Sight Word It Worksheet

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NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comititititititititititititititTrace it. Then write it.Find "it". Circle it every time. How many did you find?Read it. Say it. Spell it aloud.ititsitatatinitititsitintipitififhitisitis
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 can see.I can see it.ti
NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comFind "it". 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 keyit6itsitatatinitititsitintipitififhitisitisI can see.ititti
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The word "it" 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

  • it 2 letters for 2 sounds: a short i, then t. Each letter needs a second stroke after the pencil lifts: a dot for the i, a bar for the t.
  • It it Capital I beside small i. The capital has no dot, and in the Print style it carries a short bar at the top and the bottom.
  • it it it it it it Six to trace in one row. Count six dots and six bars before the sheet is handed in.

Spot-the-word rows 4

  • at it to it at it Circle it 3 times. At ends in the same t, and said quickly inside a sentence it sounds just like it. To puts the t first.
  • it in it is if it Circle it 3 times. In, is and if open with the same dotted i, so the second letter decides. Only it ends in a tall crossed stroke.
  • it its it tip it Circle it 3 times. Its carries one more letter, and tip opens with the same two letters in the other order.
  • sit it hit it bit Circle it 2 times. Sit, hit and bit rhyme with it and hide the whole word behind one extra letter.
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Missing-letter rows 3

  • i_ _t i_ _t One letter is missing each time: t, then i, then the same again. Ask which sound is gone before the pencil moves.
  • it _t i_ __ A fading row: copy the word, fill the first gap, fill the second, then write both letters from memory.
  • s__ h__ b__ f__ The whole word is missing each time. Write it four times to finish sit, hit, bit and fit, then read the four aloud.

Short phrases with it 12

  • fix it The x in fix says two sounds, k then s. Fix and it share the same short i.
  • get it Get sounds out: g, e, t. Both words end in t, so there are two bars to cross.
  • hit it Hit is it with an h in front. In Old English the word it was itself spelled hit, and the h wore away over time.
  • in it Two words that differ only in the last letter, side by side. The n stays low and the t goes tall.
  • it and at One letter apart. Said slowly they differ, but inside a quick sentence it slides toward at, which is why children swap them.
  • it can go It comes first here, doing the action. Can sounds out, and go ends in an o that says its name.
  • it fits Fits holds the word in its middle: f, it, s. Say it when a puzzle piece drops into place.
  • let it dry What to do with wet paint or glue. Let sounds out, and the y in dry says a long i.
  • pick it up The c and the k in pick make one sound between them. Up sounds out. A phrase heard at every tidy-up time.
  • sit on it Sit is it with an s in front, so the word appears twice if the child looks closely. On sounds out.
  • this is it Three words in a row with a short i. The s hisses in this, buzzes in is, and then the t stops the line short.
  • we did it Did sounds out and reads the same in both directions. Something for the class to say together when a job is finished.

Sentences to read and copy 12

  • Can it swim? 3 words. In a question the word moves to second place and keeps a small i. Swim starts with the blend s-w.
  • The cat sat on it. 5 words. Cat and sat rhyme and both sound out. The word comes last, so the child must read to the end to find it.
  • Dad can fix it. 4 words, and every one of them sounds out. A good line for a child who is ready to read a sentence alone.
  • I can see it. 4 words. Can sounds out, and the two e's in see say one long e. It comes last, where it names the thing seen.
  • I got it for you. 5 words. Got sounds out. The line to read aloud when handing someone a gift or a drawing.
  • Is it in my desk? 5 words and a question mark. Is, it and in stand in a row, so the child has to read the last letter of each one. Desk ends in the blend s-k.
  • It fell in the mud. 5 words. Fell doubles its l, and mud sounds out. Let the child draw what fell.
  • It is hot in here. 5 words. The first two words can also be written it's, with an apostrophe where the second i was. Hot sounds out.
  • It ran up the hill. 5 words. Ran and up sound out, and hill doubles its l. Here it is an animal the reader has to imagine.
  • It sat on a log. 5 words. It, sat, on and log all sound out letter by letter. Ask what it might be: a frog, a bug, a bird.
  • Look at it go. 4 words. At and it sit side by side. Look has the double o of book.
  • Who has it? 3 words and a question mark. Who is a word to learn whole, and the s in has sounds like z.

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; fits and has are plain verb forms that the list leaves out, 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 it is said with a short i and a t, that unstressed it sounds the same as at in General American speech, and that the Old English form was hit, which survives in some dialects: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/it (pronunciation, homophones and etymology, checked 2026-09-18). That sit, hit, bit, fit, kit and lit rhyme with it: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rhymes:English/ɪt (checked 2026-09-18). That it's is a contraction of it is or it has: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/it's (checked 2026-09-18). Sound notes describe general American pronunciation. Licence: own work

How it works

It sounds exactly as it is spelled, yet children read it as is, in or at. This sight word it worksheet has them trace it, circle it among is, in, at and if, and finish I can see ___.

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It sounds out, so the trouble is its neighbors

It is fully regular: a short i and a t. Wikipedia's Oxford English Corpus table puts it eleventh among English words. Is, in and if share its first letter, and at shares its last. Wiktionary adds that unstressed it sounds the same as at in American speech. That is why Look at it go. is among the sentences. Press Show all 34 practice lines near the foot of this page to see it.

The it inside sit, hit and bit

Write the row s__ h__ b__ f__ on the board. Write it into each gap and four new words appear: sit, hit, bit and fit. Then turn it round with sit it hit it bit, where only the bare word gets a circle. Neither row prints.

  • In print letters the t is shorter than an l or an h. It stops short of the top line.
  • Both letters need a second stroke after the pencil lifts: a dot for the i, a bar for the t.
  • Say the first two words of It is hot in here. fast, then write it's. The apostrophe replaces an i.

Questions and answers

If it can be sounded out, why practice it as a sight word?

Sounding out is only the first step. A word this common has to be read at a glance, or every sentence slows down. Teach its two sounds, then trace and circle until no tapping is needed.

My student mixes up it and at. Which lines help?

Write the row at it to it at it on the board, where only the first letter changes. Then write it and at. Say each word alone and stressed first, because inside a quick sentence the two sound alike.

What are good sentences for the sight word it?

Short ones where it is the only word without a picture: Dad can fix it. The cat sat on it. Can it swim? In each, ask the child what it stands for. Type one into A sentence with it to print it.

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