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Letter Q worksheets

A free five-page pack for the letter Q: giant letters to trace and color, capital and lowercase handwriting rows, beginning sounds with pictures, a letter hunt and an answer key.

Watch it solved

43 sec · with voice and captions

A pencil works one example of each activity, so you can see how the worksheet goes before you print it. Tap a step to jump to it. The rest of the sheet is left for your child to finish.

Read what the video says
  1. 0:00 Let's learn the letter Q, step by step.
  2. 0:03 Meet the letter Q. Trace the big letter, then color it in. Q makes the sound you hear at the start of question.
  3. 0:11 Trace the capital Q. Start at the top line.
  4. 0:15 Now trace the lowercase q.
  5. 0:19 Say each picture, and circle the ones that start with the Q sound. Quiet starts with Q, so circle it.
  6. 0:27 Write the first letter. Question starts with q.
  7. 0:31 Find the letter. Color every capital Q, and every lowercase q.
  8. 0:36 Great job! Now print the free worksheet, and finish the rest on your own.

Q is for …

  • question
  • quiet

The sound

Q q makes /kw/, as in question: q nearly always comes with u.

How to write it

Capital Q: Circle back all the way around like an O, then add a short slant line at the bottom.

Lowercase q: Circle back around, then pull straight down below the line.

What the worksheets look like

Letter Q worksheet with giant letters to trace and pictures
Page 1: meet the letter Q
Letter Q beginning sounds worksheet
Page 3: beginning sounds

Common questions

What sound does the letter Q make?

Q q makes /kw/, as in question: q nearly always comes with u.

What words start with Q?

Easy picture words for young children: question, quiet. Say each one slowly and stretch the first sound.

How do you write a capital Q?

Circle back all the way around like an O, then add a short slant line at the bottom.

How do you write a lowercase q?

Circle back around, then pull straight down below the line.