Sight Word Funny Worksheet

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NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comfunnyfunnyfunnyfunnyfunnyfunnyTrace it. Then write it.Find "funny". Circle it every time. How many did you find?Read it. Say it. Spell it aloud.funnyfuzzyfussyfunnyfunnyfancysunnyfurryfurryfunnybunnysunnyfunnyfunfunnybunnyrunnyfuzzyrunny
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.That is ahat.My leg feels funny.nfnyu
NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comFind "funny". 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 keyfunny5fuzzyfussyfunnyfunnyfancysunnyfurryfurryfunnybunnysunnyfunnyfunfunnybunnyrunnyfuzzyrunnyThat is ahat.funnyfunnynfnyu
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The word "funny" 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

  • funny 5 letters for 4 sounds. The double n makes one sound, and the y on the end says e. Cover the last two letters and fun is left.
  • Funny funny Capital F beside small f. The capital is all straight lines. The small one curls over at the top and wears one crossbar.
  • funny funny funny Three to trace in one row, since none of the five letters is wide. Each copy has one tall letter at the front and one tail at the back.

Spot-the-word rows 4

  • bunny funny runny Circle funny 1 time. All three rhyme and end in u-n-n-y. Only one starts with the tall f.
  • fun funny fuzzy Circle funny 1 time. Fun is the word funny grows from. Fuzzy starts f-u and ends in y as well, but its doubled letter is z.
  • funny furry funny Circle funny 2 times. Furry has the same build: f-u, a doubled letter, then y. Its doubled letter is r.
  • funny sunny funny Circle funny 2 times. Sunny rhymes with it and changes only the first letter, so that letter is the one to check.
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Missing-letter rows 4

  • fu_ny fun_y f_nny One letter is missing each time: n, then n again, then u. Two gaps in a row ask for an n, because the word has two.
  • fun__ __nny f___y First the last two letters are missing, then the first two, then the middle three. The first one starts from fun, which the child can already read.
  • funn_ happ_ sill_ Write y each time to finish funny, happy and silly. In my and by the y says i. On the end of these three it says e.
  • sun_y run_y fun_y Write n each time to finish sunny, runny and funny. Sun, run and fun each take a second n before the y goes on.

Short phrases with funny 12

  • a funny clown Clown starts with the blend c-l and has the ow of cow.
  • a funny face One to act out before tracing. Face has a c that says s and a silent e on the end.
  • a funny joke Funny in its first meaning: it makes you laugh. Joke ends in a silent e that lets the o say its name.
  • a funny noise Funny in its second meaning: odd or strange. Noise has the oi of coin.
  • a funny smell Strange again, and nobody is laughing. Smell sounds out and doubles its l.
  • feels funny What a child says about a foot that has gone to sleep. Feels has a double e.
  • funny bunny Two words that rhyme and share four of their five letters. Only the f and the b differ.
  • funny socks A line for a dress-up day at school. Socks sounds out, with c-k standing for one sound.
  • looks funny This one can go either way: it makes me laugh, or something about it is wrong. Looks has the oo of book.
  • not funny Words for the moment a joke hurts someone. Not sounds out: n, o, t.
  • so funny What a child says after a good joke. So ends in an o that says its name.
  • very funny Both words end in a y that says e. Very keeps a single r, while funny doubles its n.

Sentences to read and copy 12

  • I made a funny face. 5 words. Made and face each have a silent e that lets the a say its name.
  • Is it funny to you? 5 words and a question mark. People laugh at different things, so it is a fair thing to ask.
  • It is a funny book. 5 words. It and is sound out, and book has the oo of look.
  • It smells funny. 3 words. The strange meaning again, the one to use about old milk.
  • My dad is funny. 4 words with two jobs for y: in my it says i, and in funny it says e. Dad and is sound out.
  • My leg feels funny. 4 words. Nothing to laugh at here: funny means strange. Leg sounds out.
  • Tell me a funny joke. 5 words and two doubled letters: the l in tell and the n in funny. It is a command, so it ends in a period.
  • That is a funny hat. 5 words. Funny sits fourth, in front of the thing it describes. Hat sounds out.
  • That was not funny. 4 words. A whole sentence for a child to say when a joke goes too far. Was is a word to learn whole.
  • Was it funny? 3 words. Was and it trade places to make a question: It was funny. Was it funny?
  • What is so funny? 4 words. The question a teacher asks a giggling table. What is a word to learn whole.
  • You are so funny. 4 words. Here funny comes last, after are. You and are are both words to learn whole.

How this list was compiled: Every line was written for this site in September 2026 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; socks, feels, looks and smells are s-forms the list does not hold 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 funny is fun plus the ending y, that it is said the same way in British and American English, that the meaning that makes you laugh dates from the middle of the 1700s and the meaning odd or strange from the early 1800s: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/funny (checked 2026-09-19). That funny rhymes with bunny, sunny and runny, and also with honey and money: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:English/ʌni (checked 2026-09-19). That a doubled consonant usually shows the vowel in front of it is short: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_orthography (checked 2026-09-19). Sound notes describe general American pronunciation. Licence: own work

How it works

Spelled by ear, funny comes out funy or funne. This sheet for the sight word funny has the child trace it and circle it among sunny, bunny and fuzzy. The child then finishes That is a ___ hat. and builds funny from five letter tiles.

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Fun, one more n, then y

Funny is built on a word the child can already sound out. Wiktionary gives its origin as fun plus the ending y. The second n is there for the u. Wikipedia says a doubled consonant usually shows that the vowel before it is short. With one n it would look like tiny and pony.

Funny ha-ha and funny strange

Children use both meanings. Wiktionary dates the laughing one to the middle of the 1700s and the odd or strange one to the early 1800s. Most sentences near the foot of this page, under The sight words and their practice lines, use the first. My leg feels funny. and It smells funny. use the second. After writing, ask which kind it was.

  • Clap the word in two beats, fun and ny. Each beat gets an n, which keeps the second one in.
  • The f stands tall and the y drops a tail. The three letters between stay small.
  • Use That was not funny. in a week on kindness. It gives a child words for a joke that hurt.

Questions and answers

Why does my student write funy or funne for funny?

The ear hears one n and a final e, so both are fair guesses. Start from fun, which sounds out, then add n and y. Write the row fu_ny fun_y f_nny on the board: two of its gaps ask for an n.

Can the sight word funny be sounded out?

Nearly. Fun sounds out, the two n's make one sound, and the y says e as it does in happy and silly. Write the row funn_ happ_ sill_ to practice that ending. Five letters, four sounds.

What words rhyme with funny?

Sunny, bunny and runny, all built the same way: a short word, a doubled n, then y. Write the row sun_y run_y fun_y and the child adds the second n three times. Honey and money rhyme too but end in o-n-e-y.

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