
NameDategoatgoatgoatgoatgoatgoatgumgumgumgumgumgumgumgumgumMade at homeroomtools.com
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Rows of the letter 3

  • G Capital G. The starting dot sits at the upper right, where the curve begins, the same place as on capital C. At Large 5 fit across a row, so 3 rows give 15 to trace.
  • g g g g Lowercase g in groups of 4. At Large 2 groups fit across a row, so 3 rows give 24 to trace. The starting dot sits on the round part, just under the dashed line, and the tail drops below the baseline.
  • Gg Capital and lowercase side by side, 4 pairs to a row. The capital sits on the baseline and the lowercase hangs below it, so the pair shows both at once.
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Hard g before a, o and u, as in goat 18

  • game Long a with a silent e. 4 letters. Tails: g.
  • gap Short a. Two tails in three letters. 3 letters. Tails: g, p.
  • garden The ar says ar, as in car. 6 letters. Tall: d. Tails: g.
  • garlic A close relative of the onion. The ar says ar. 6 letters. Tall: l. Tails: g.
  • gas Short a. Only the g dips below the baseline. 3 letters. Tails: g.
  • gate Long a, thanks to the silent e at the end. 4 letters. Tall: t. Tails: g.
  • ghost The h is silent, so gh is a plain hard g. Long o. 5 letters. Tall: h, t. Tails: g.
  • go Two letters, one tail and a long o. 2 letters. Tails: g.
  • goat Hard g, then oa saying long o. It fits 2 times across a row. 4 letters. Tall: t. Tails: g.
  • goggles Three hard g letters: 3 of the 7 letters are g. 7 letters. Tall: l. Tails: g, g, g.
  • gold Long o before ld, as in cold and old. 4 letters. Tall: l, d. Tails: g.
  • goldfish Two words in one: gold and fish. A freshwater fish often kept as a pet. 8 letters. Tall: l, d, f, h. Tails: g.
  • good Double o, the short sound, as in book. 4 letters. Tall: d. Tails: g.
  • goose Double o says oo. One goose, two geese. 5 letters. Tails: g.
  • gorilla Gorillas are great apes of equatorial Africa. Double l. 7 letters. Tall: l, l. Tails: g.
  • guitar A stringed instrument. The u is silent and keeps the g hard. 6 letters. Tall: t. Tails: g.
  • gull A seabird. Short u and double l. 4 letters. Tall: l, l. Tails: g.
  • gum Hard g and short u. It fits 3 times across a row on Letter and 2 on A4. 3 letters. Tails: g.

Hard g before e or i: the rule breakers, as in get 8

  • gear Hard g before e. The ear says ear, as in hear. 4 letters. Tails: g.
  • gecko Hard g before e. Geckos are lizards living on all continents but Antarctica. 5 letters. Tall: k. Tails: g.
  • geese Hard g before e. The plural of goose. 5 letters. Tails: g.
  • get Hard g before e. The usual pattern says soft, so get is a word to learn by heart. 3 letters. Tall: t. Tails: g.
  • gift Hard g before i. Short i, then f and t side by side. 4 letters. Tall: f, t. Tails: g.
  • giggle Hard g before i, then a double g: 3 of the 6 letters are g. 6 letters. Tall: l. Tails: g, g, g.
  • girl Hard g before i. The ir says er. 4 letters. Tall: l. Tails: g.
  • give Hard g before i. The e at the end is silent, yet the i stays short. 4 letters. Tails: g.

Words that start with gl or gr, as in glue and grass 12

  • glass Rhymes with grass. Only the second letter changes. 5 letters. Tall: l. Tails: g.
  • globe Long o with a silent e. A globe is a round model of the Earth. 5 letters. Tall: l, b. Tails: g.
  • glove The o says uh, as in love. The e at the end is silent. 5 letters. Tall: l. Tails: g.
  • glue The ue says oo, as in blue. 4 letters. Tall: l. Tails: g.
  • grapes Long a with a silent e, then s. Grapes grow in clusters on a vine. 6 letters. Tails: g, p.
  • grass Short a and double s. 5 letters. Tails: g.
  • grasshopper Two words in one: grass and hopper. An insect, and the longest word in this list. 11 letters. Tall: h. Tails: g, p, p.
  • gray The American spelling. Grey is the same word. The ay says long a. 4 letters. Tails: g, y.
  • green Double e says long e. A color word. 5 letters. Tails: g.
  • grin Short i. Swap the i for a and it says gran. 4 letters. Tails: g.
  • grow The ow says long o, as in snow. 4 letters. Tails: g.
  • grub Short u. A tail at the front and a tall letter at the end. 4 letters. Tall: b. Tails: g.

Soft g, the j sound, as in giraffe 9

  • gel Soft g. It sounds like the start of jelly. 3 letters. Tall: l. Tails: g.
  • gem Soft g before e. Short e. 3 letters. Tails: g.
  • gentle Soft g. The le at the end says ul. 6 letters. Tall: t, l. Tails: g.
  • gerbil Soft g. A gerbil is a rodent. 6 letters. Tall: b, l. Tails: g.
  • germ Soft g. The er says er. 4 letters. Tails: g.
  • giant Soft g before i. The i says its name. 5 letters. Tall: t. Tails: g.
  • ginger Two soft g letters in one word: the first before i, the second before e. 6 letters. Tails: g, g.
  • giraffe Soft g, the j sound. Giraffes are the tallest living land animals. Double f and a silent e. 7 letters. Tall: f, f. Tails: g.
  • gym Soft g before y. The y says short i. 3 letters. Tails: g, y.

Words with a silent g, as in gnat 5

  • gnat The g is silent: say nat. A tiny flying insect. 4 letters. Tall: t. Tails: g.
  • gnaw The g is silent and the aw says aw. To gnaw is to chew on something hard. 4 letters. Tails: g.
  • gnome The g is silent. Long o with a silent e. 5 letters. Tails: g.
  • gnu The g is silent: say new. Another name for the wildebeest, an antelope of Africa. 3 letters. Tails: g.
  • sign The g sits in the middle and is silent. The i says its name. 4 letters. Tails: g.

g in the middle or at the end 12

  • bug Hard g at the end, short u in the middle. 3 letters. Tall: b. Tails: g.
  • cage Hard c at the front, soft g at the back, and a silent e. 4 letters. Tails: g.
  • dog Hard g at the end. A tall letter at the front and a tail at the back. 3 letters. Tall: d. Tails: g.
  • egg Double g, said once. Short e. 3 letters. Tails: g, g.
  • flag Hard g at the end. Short a, with two tall letters at the front. 4 letters. Tall: f, l. Tails: g.
  • frog Hard g at the end. The fr needs both sounds: f, then r. 4 letters. Tall: f. Tails: g.
  • hug Hard g at the end. Swap the h for m or r and you have two more words to trace. 3 letters. Tall: h. Tails: g.
  • page Soft g. The e after it makes the g say j and makes the a long. 4 letters. Tails: p, g.
  • pig Hard g at the end. Two tails with a short i between them. 3 letters. Tails: p, g.
  • rug Short u. The g is the only letter that leaves the middle band. 3 letters. Tails: g.
  • tiger Hard g in the middle, even though e comes next. 5 letters. Tall: t. Tails: g.
  • wagon Hard g in the middle. The o is a quick uh. 5 letters. Tails: g.

Names and places with a capital G 17

  • Gabriel A first name with hard g and long a. Three beats to clap: Ga, bri, el. Capital G and 6 lowercase letters. Tall: b, l.
  • Ganges A river that flows through India and Bangladesh. The first g is hard and the second is soft. Capital G and 5 lowercase letters. Tails: g.
  • Ganymede A moon of Jupiter and the largest moon in the Solar System. Hard g. Capital G and 7 lowercase letters. Tall: d. Tails: y.
  • Gavin A first name with hard g and short a. Capital G and 4 lowercase letters, all the same height.
  • Gemma A first name with soft g, as in gem. Double m. Capital G and 4 lowercase letters, all the same height.
  • George A first name with soft g at both ends. Capital G and 5 lowercase letters. Tails: g.
  • Georgia A state in the southeastern United States, and also a country on the Black Sea. Both g letters are soft. Capital G and 6 lowercase letters. Tails: g.
  • Germany A country in Europe. Soft g, and the er says er. Capital G and 6 lowercase letters. Tails: y.
  • Ghana A country in West Africa. The h is silent, so the g is hard. Capital G and 4 lowercase letters. Tall: h.
  • Grace A first name with the gr blend. The c says s and the e is silent. Capital G and 4 lowercase letters, all the same height.
  • Great Lakes Five large lakes in North America. Four of them are shared by Canada and the United States. 2 words, 2 capitals, 10 letters in all.
  • Greece A country in southeastern Europe. Double e says long e and the c says s. Capital G and 5 lowercase letters, all the same height.
  • Greenland The largest island in the world. Two words in one: green and land. Capital G and 8 lowercase letters. Tall: l, d.
  • Greta A first name with the gr blend, as in green and grass. Capital G and 4 lowercase letters. Tall: t.
  • Guam An island that is a United States territory in the western Pacific Ocean. The gu says gw. Capital G and 3 lowercase letters, all the same height.
  • Gus A first name with hard g and short u. It fits 3 times across a row. Capital G and 2 lowercase letters, all the same height.
  • Gwen A first name that starts with g and w together: say both sounds. Short e. Capital G and 3 lowercase letters, all the same height.

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 8

  • a d g q Four letters that begin alike in this letter style: the dot sits on the round part, just under the dashed line. Only g and q go below the baseline.
  • bag leg pig dog bug Hard g at the end of five 3-letter words, one for each short vowel: a, e, i, o, u.
  • C G C G C G Capital G is a capital C with a short shelf added. In this letter style both start at the upper right.
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Letter rows and word rows, continued

  • G g G g G g G g Capital and lowercase in turn. The capital stays on the baseline and the lowercase drops its tail below it, 4 times each.
  • g q g q g q Two tails to tell apart. In this letter style the tail of g hooks to the left and the tail of q runs straight down.
  • gem gym gel germ Four short words with soft g, the j sound. The next letter is e or y each time.
  • glad glue grass green Two gl words, then two gr words. Say both sounds each time.
  • go get got gum gas gap Six short words with hard g, 2 or 3 letters each.

Sentences with hard g 5

  • A goat got into the garden. Hard g in goat, got and garden. The letter g appears 3 times.
  • The frog sat on a big log. Hard g at the end of frog, big and log.
  • Go get the green gum. Every word but one starts with hard g.
  • Grandpa grows green grapes. Four gr words in a row.
  • Gus gave the girl a gift. Hard g in all four g words, even before the i in girl and gift.

Sentences with soft g 3

  • A gentle goat ate the ginger. Both sounds in one line: soft g in gentle and ginger, hard g in goat.
  • George the gerbil is in the gym. Soft g in George, twice, and in gerbil and gym. The letter g appears 4 times.
  • The giant giraffe is gentle. Soft g three times: giant, giraffe, gentle.

Sentences with a silent g 2

  • A gnat sat on the gnome. Silent g twice: say nat and nome. Both still need their g on paper.
  • The gnome has a sign. Silent g at the start of gnome and in the middle of sign.

True sentences with a capital G 7

  • G is the seventh letter. True: A, B, C, D, E, F, G. One capital G and no other g in the line.
  • Ganymede is a moon of Jupiter. True, and it is the largest moon in the Solar System.
  • Geckos do not live in Antarctica. True: geckos are found on every other continent. Hard g before e.
  • Georgia is a state and a country. True: one Georgia is in the United States and the other lies on the Black Sea. Both g letters are soft.
  • Ghana is in West Africa. True. The h is silent, so Ghana starts with hard g.
  • Giraffes are the tallest land animals. True of animals alive today. Soft g at the start. A long line: at Large it wraps onto 3 rows.
  • Greenland is the largest island. True: no island in the world is larger.

Count the letter g 3

  • Giggle has the letter g three times. Count them in Giggle: one capital and two lowercase.
  • Greg juggles eggs in the garage. Circle every g before tracing: there are 8, counting the capital.
  • The plural of goose is geese. True. Both words keep the hard g, and only the vowels change.

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

These letter G tracing worksheets open on 3 dotted rows of capital G and 3 of lowercase g, then goat and gum, each with an empty row. Open Pick from the 84 rows and words for 68 G words: hard, soft and silent g.

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Two pages: G and g, then goat and gum

At Large (19 mm), 3 rows hold 15 capital G's and 24 lowercase g's. Page 2 holds goat 6 times, and gum 9 times on Letter or 6 on A4. The tail of g hangs about 6 mm under the baseline, so point to where it stops. Words you type replace all four sample rows. To keep G and g g g g, press them first in Pick from the 84 rows and words.

Hard g first, soft g later

G is reliably hard before a, o and u: goat, gum, gate. Before e, i and y it usually says j: giraffe, gem, gym. Eight listed words stay hard anyway, get, give and girl among them. In gnat, gnome and sign the g is silent.

  • Say it for lowercase g: around, straight down, hook. The dot sits on the round part, under the dashed line.
  • Type g q g q in the Words box: g's tail hooks left, q's runs straight down.

Questions and answers

What is the g with two loops that children see in books?

Lowercase g has two forms. Most book typefaces use the looptail g, with two closed loops. Handwriting, and type made for young readers, uses the opentail g, a round part with an open hooked tail. This sheet prints the opentail form, the one children write.

Where does capital G start?

At the dot on the upper right, the same place as capital C. The Romans made G as a variant of C, to give the g sound its own letter. Once C is steady, G is a C that ends in a short shelf.

Can I print a G name such as Grace or Gus?

Yes. Type it in the Words box and it replaces the sample rows. At Large, Gus fits 3 times across a row. Gabriel and Georgia take a row each. A share link carries what you typed, so leave student names out. See more letters.

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