Name Tracing Sheets

Cursive G: capital G and lowercase g

Three pages to trace: capital G, lowercase g, and go, gum and goat joined. The letters print in light gray without arrows, so the steps below say where each stroke goes.

Each line becomes its own page. Keep Aa–Zz or type any words.

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Printed sample: Cursive G: capital G and lowercase g
The first page with the default settings, as it prints on US Letter paper.

How to write a cursive capital G

  1. From the baseline on the left, swing up to the top line and make a small loop there.
  2. Come down through the middle, curve around the bottom and climb the right side to the top.
  3. Pull back down the right side to the middle and finish with a short stroke across.

On these sheets the letter after capital G starts on its own.

How to write a cursive lowercase g

  1. From the baseline, swing up to the midline, curve back to the left and around to close a small oval, as for a.
  2. Pull a slant down the right side, below the baseline.
  3. Loop back to the left and up, crossing the slant at the baseline, and keep rising.

Joining cursive g to other letters

Lowercase g joins in like a: the stroke before it climbs to the midline and arches over the oval, as in ag and ig. After n, as in sing and long, the hump of the n flows straight into that arch.

g leaves from its lower loop with a stroke that rises through the baseline, the same exit as j, y and z. The loop should close right at the baseline; an open tail, like a print g, leaves the next letter starting below the line. gg in egg and giggle is good practice for it.

Cursive G and print G

Lowercase cursive g is close to print g with the hook closed into a loop. Capital G is the big change: a swirl with a loop at the top that many children read as an S.

Print G with starting dots and arrows: letter G tracing worksheets.

Cursive g words

go, gum, goat, grass, giggle.

Previous: cursive F. Next: cursive H. All 26 letters: cursive alphabet worksheets.

Questions

Why does cursive capital G look like an S?

Both start at the baseline and swing up into a loop at the top. S then curves down the right and back to the left; G comes down, rounds the bottom, climbs the right side and ends with a short stroke at the middle. Write them side by side to see the difference.

How is cursive g different from cursive q?

Same oval, different tail. The lower loop of g swings back to the left; the lower loop of q closes on the right, at the baseline.

Where does the lower loop of g close?

At the baseline, where the tail crosses the slant. Closing it lower leaves the next letter hanging under the line.