Cursive Words

Letters on their own are only half of cursive; the joins between them are the other half. These lists put the letters into words — the sight words first, then the practice words from each letter page grouped by that letter’s stroke family — each with a printable tracing sheet.

Sight words in cursive

Fry’s first hundred sight words — the ones children meet earliest in reading — in the order they are usually listed. The sheets further down put all hundred on ruled rows, eighteen to a page.

the
of
and
a
to
in
is
you
that
it
he
was
for
on
are
as
with
his
they
I
at
be
this
have
from
or
one
had
by
word
but
not
what
all
were
we
when
your
can
said
there
use
an
each
which
she
do
how
their
if
will
up
other
about
out
many
then
them
these
so
some
her
would
make
like
him
into
time
has
look
two
more
write
go
see
number
no
way
could
people
my
than
first
water
been
call
who
oil
its
now
find
long
down
day
did
get
come
made
may
part

Words by letter family

The practice words from each letter page — every word contains that letter, and most start with it — grouped by the letter’s stroke family.

Undercurve letters

bball blue bright
eegg every eagle
ffun fish forest
hhat home happy
iice ink inside
jjam jump jelly
kkite key kitten
llake lion little
ppen pig paper
rred rain river
ssun sea smile
ttea top tiger
uup use under
wweb wave water

Downcurve (oval) letters

aapple and alphabet
ccat cake circle
ddog day dance
ggo game giant
oowl open orange
qquiz quiet queen

Overcurve letters

mmom moon magic
nnap nest noon
vvan vine violin
xxylophone x-ray box
yyes yak yellow
zzip zoo zebra

Cursive word practice sheets

Pick a list and print. Each sheet fits one US Letter page; the letters are set side by side, so join them with your pen.

Prints on one US Letterpage. Choose “Save as PDF” in the print dialog to download.

Cursive sight words 1–18

the · of · and · a …

Name ______________________ Date __________

cursivealphabet.pro — free cursive practice sheets

Phrases people write most

Word questions

What are good first words to write in cursive?

Short words whose letters all start on the baseline: it, up, tip, hit and lit use only i, t, u, p, h and l, so every join is the same simple tail-to-entry kind. From there add oval letters (cat, dog, add) and then bridge letters (on, we, be), which join from the midline and feel different.

Why are the words grouped by letter family?

Because that is the order the letters are learned in. A word built around a letter from the family you have just practised reinforces that family's stroke, and the rest of the word shows the letter joined to others rather than sitting alone.

Are these words written joined-up on the sheets?

Each word is drawn with its letters placed side by side in the same cursive style used across the site, so the entry and exit strokes line up as they would in handwriting. Trace over the grey copy, then write the word yourself on the blank part of the row.

Can I get a sheet with my own word list?

Yes — the worksheet generator takes up to 24 lines of your own words, names or sentences and prints them as a tracing sheet in the same style, with a choice of model-and-trace, trace-only, dotted-outline or model-and-blank rows, five letter sizes, and US Letter or A4 paper.