QU Worksheets: Story 2, Scott Quizzes the Ducks

Free printable qu phonics worksheets. Five practice activities: decodable passage, word sort, phrasing cards, rapid naming chart, and word search.

Grade: K-1 Phase 2: Blends & Digraphs Pattern: QU (the letters q and u together say /kw/)
quit quiz quick quack quill quilt quest quip quench quell squid squish

1 Decodable Reader

A free illustrated mini-book for QU, plus the same story as a passage sheet for highlighting.

Scott Quizzes the Ducks mini-book cover
Free illustrated mini-book · Level 2

Scott Quizzes the Ducks

A full-color picture book your student reads on their own. Skill: QU. Print, cut and staple.

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Passage sheet: the same story on one page, for highlighting the target words

Scott had a pen and a pad. He ran to the pond to quiz the ducks for his class blog. He squatted by the ducks.

"Do you like the pond?" said Scott.

"Quack! Quack! Quack!" All the ducks quacked at once.

He could not tell what they said.

"This is a mess," he said. But Scott did not quit. He had a plan.

"One duck at a time," said Scott. "Quack one time for yes. Quack two times for no."

A big duck stepped up.

"Do you like the pond?" said Scott.

"Quack!" Yes!

"Do you like the cold?"

"Quack, quack!" No!

Then a little duck stepped up. "Do you like bugs?" said Scott.

"Quack!" Yes!

Scott was quick with his pen. The other ducks stepped up, one at a time. At last, his pad was full.

"Thank you, ducks!" said Scott.

"Quack!" said the ducks.

Circle or highlight all the words with QU. How many did you find?
qu poster
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qu

The letter q is almost always followed by u. Together they say /kw/.

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2 QU Words

The words this story set practices, in the two groups used by the word sort.

QU at the Start (10)

quit, quiz, quick, quack, quill, quilt, quest, quip, quench, quell

QU Inside the Word (10)

squid, squish, squint, squat, squad, squelch, liquid, banquet, equip, request

Phrases to read
a quick quiz · the duck will quack · a squid on a quilt · quit the quest · squint at the sun · squish the mud · a quill and ink · the squad was quick · squat on the rug
RAN chart words
quit, quell, squid, squelch, request
Sight words
the, is, a, and, to, was, it, she, he, they

3 QU and WH Picture Worksheets

QU and WH words to read, match and write, with pictures. Each PDF has its answer key on page 2.

Find the Word: a qu and wh picture worksheet

Find the Word

Look at each picture and circle the right word out of three.

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Circle the Picture: a qu and wh picture worksheet

Circle the Picture

Read a word, then circle its picture out of three.

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Which Sentence?: a qu and wh picture worksheet

Which Sentence?

Look at a picture and pick the sentence that matches it.

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Read and Fill In: a qu and wh picture worksheet

Read and Fill In

Read a short story, then fill in the missing words.

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Sound Boxes: a qu and wh picture worksheet

Sound Boxes

Say each picture and write its sounds in the boxes.

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Read and Match: a qu and wh picture worksheet

Read and Match

Read each word, then draw a line to its picture.

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4 Story Worksheets

4 ready-to-print PDFs for this story's qu words. Each one opens as its own file.

QU word sort printable preview

Word Sort

Cut-apart word cards to sort: QU at the Start or QU Inside the Word. Answer key on page 2.

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QU phrasing cards printable preview

Phrasing Cards

Short phrases to cut out and read smoothly, for fluency.

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QU word search printable preview

Word Search

Find 12 qu words in the grid. Answer key on page 2.

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QU ran chart printable preview

RAN Chart

A grid of five words to read fast, with room to record three timed tries.

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📖 More QU Stories

A new decodable story with the same qu sounds — each comes with its own set of worksheets. Then the next skill: Endings -NG and -NK.

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Free Printable QU Worksheets

These free qu worksheets provide structured phonics practice for QU (the letters q and u together say /kw/). Activities include a decodable passage embedding target words in a fun story, a word sort that separates words starting with qu from words with qu inside, phrasing practice cards for fluency building, and a rapid naming (RAN) chart for automaticity. Each worksheet prints cleanly on standard US Letter paper.

For more early literacy resources, explore our sight word flashcards, tracing worksheets, handwriting worksheets, and coloring pages.