Soft G Worksheets

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

Grade: 1st Phase 3: Long Vowels & Silent E Pattern: Soft G (g says /j/ before e, i, y): gem, cage, giant

gem gel germ giant age cage page stage rage wage sage huge

1 Decodable Reading Passage

A short, decodable story embedding soft g words. Students read the passage then highlight all the target words.

Kate's Fudge Mix-Up

Skill: Soft G • Sight Words: the, is, a, and, to, was, it, she, he, they, said, have

Illustrated mini-book

Kate made a huge pan of fudge. She cut it up and put the best chunks in a red box. "I hope I win the prize," she said.

Her pal Gus had a red box too. His box was full of gems and stones he had dug up. Gus set his box down by Kate's and ran off to chase a bug.

Kate grabbed a red box and put it on the stage. Ron was the judge. He had a big badge on his chest. He opened the lid, picked up a lump, and took a giant bite. Crack! "This fudge is strange," Ron said.

Kate looked in the box. "Oh no! That is a gem, not fudge!" she said. Her face turned red.

Just then, Gus dashed up to the stage with the right box. "I think this is your fudge, Kate," he said. "I had one bite. It is like magic!"

Judge Ron took a small bite. Then he took a big one. "What a change!" he said with a grin. He made a note on his pad. "Kate wins the prize!"

Circle or highlight all the words where G says /j/ (like gem and cage). How many did you find?

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2 Word Sort

Cut out the word cards and sort them into the correct columns: Soft G at the Start vs Soft G at the End or Inside.

Soft G at the Start

Soft G at the End or Inside

gem

gel

germ

giant

age

cage

page

stage

rage

wage

sage

huge

hinge

fringe

plunge

lunge

range

change

strange

magic

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3 Phrasing Practice Cards

Practice reading these phrases for fluency. Cut out the cards and read them quickly and smoothly.

a gem in a cage

a huge stage

the giant on the page

a strange change

plunge and lunge

a magic gem

the hinge on the cage

a fringe on the stage

the age of the sage

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4 RAN Chart (Rapid Naming)

Read each word in the grid as quickly as you can. Time yourself and try to beat your best time!

Decodable RAN Chart — Soft G

hinge

age

hinge

age

hinge

magic

gem

age

magic

giant

gem

giant

gem

giant

gem

magic

Target words: gem, giant, age, hinge, magic

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5 Word Search

Find and circle the soft g words hidden in the grid. Words go across, down, and diagonally — a fun way to reinforce soft g word recognition.

Soft G Word Search

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Free Printable Soft G Worksheets

These free soft g worksheets provide structured phonics practice for Soft G (g says /j/ before e, i, y): gem, cage, giant. Activities include a decodable passage embedding target words in a fun story, a word sort that separates soft g at the start of a word from soft g at the end or inside, phrasing practice cards for fluency building, and a rapid naming (RAN) chart for automaticity. Each worksheet prints cleanly on standard US Letter paper.

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