Sight Word Are Worksheet

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NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comareareareareareareareareTrace it. Then write it.Find "are". Circle it every time. How many did you find?Read it. Say it. Spell it aloud.arearearmearearareeraeraarearecarartarefarcarareareouror
NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comWrite the missing word. Then read the sentence.Read the sentence. Then write it.Cut out the letters at the bottom. Glue them here in order to build the word.Weat school.They are on the bus.rea
NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comFind "are". Circle it every time. How many did you find?Write the missing word. Then read the sentence.Cut out the letters at the bottom. Glue them here in order to build the word.Read it. Say it. Spell it aloud.Answer keyare7arearmearearareeraeraarearecarartarefarcarareareourorWeat school.arearerea
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The word "are" on 2 pages and 1 page of answers, Letter landscape.

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Next step Make the sheet for our, the word it trades places withMake the sheet for or, another small word built on r

The sight words and their practice lines

The word on its own 3

  • are 3 letters, but said aloud it is just the name of the letter r. All three letters sit between the dashed line and the base line: nothing tall and no tail.
  • Are are Capital A beside small a. Questions put the word first, as in Are you ready, so the capital gets real use.
  • are are are The word three times on one row. Watch the r: a short stick with a small arm, not a full hump like an n.

Spot-the-word rows 4

  • are our are or are Circle are 3 times. Our can sound just like are in quick speech, so the eyes have to do the work. Or shares only the r.
  • art are arm are ark Circle are 2 times. Art, arm and ark open with the same a-r and the same sound; only the third letter differs.
  • car are care are far Circle are 2 times. Car and far rhyme with are but have no e. Care holds the whole word, yet inside care it says air.
  • ear are era are Circle are 2 times. Ear and era are made of the same three letters as are, in a different order.
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Missing-letter rows 3

  • a__ _r_ __e Two letters are missing each time. The r is the only letter the child can hear, so the a and the e have to come from memory.
  • ar_ a_e _re One letter is missing each time: e, then r, then a. The silent e is asked for first because it is the letter children leave off.
  • are ar_ a__ ___ A fading row: copy the word, add its e, add r and e, then write all three letters with no help.

Who goes with are 11

  • are not Not sounds out. In speech the pair closes up into aren't, and inside aren't the are is said in full.
  • are we The start of the back-seat question: are we there yet. We ends in a long e, like me, he and be.
  • are you Swap the words of you are and a statement turns into a question, with are in front.
  • the dogs are The s on dogs is the signal: more than one dog takes are, one dog takes is.
  • here we are What people say on arriving. Here is learned whole, and are comes last, where it is said clearly.
  • is and are The pair to sort: is for one, are for more than one. Say a noun and have the child point to the word that fits.
  • there you are What you say when you find someone in hide and seek. There is spelled as here with a t in front, though the two do not rhyme.
  • they are They is a word to learn whole: its e-y says the long a of day.
  • we are In speech this shrinks to we're. Write the two full words first; the apostrophe can wait.
  • yes we are A short answer. Yes sounds out. At the end of an answer are is never squeezed, so the child hears the whole word.
  • you are Are goes with you even when you means one child. Compare he is and she is.

Sentences to read and copy 13

  • Are we at the top? 5 words and a question mark. At and top sound out. A line for the stairs or the slide.
  • Are you six? 3 words and a question mark. Are comes first, so it takes a capital A. Six sounds out, with x saying k-s.
  • The cats are big. 4 words. Cats and big sound out. Cover the s on cats and ask which word has to change.
  • Dad and I are up. 5 words. Two people joined by and count as more than one, so they take are: I am, but Dad and I are. Dad and up sound out.
  • Here we are, Mom. 4 words and a comma. Are sits in the middle of the line but at the end of its phrase, so it is said in full.
  • My hands are wet. 4 words. Hands ends in the blend n-d plus an s, and that s is why the verb is are and not is.
  • Ten bugs are on it. 5 words. Every word but are sounds out, so it shows at once whether the child knows this one.
  • They are on the bus. 5 words. On and bus sound out. They and are are the two to know by sight.
  • We are at school. 4 words. School is the long one: s-c-h says sk and the two o's say the oo of moon. At sounds out.
  • We are in the van. 5 words. In and van sound out. Said at normal speed, We are runs together into we're.
  • Where are we? 3 words. Where ends in e-r-e and says air, the same sound that a-r-e makes inside care. A question for a walk or a map.
  • Yes, we are. 3 words. Are is the last word, the one spot in a sentence where nobody squeezes it.
  • You are my pal. 4 words. Pal sounds out. A child can give the finished row to a friend.

How this list was compiled: Every line was written for this site on 2026-09-18 and read aloud for sense. No line is taken from a published sight word list or workbook, and the page claims no list or grade level for the word. Spellings were checked against the macOS system word list; plurals such as cats, dogs, bugs and hands, and the word mom, are absent from that list and were checked one by one. The counts in the spot-the-word rows and the word counts of the sentences were worked out. That the strong form of are in General American is said like the name of the letter r, that its weak form is a bare r-colored vowel, and that r and our are listed as its homophones: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/are (pronunciation and homophones, checked 2026-09-19). That care has the vowel of air, not the vowel of are: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/care (checked 2026-09-19). That are is reduced inside a sentence but said in full when it ends a sentence or phrase and in aren't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_and_vowel_reduction_in_English (checked 2026-09-19). Sound notes describe general American pronunciation. Licence: own work

How it works

The a and silent e of are tell the ear nothing, so children write r or ar. This sight word are sheet has them trace it, circle it among our, art and ear, and finish We ___ at school.

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Three letters, one sound, and an e that breaks its rule

Said alone in an American accent, are is the name of the letter r. A child who spells by ear writes r, or ar as in car. The e is no help: in care the same letters say air, because there the e does its usual job. Wiktionary lists both r and our as homophones of are, which is why are and our trade places in early writing. Sort them by job: our shows owning, are follows we, you and they.

Three pairs to copy first

The phrases in the list under the tool begin with we are, you are and they are. Type one into A sentence with it to print it. Copy these first, to tie "are" to the word before it.

  • Are has no tall letter and no tail. If the r swells into an n, check every r.
  • Hold up one pencil, then three. The child says The pencil is or The pencils are, then writes the verb.
  • Children say we're long before they read we are. Say the short form, then tap out the two full words.

Questions and answers

Why does my student write r or ar for are?

Because that is all the ear reports. The word sounds like a letter name, and car, far and jar spell the same sound with two letters. Write the missing-letter row ar_ a_e _re on the board. It asks for the silent e first.

How do I teach are and our apart?

Saying them slowly may not help: many people say them alike. Tie each to its job: our comes before a thing we own, are after we, you or they. Then write are our are or are and ask for 3 circles.

Can are be sounded out?

Only the r. The a and the e do no work a beginner can predict, so are is learned whole. Link it to car and far, where a-r says the same sound, and treat the e as the part to remember.

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