Sight Word Have Worksheet

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NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comhavehavehavehavehavehaveTrace it. Then write it.Find "have". Circle it every time. How many did you find?Read it. Say it. Spell it aloud.havegavehivehadhavehavegavelivewavehavesavehavehavehadhivegivehashashave
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.Ia pet.I have it. He has it.eahv
NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comFind "have". 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 keyhave6gavehivehadhavehavegavelivewavehavesavehavehavehadhivegivehashashaveIa pet.havehaveeahv
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The sight words and their practice lines

The word on its own 3

  • have 4 letters for 3 sounds: h, a short a, v. The last e makes no sound. Only the h goes tall, and nothing drops below the base line.
  • Have have Capital H beside small h. The capital is needed for questions that open with the word, such as Have you fed it?
  • have have have Three to trace. The v is two straight strokes that meet in a point on the base line, so watch that it does not round off into a u.

Spot-the-word rows 4

  • gave have save have Circle have 2 times. Gave and save rhyme. Have ends in the same three letters and does not rhyme with them.
  • give have love have Circle have 2 times. Give and love end in v-e as well, and in none of the three does the e make the vowel say its name.
  • have has have had Circle have 2 times. Has and had belong to the same verb. Each keeps h-a and swaps the v-e for a single letter.
  • have hive have home Circle have 2 times. Hive changes one letter, the vowel. Home keeps only the h and the e on the end.
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Missing-letter rows 3

  • _ave h__e ha__ The gaps grow: h, then a-v, then v-e. The last one has the child write the whole ending.
  • ha_e gi_e lo_e Write v three times to finish have, give and love. A v sound on the end of a word is normally spelled v-e.
  • hav_ ha_e h_ve One letter is missing each time: e, then v, then a. The first gap is the silent one, the letter the ear cannot supply.

Short phrases with have 12

  • could have Said fast, this pair sounds like could of. The second word is always spelled h-a-v-e.
  • do not have Do and not are short words to know. Do is said doo, and not sounds out.
  • have a look Look has the double o of book. Said when handing something over to be seen.
  • have a nap Nap sounds out. The a in nap and the a in have make the same short sound.
  • have a seat A polite way to say sit down. Seat has e-a for a long e.
  • have a snack Snack ends in c-k, two letters for one sound. Its a is short, like the a in have.
  • have a turn Turn has u-r, said like the er in her. A phrase for sharing at the sand table.
  • have fun Fun sounds out. A line to write on a card for a friend.
  • have to go Have to means must. Said quickly the v turns into an f, haf-to, and the spelling stays the same.
  • they have They is for more than one, and more than one takes have: they have, never they has.
  • we have We ends in an e that says its name. The e on have says nothing at all.
  • you have You and have are both words to know whole. Point at a partner while reading it.

Sentences to read and copy 12

  • Birds have two legs. 4 words. A science line. Two is the number word, spelled with a w nobody says, and legs ends in an s that says z.
  • Can I have some? 4 words and a question mark. Some also ends in a silent e, and its o says the u of sun.
  • Cats have soft fur. 4 words. More than one cat, so have. One cat has soft fur. Soft ends in f-t.
  • Do you have a pen? 5 words and a question mark. Have sits third. Pen sounds out.
  • Have a good day. 4 words. The word comes first with a capital H. Day ends in a-y, which says a.
  • Have you fed it? 4 words and a question mark. Have opens the question. Fed and it sound out.
  • I do not have it. 5 words. Not and it sound out. Have stays the same after do not, whoever the sentence is about.
  • I have a pet. 4 words. I is always a capital, and pet sounds out. Let the child swap pet for something of their own.
  • I have it. He has it. 6 words in two short sentences. I takes have and he takes has. Each sentence gets its own period.
  • May I have a turn? 5 words and a question mark. A polite asking line. May ends in the same a-y as day.
  • They have a big van. 5 words, and the widest sentence in the list. Van opens with the v that have carries inside. Big and van sound out.
  • We have to stop. 4 words. Have to means must here. Stop sounds out and opens with s-t.

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. 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 have is said with a short a and rhymes with no word in the gave, save, wave family: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/have (pronunciation and rhymes, checked 2026-09-19). That a v sound on the end of an English word is normally spelled v-e whatever the vowel before it, and that the vowel of love is spelled o before v: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V (section Use in writing systems, English; checked 2026-09-19). That give and love carry a silent e that does not lengthen the vowel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_e (checked 2026-09-19). That the weak form of have matches the weak form of of, which leads to the misspelling could of: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_and_vowel_reduction_in_English (checked 2026-09-19). That have to is said haf-to in General American: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/have_to (checked 2026-09-19). That has is said with a z: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/has (checked 2026-09-19). Sound notes describe general American pronunciation. Licence: own work

How it works

Sounding have out lands on a word that rhymes with gave, so it is learned whole. This sight word have worksheet has the child trace it, circle it among has, had, gave and save, and finish I ___ a pet.

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The e belongs to the v, not the a

In gave, save and wave the final e makes the a say its name. Have looks the same and keeps its a short. Its e is there for the v. Wikipedia says a v sound ending an English word is normally spelled ve. Tell the child the e keeps the v company. Write the row ha_e gi_e lo_e to drill it.

Have, has and could of

I, you, we and they take have. He, she and it take has. Unstressed, have shrinks to uv, the sound of a quick of. Wikipedia gives that as the source of the misspelling could of. If a child writes it, point to could have near the foot of this page, under The sight words and their practice lines.

  • Make two piles of cards: gave, save, wave and have, give, love. Only the first pile has a long vowel.
  • Have to is said haf-to in everyday American speech. A child who writes haf to is hearing well.
  • Wikipedia's Oxford English Corpus table ranks have 9th, with has and had counted in.

Questions and answers

Why does my student read have with a long a?

The pattern says so. In gave, save, wave and cave a final e makes the a long, and a child who knows that rule applies it. Tell them have breaks the pattern, then write the row gave have save have and read it aloud together.

When is it have and when is it has?

Have goes with I, you, we and they, and with any word for more than one: cats have. Has goes with he, she, it and any single thing: a cat has. One line shows both: I have it. He has it.

Can the sight word have be sounded out?

The h and the v can. The a is short where the spelling promises a long one, and the e is silent, so the word is learned whole. Give, live and love share the silent e after v.

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