Sound -tch worksheet - Free Printable

This worksheet is designed to help learners practice the "-tch" sound in English words. The task involves matching pictures to the correct word from the list on the right, based on what the image represents and the "-tch" ending.

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🔤 Objective:

Match each picture with the correct word that ends in "-tch" and matches its meaning.

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🧩 Step-by-step Solution:

We’ll go through each image and match it to the appropriate word from the list:

#### 1. 🐣 Chick hatching from an egg
- This represents hatch.
- ✔ Answer: hatch

#### 2. ⏱️ Smartwatch (digital watch)
- This is a watch.
- ✔ Answer: watch

#### 3. 🩹 Bandage (plaster) on skin
- A bandage is often called a patch or stitch, but "patch" fits better here as it’s a covering.
- However, "stitch" can also refer to a wound closure, but the image shows a band-aid, which is more like a patch.
- ✔ Answer: patch

#### 4. 👩‍👦 Woman scratching her arm
- Scratching due to irritation — this is itch.
- ✔ Answer: itch

#### 5. 👨‍👩‍👧 Adult playing ball with child
- They are catching a ball.
- ✔ Answer: catch

#### 6. 🎾 Baseball player throwing a pitch
- Throwing a ball in baseball is a pitch.
- ✔ Answer: pitch

#### 7. 🔥 Box of matches
- This is a box of matches.
- ✔ Answer: match

#### 8. 🧙‍♀️ Witch flying on a broomstick
- A witch.
- ✔ Answer: witch

#### 9. 🔌 Light switch (ON/OFF)
- This is a switch.
- ✔ Answer: switch

#### 10. 👩‍🎨 Child drawing with pencil
- Drawing a picture is a sketch.
- ✔ Answer: sketch

#### 11. 🔒 Metal latch on a gate or door
- This is a latch.
- ✔ Answer: latch

#### 12. 📝 Notebook with a drawing (a cat?)
- This is a sketch again? But we already used "sketch".

Wait! Let's double-check:

- We have two images that could be related to drawing:
- One is the child drawing → sketch
- The other is the notebook with a drawing → also sketch

But we only have one "sketch" in the word list.

Let’s look at the list again:

> itch, pitch, hatch, catch, watch, patch, stitch, sketch, latch, switch, match, witch

We have 12 pictures and 12 words.

Let’s re-evaluate:

Wait — the last two:
- The notebook with a drawing → likely sketch
- The child drawing → also sketch?

But we can't use the same word twice unless allowed.

But let’s check the second-to-last image: a latch (metal chain lock), so that's latch.

Then the last image: notebook with drawing → sketch

Now the child drawing (image 10) — she’s drawing, so sketch?

But we have only one "sketch" in the list.

Wait — perhaps I made a mistake earlier.

Let’s list all images clearly:

| Image | Description | Possible Word |
|-------|-------------|---------------|
| 1 | Chick hatching | hatch |
| 2 | Watch | watch |
| 3 | Band-aid | patch |
| 4 | Scratching arm | itch |
| 5 | Catching ball | catch |
| 6 | Pitcher throwing | pitch |
| 7 | Matches | match |
| 8 | Witch | witch |
| 9 | Light switch | switch |
| 10 | Child drawing | ??? |
| 11 | Latch (lock) | latch |
| 12 | Notebook with drawing | ??? |

Wait — now we see: both child drawing and notebook with drawing seem to represent drawing.

But only one "sketch" exists.

Alternatively, maybe the child drawing is stitch?

No — "stitch" is sewing.

Wait — stitch could refer to a seam, not drawing.

But the child is knitting or sewing?

No — she has a green cloth and a needle, and is holding up a thread — she’s sewing!

Ah! That’s important.

Look closely:

- Image 10: Child sitting, holding a needle and thread, working on a cloth — this is sewing, so stitch.

So:

- Image 10: Child sewing → stitch
- Image 12: Notebook with drawing → sketch

Now it makes sense.

And image 3: Band-aid → patch

✔ All unique.

Let’s finalize:

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✔ Final Matching:

| Image | Description | Correct Word |
|------|-------------|--------------|
| 1 | Chick hatching | hatch |
| 2 | Watch | watch |
| 3 | Band-aid | patch |
| 4 | Scratching arm | itch |
| 5 | Catching ball | catch |
| 6 | Pitcher throwing | pitch |
| 7 | Matches | match |
| 8 | Witch | witch |
| 9 | Light switch | switch |
| 10 | Child sewing | stitch |
| 11 | Latch (door lock) | latch |
| 12 | Notebook with drawing | sketch |

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📝 Answer Key (Left to Right):

Row by row:

1. hatch
2. watch
3. patch
4. itch
5. catch
6. pitch
7. match
8. witch
9. switch
10. stitch
11. latch
12. sketch

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✔ Summary:

Each image corresponds to a word ending in "-tch", and the correct match is determined by visual context and vocabulary knowledge.

The key insight was recognizing:
- The sewing child → stitch
- The drawing notebook → sketch
- The band-aid → patch
- The latch → latch

All words are correctly matched.

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