Brent and Brant NT Phonics Stories Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Blending the letters n and t at the end of a word is one of the first big steps a young reader takes past simple three-letter words, and the Brent and Brant NT Phonics Stories Reading Comprehension Worksheet turns that sound into a whole short story. Words such as went, tent, plant, present, count and front come back again and again inside a story about two friends at a plant sale, so children meet the -nt blend in real sentences instead of on an isolated word list. Reading the blend in context is what moves it from something a child sounds out to something a child simply knows.

The worksheet works as a read-then-answer set. On the first page students read the illustrated story and hunt for every dark -nt word in the passage. On the second page they answer five multiple-choice comprehension questions drawn from across the whole story, filling in one bubble for each. The last page is a complete answer key. Print it, read the story aloud together the first time, then let students reread it on their own before they answer. It doubles as a quick, low-stress check of both decoding and understanding.

What’s Included

• A one-page illustrated -nt phonics story with every blend word set in bold
• Five multiple-choice reading comprehension questions, three choices each
• A complete answer key as the final page
• A print-ready PDF sized for 1st Grade readers

Three Reasons It Helps Kids

First, it puts the blend inside connected text, which is where phonics actually has to work. Second, the comprehension questions ask students to hold onto meaning while they decode, so accuracy and understanding grow at the same time rather than competing. Third, the bolded blend words give a struggling reader a visible anchor on the page, which builds the confidence to keep going instead of stopping at the first hard word.

Teachers and parents can stretch this first grade blends worksheet in several directions. Use it as a guided reading warm-up, as a partner-reading page where one child reads and the other listens for -nt words, or as morning work. Ask students to circle each bold word and write it in a personal word bank, then challenge them to add three more -nt words of their own. For an easy extension, have children draw their own picture of the plant sale and label it with blend words. The Brent and Brant NT Phonics Stories Reading Comprehension Worksheet also makes a tidy assessment page when you need evidence that a reader can carry meaning through a full story.

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