Sight Word He Worksheet

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NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comheheheheheheheheheheTrace it. Then write it.Find "he". Circle it every time. How many did you find?Read it. Say it. Spell it aloud.heherhisheheheshethehimhimhehenhishethehiheherwe
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.is my friend.When will he come?eh
NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comFind "he". 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 keyhe5herhisheheheshethehimhimhehenhishethehiheherweHeis my friend.heeh
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The word "he" 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

  • he 2 letters for 2 sounds: h, then an e that says its name. The h reaches the top line and the e stays under the dashed line.
  • He he Capital H beside small h. The capital is two tall posts with a bar between them; the small letter is one post and a hump. He opens most of its sentences, so the capital gets plenty of use.
  • he he he he he Five to trace in one row. Each one begins at the top of the tall h and never at the e.

Spot-the-word rows 4

  • he her he hen he Circle he 3 times. Her and hen begin with the whole word and add one letter, and that letter changes the e: her has the er of fern, hen the short e of egg.
  • the he she he they Circle he 2 times. The, she and they all carry h-e inside them. Only the word that starts with the h counts.
  • he we he me be he Circle he 3 times. We, me and be rhyme with he and end in the same e, so the first letter decides.
  • hi he him he his Circle he 2 times. Hi, him and his open with the same h and follow it with an i. Look at the letter after the h.
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Missing-letter rows 3

  • _e _en _elp The missing letter is h every time: he, hen, help. Read the three aloud afterward and listen to the e change from long to short.
  • h_ _e h_ _e One letter is missing each time: e, then h, then the same again. Say the word, then ask which of its two sounds has no letter yet.
  • he _e h_ __ The word fades: whole, then without its h, then without its e, then gone. The last gap is both letters from memory.

Short phrases with he 12

  • can he come The start of a question, with he in second place. The o in come says a short u.
  • he and his dog His starts like he, then swaps the e for a short i and an s that says z. His tells whose dog it is.
  • he and she She is he with an s in front, and the two rhyme, so a child who can spell one is most of the way to the other.
  • he did not Did and not sound out. Said quickly, the last two words close up into didn't.
  • he got wet Got and wet sound out. A phrase for the day the rain starts at recess.
  • he had a nap He and had begin with the same h. Had and nap share the short a of cat, and both sound out.
  • he is here Here begins with the same two letters as he. Cover the r and the last e, and the small word is left.
  • he ran The shortest kind of sentence: who, and what he did. Ran sounds out.
  • he went home Went ends in the blend n-t. The e on the end of home is silent and lets the o say its name.
  • he will help Help begins with the letters of he, but its e is short because more letters follow it. Will doubles its l.
  • who is he He comes last here, where it is said in full, h and all. Who is a word to learn whole.
  • yes, he can A short answer with a comma after yes. Yes and can sound out.

Sentences to read and copy 12

  • Can he see us? 4 words. He and see end in the same long e sound, spelled with one e in he and two in see. Us sounds out.
  • Did he win? 3 words. Said quickly, the h of he can fade until the line sounds like two words. On paper the h is always there.
  • He and I had fun. 5 words. Two people share the fun: he, and I. Had and fun sound out.
  • He did not win. 4 words, the answer to Did he win? Did, not and win all sound out, so he is the only word to know by sight.
  • He fed the hen. 4 words. The letters h-e turn up three times with three sounds: a long e in he, a quick uh in the, a short e in hen. Fed sounds out.
  • He hid my hat. 4 words, three of them starting with h. Hid and hat sound out. Let the child draw where the hat ended up.
  • He is my friend. 4 words. He comes first and takes a capital H. Friend is a word to learn whole: its ie says a short e.
  • He lost a tooth. 4 words. Lost ends in the blend s-t, and tooth has the long oo of moon. Swap He for Sam or Ben and read it again.
  • He ran to get help. 5 words. Ran and get sound out, and help ends in the blend l-p. Ask who might need the help.
  • He sat by me. 4 words. He and me rhyme: each ends in one e that says its name. Sat sounds out, and the y in by says a long i.
  • Is he your dad? 4 words and a question mark. He stands second here, so it keeps a small h. Your is a word to learn whole.
  • When will he come? 4 words and a question mark, the widest line here. When opens with w-h, and he sits third with a small h.

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 on 2026-09-18. The counts in the spot-the-word rows and the word counts of the sentences were worked out. That he is said as h plus a long e, that its unstressed form is written with the h in brackets because the h may go unsaid, and that the Old English form was hē: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/he (pronunciation and etymology, checked 2026-09-18). That be, me, we, she, see, bee, tree and key rhyme with he: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:English/iː (checked 2026-09-18). That he is one of the small words said in a reduced form in running speech: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_and_vowel_reduction_in_English (checked 2026-09-18). Sound notes describe general American pronunciation. Licence: own work

How it works

He sounds out. The work is telling it from the longer words that hold it. This sight word he worksheet has the child trace it, circle it among she, the, her and hen, and finish ___ is my friend.

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The h is the sound that slips

He is regular: h, then a long e. Wikipedia's Oxford English Corpus table puts it sixteenth among English words. Its weak spot is the h. Wiktionary writes the unstressed form with the h in brackets, because in running speech it may go unsaid. A quick Did he win? sounds like two words. Said last, as in who is he, the h comes back.

Capital H in a statement, small h in a question

Eight of the 12 sentences near the foot of this page, under The sight words and their practice lines, open with He. The other four are questions, where he moves back and keeps a small h. Write He can see us. above Can he see us? and have the child circle the letter that changed size.

  • A small h starts just under the top line. Started lower it makes an n, and the word reads ne.
  • Write she, the, her and they on the board. Children box the he inside each: two letters, four sounds.
  • He stands in for a name. Read Ben hid my hat, then He hid my hat. Ask who he is.

Questions and answers

My student mixes up he and she. Which lines help?

Write the row the he she he they on the board and ask for 2 circles, then trace he and she. A finger over the s makes he appear. Lifting it brings she back.

Can the he sight word be sounded out, or is it learned whole?

It sounds out. The single e at the end says its name, as in me, we, be and she, so the five can be taught together. What takes practice is speed, and hearing the word when its h fades.

What are good sentences for the sight word he?

Ones where every other word sounds out: He fed the hen. He sat by me. He hid my hat. Add one question, Did he win?, so the child meets the small h too.

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