But Sight Word Worksheet

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NameDateMade at homeroomtools.combutbutbutbutbutbutbutbutTrace it. Then write it.Find "but". Circle it every time. How many did you find?Read it. Say it. Spell it aloud.butbudbutbettubputbetbutbitbitbudbutbusbutbutbattubputcut
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.He is smallfast.Not red but blue.tbu
NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comFind "but". 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 keybut5budbutbettubputbetbutbitbitbudbutbusbutbutbattubputcutHe is smallfast.butbuttbu
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The word "but" on 2 pages and 1 page of answers, Letter landscape.

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The sight words and their practice lines

The word on its own 3

  • but 3 letters for 3 sounds: b, short u, t. It sounds out from end to end and rhymes with cut and nut. The b and the t go tall, with the short u between them.
  • But but Capital B beside small b. The capital has two bumps and the small b has one.
  • but but but but Four to trace. Each one starts with a tall b and ends with a tall t.

Spot-the-word rows 4

  • bud but bus but Circle but 2 times. Bud and bus keep b-u and change the last letter.
  • but bat but bit but Circle but 3 times. Bat and bit keep the b and the t and change the vowel in the middle.
  • but tub but put Circle but 2 times. Tub is but written backward. Put changes only the first letter.
  • cut but nut but hut Circle but 2 times. Cut, nut and hut rhyme with but and change only the first letter.

Missing-letter rows 2

  • b_t _ut bu_ One letter is missing each time: u, then b, then t.
  • bu_ b__ __t One letter, then two: t, then u-t, then b-u.
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Phrases with but 8

  • all but one Here but means except: every one except one.
  • but I can I is a capital wherever it stands. Can sounds out.
  • but not yet All three words sound out.
  • but then Then starts with t-h, two letters for one sound.
  • last but not least In least, e-a says long e. The other three words sound out.
  • nothing but rain Here but means only: there is rain and nothing else.
  • slow but sure Slow has the ow of snow.
  • small but strong Strong starts with three consonants: s, t, r.

Sentences to read and copy 9

  • But why is it wet? 5 words. A question mark ends it. But comes first, so it takes a capital B.
  • Go, but not yet. 4 words. Not and yet sound out. A comma comes before but.
  • He is small but fast. 5 words. But sits between two words that pull apart. Fast sounds out.
  • I fell, but I am fine. 6 words. Fell sounds out. Fine ends in a silent e.
  • I ran, but I was late. 6 words. A comma comes before but here. Ran sounds out.
  • I tried, but it broke. 5 words. Broke ends in a silent e that lets the o say its name.
  • It is old but good. 5 words. Good has the double o of book.
  • It rained, but we ran. 5 words. Ran sounds out. Rained has a-i for long a.
  • Not red but blue. 4 words. Red sounds out. Blue ends in u-e.

How this list was compiled: Every line was written for this site on 2026-09-30 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. That but is said b, short u, t, that it has a weaker unstressed form, that tub is an anagram of it, and that it can mean except and only as well as joining two clauses: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/but (pronunciation, senses and anagrams, checked 2026-09-30). Spellings were checked against the macOS system word list. The counts in the spot-the-word rows and the word counts of the sentences were worked out. Sound notes describe general American pronunciation. Licence: own work

How it works

The but sight word sounds out, b, short u, t, yet comes back as bat, bit or put. This sheet has the child trace it, circle it among bat, bit, bud and tub, and finish He is small ___ fast.

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Three sounds, and a vowel to watch

But is b, short u, t, and rhymes with cut and nut. Bat, bit and bet differ only in the vowel, so the row but bat but bit but sends the eye to the middle letter. Written backward, but is tub, which is in the find grid.

The word that turns a sentence

But joins two ideas that pull against each other, as in He is small but fast. Read a sentence up to but and let the child guess how it ends. In quick speech the vowel fades: Wiktionary lists a weaker, unstressed form. The spelling stays b-u-t.

  • Build but from its tiles, then read the tiles from right to left: tub.
  • Say two halves, such as I ran and I was late, and let the child join them with but.
  • Swap the middle tile for a, i and e to make bat, bit and bet.

Questions and answers

Why does my student write bat or bit for but?

The b and the t are right, so the slip is in the vowel. Say but, bat, bit slowly and listen to the middle. Then give the row but bat but bit but and ask for 3 circles.

Can the sight word but be sounded out?

Yes: three letters and three sounds, b, short u, t. Let the child blend it, then practice until it is read at a glance.

What does but mean in all but one?

There it means except: every one except one. In nothing but rain it means only. Both phrases are in the practice lines under the sheet, for a child ready to meet the word's other jobs.

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