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Free printable PDF · Dolch second grade · ages 7–8
Sight Word “goes” Worksheet: Read, Trace and Circle
“Goes” is used with he, she and it: she goes to school, the bus goes fast. It is go with es on the end.
Try this game: What goes…?
Ask: what goes woof? What goes vroom? What goes tick-tock? Your child answers in a sentence: a dog goes woof. Take turns asking.
Teaching tips for “goes”
Show that goes is go + es. The o still says its name and the es says “z”. Practise with toy vehicles: the car goes up, the train goes round, the boat goes along. Compare goes and does, which look alike but sound different.
“goes” in a sentence
- The bus goes to town.
- She goes to bed at eight.
- Round and round it goes.
- My dog goes woof.
What to learn next
Good next words are “does” and “going”, because does is spelled the same way, and going is another form of go.
You will find “goes” at number 18 of 46 on the Dolch second grade list. Most children reach it at ages 7–8, once the first grade words feel easy.
Inside the free “goes” PDF
Four short activities: trace “goes”, write it on your own, find it in a grid with does, toes, go, gas and geese, and trace the sentence “The bus goes to town.”.
“goes”: quick answers
Why does goes have an e?
When we add -s to words ending in o, we usually add -es: go, goes; do, does; tomato, tomatoes.
Goes and does look similar. How do children tell them apart?
They sound different: goes rhymes with toes, does rhymes with buzz. Reading both in sentences helps.
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