Add, Delete, & Substitute Letters

Substitute Beginning Letter

100

What new word do you get if you change the ‘c’ in cat to an ‘h’?

hat

200

Change the first letter in dog to an ‘l’. What is the new word?

log

300

What word do you get when you change the ‘s’ in sat to a ‘p’?

pat

400

If you change the ‘t’ in top to an ‘m’, what is the new word? Then, name another word that rhymes with it.

mop

hop, pop, cop, stop, drop, bop, flop, top

500

Create a new word by changing the first letter of flap to a ‘c’. What is the new word? Can you think of a sentence using it?

clap

Substitute Middle Sound

100

Change the middle vowel in hat to ‘o’. What word do you get?

hot

200

What happens when you change the ‘e’ in pet to an ‘i’?

pit

300

Change the vowel in cut to ‘a’. What new word do you have? Say another word that has the same middle vowel sound.

cat

bat,can,etc

400

If you change the ‘o’ in hop to an ‘i’, what is the new word? Can you use it in a question?

hip

500

Change the vowel in flip to ‘a’. What new word do you get? Then, write a silly sentence using it.

flap

Substitute Ending Sound

100

What happens when you change the ‘g’ in pig to a ‘t’?

pit

200

 Change the last letter in bat to an ‘g’. What is the new word?

bag

300

If you change the last letter in ‘red’ to ‘g’, what word do you get? Then, name another word that rhymes with it.

reg

leg, beg

400

What word is made when you change the ‘t’ in cut to a ‘p’? Can you think of a compound word that starts with it?

cup

cupcake

500

Change the last letter in sun to a ‘b’. What new word do you get? Write a sentence using both words.

sub

Deleting and Adding Letters

100

What word do you get if you remove the ‘b’ from bat ?

at

200

If you take away the ‘s’ in stop, what word do you have?

top

300

Add an ‘s’ to top. What new word is created? Use it in a question.

stop

400

Remove the ‘p’ from spin. What word is left? Can you think of a word that rhymes with it?

sin

kin, pin, bin, fin, tin, win

500

Add a ‘t’ to ar to create a new word. What is the new word?

tar

Mixed

100

Change the first letter in man to ‘p’. What is the new word?

pan

200

 Change the middle vowel in hog to ‘u’. What word do you get?

hug

300

Change the last letter in bed to ‘g’. What is the new word? Then, say another word that ends with the same letter.

beg

leg

400

Remove the ‘c’ in cat. What word is left? Name another word that rhymes with it?

at

bat, fat, hat, mat, gnat, pat, rat, sat, that, chat, flat

500

Add an ‘s’ to tar. What new word do you have? 

Then add a 't' to the end of the word. What is the new word?

star

start