Sight Word As Worksheet

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NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comasasasasasasasasasasasasTrace it. Then write it.Find "as". Circle it every time. How many did you find?Read it. Say it. Spell it aloud.asamamisasasaskwasasasanasatasanushashasas
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.I amtall as you.Be as good as gold.sa
NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comFind "as". 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 keyas7amamisasasaskwasasasanasatasanushashasasI amtall as you.asassa
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The word "as" on 2 pages and 1 page of answers, Letter landscape.

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The word on its own 3

  • as 2 letters for 2 sounds, and the second sound is z, not s. Both letters sit between the dashed line and the base line: nothing tall, no tail, no dot.
  • As as Capital A beside small a. The capital is needed when the word starts a sentence, as in As I ran, I fell.
  • as as as as as Five to trace in one row. A two-letter word is narrow, so have the child lay a finger down after each one to keep the spaces.

Spot-the-word rows 4

  • as ask as ash as Circle as 3 times. Ask and ash start with the word and add one letter. In ash the s and the h work as a team.
  • as us as is as Circle as 3 times. Us and is keep the s and change the vowel in front of it.
  • at as an am as Circle as 2 times. At, an and am all start with a, so the second letter decides.
  • has as was as gas Circle as 2 times. Has, was and gas all end in a-s. Cover the first letter of each and the word shows.
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Missing-letter rows 3

  • a_ _s a_ _s One letter is missing each time: s, a, s, a. In a two-letter word every gap is half the word.
  • a_ i_ u_ ha_ Write s four times to finish as, is, us and has. It says z in as, is and has, and s in us. Read all four aloud afterwards.
  • as a_ __ A fading row: copy the word, write its last letter, then write both letters from memory.

As big as comparisons and short phrases 12

  • as a pet One as with no partner. It names a job or a part to play: a fish as a pet, a box as a hat.
  • as big as a bus Big and bus both sound out, so this is the comparison to start with. Ask what else is as big as a bus.
  • as busy as a bee An old saying for someone hard at work. Bee has the ee of see. Busy is one to read for the child: its u says the i of is.
  • as cold as ice Two kinds of c: cold starts with a hard c, and the c in ice says s because an e follows it.
  • as fast as I can Not a comparison with a thing this time. The second as leads into I can. I is always a capital.
  • as good as gold Said of a child who is behaving well. Good has the oo of book, and the o in gold says its name.
  • as quiet as a mouse The widest line in the list, and it still fits one row. Clap quiet as two beats: qui-et.
  • as sly as a fox Sly ends in a y that says i, as my and by do. Fox sounds out, and its x says k-s.
  • as snug as a bug The saying goes on: in a rug. Snug and bug rhyme and both sound out.
  • as soft as silk Soft and silk both sound out, and each ends in two consonants to say one after the other: f-t and l-k.
  • as soon as I can Here the pair is about time and means the moment that. Soon has the oo of moon.
  • as well Two words that together mean too, as in I like red as well. Well doubles its last letter.

Sentences to read and copy 12

  • Am I as old as you? 6 words and a question mark. The answer is on the class birthday chart.
  • As I ran, I fell. 5 words. The word comes first with a capital A, and a comma marks the pause after ran.
  • Be as good as gold. 5 words. A command, so nobody is named. Be ends in an e that says its name.
  • He is as big as I am. 7 words. The comparison ends in I am, not in a thing. He ends in a long e.
  • I am as tall as you. 6 words, with as on both sides of tall. Stand two children back to back and let the class say whether it is true.
  • I hum as I dig. 5 words. As means while again. Hum and dig sound out, and I is a capital both times.
  • I like red as well. 5 words. As well means too. Red sounds out, and like ends in a silent e.
  • I will go as a cat. 6 words. A dress-up line: as names the part the child will play. Swap cat for the child's own idea.
  • It is as big as a bus. 7 words, and not one has more than three letters. It, is, big and bus sound out.
  • It is as cold as ice. 6 words. One for a winter morning. The is in the second place and the as in the third look alike, so read them slowly.
  • Sit as still as a log. 6 words. Sit, still and log sound out. The class can act it out for ten seconds before writing.
  • We sing as we go. 5 words. Here as means while: two things happen at the same time. Sing ends in n-g.

How this list was compiled: Every line was written for this site on 2026-09-19 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. The comparisons as busy as a bee, as snug as a bug, as cold as ice, as good as gold, as quiet as a mouse and as sly as a fox are traditional English sayings with no author. Spellings were checked against the macOS system word list on 2026-09-19. The counts in the spot-the-word rows and the word counts of the sentences were worked out. That as is said with a z (strong form az, weak form uz) and that it began as a reduced form of also, from Old English eallswa: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/as (checked 2026-09-19). That the s is also a z in is and has, and an s in us: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/is, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/has and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/us (checked 2026-09-19). That as is one of the small words reduced in running speech: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_and_vowel_reduction_in_English (checked 2026-09-19). That a comparison made with like or as is called a simile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simile (checked 2026-09-19). Sound notes describe general American pronunciation. Licence: own work

How it works

As is two letters, and the second one says z, so spelling by ear gives az. This sight word as sheet has the child trace it, circle it among is, us and has, and write it into a sentence.

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The s says z, and the a nearly vanishes

Tap as on two fingers and you get a, z. The s is a z, as in is, his and has, so a child who spells by ear writes az. The Oxford English Corpus ranking on Wikipedia puts as 17th among all English words, and it is seldom stressed. Inside as big as a bus it is said uz, which sits close to is. If a child writes is tall is you, that is why.

A word that comes in pairs

Seventeen lines in the list under the tool use the word twice. A describing word sits between: as cold as ice, as quiet as a mouse. These are similes, comparisons made with like or as. Type one into A sentence with it to print it.

  • Neither letter is tall or has a tail, so as has the same outline as us, an, am and on.
  • Play as big as: name a thing in the room and let each child finish the line aloud.
  • As is a worn-down also. Wiktionary traces both to Old English eallswa, which meant just so.

Questions and answers

Why does my student read "as" as "is", or write "az"?

Both come from the sound. The word ends in a z sound. In a sentence its a is said so lightly that "as" and "is" nearly match. Practice the word alone, then write this row and ask for 3 circles: as us as is as.

Which as lines should come first?

The word alone, then the missing-letter rows, then the circling rows. Next comes as big as a bus, where the other words sound out, and last I am as tall as you. Keep as well and as we go for later.

Can the sight word as be sounded out?

Yes, once a child knows that s can say z, as in is, his and has. Teach those together and the surprise is learned once. What stays hard is hearing as at all inside a fast sentence.

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