Build New Words

Kindergarten
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ANSWER KEY — teacher copy
Exercise 1 — Change the First Letter

Change the first letter to make a new word.

1. cat Change first letter to b →
2. hop Change first letter to t →
3. sun Change first letter to r →
4. big Change first letter to d →
5. fan Change first letter to m →
6. pet Change first letter to s →
Exercise 2 — Change the Vowel

Change the middle vowel to make a new word.

1. cat Change vowel to u →
2. hop Change vowel to i →
3. bed Change vowel to a →
4. pin Change vowel to a →
Exercise 3 — Build a Word Chain

Change one letter at a time to get from the start word to the end word.

1. Get from cat to dog
cat →
→
→ dog
2. Get from sun to pin
sun →
→
→ pin

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