Sight Word Some Worksheet

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NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comsomesomesomesomesomesomeTrace it. Then write it.Find "some". Circle it every time. How many did you find?Read it. Say it. Spell it aloud.somehomesomesomesomesosomesomesuncomesamesoonsomesumsoncomesomehomesoon
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 wantmilk.Some are big.emos
NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comFind "some". 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 keysome7homesomesomesomesosomesomesuncomesamesoonsomesumsoncomesomehomesoonI wantmilk.somesomeemos
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Next step Make the sheet for come, its rhyme, with the same odd oMake the sheet for from, another o that says the u of sun

The sight words and their practice lines

The word on its own 4

  • some 4 letters, 3 sounds: s, then an o that says the u of sun, then m. The last e is silent.
  • Some some Capital S beside small s: one shape in two sizes. Some often starts a sentence, as in Some bugs can hop.
  • some some some Three to trace in one row. The m has two humps and an n has one, so count them on the way.
  • some someone Some is the front half of someone, something and sometimes. A child who knows it can already read four letters of each.

Spot-the-word rows 4

  • come some home Circle some 1 time. Come is a true rhyme. Home looks like one, but its o is long.
  • so some son some Circle some 2 times. So and son start the same way, and son even has the same o sound.
  • some same some Circle some 2 times. Same swaps one letter, o for a, and that a says its name.
  • sum some sun some Circle some 2 times. Sum sounds exactly the same and belongs to math. Sun is how the word starts to the ear.
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Missing-letter rows 3

  • s_me s_n w_n The missing letter is o every time: some, son, won. In all three it says the u of sun.
  • som_ so_e s_me One letter is missing each time: the silent e, then m, then the o that sounds like u.
  • some som_ s___ A fading row: trace the word, add the silent e, then write everything after the s from memory.

Short phrases with some 11

  • just some An answer to How many do you want? Just sounds out: j-u-s-t.
  • some big, some little Sorting by size. This is the widest line on the list: two copies of some and a long last word still fit one row.
  • some day Two words here, meaning one day or another. Day has the letter team ay.
  • some for me Three small words. The e in me says its name; the e in some says nothing.
  • some help Help sounds out: h-e-l-p. Some goes with things nobody counts, such as help, milk and time.
  • some milk From the sentence that opens the list. Milk sounds out, m-i-l-k, with the blend l-k at the end.
  • some more What a child asks for at snack. More ends in a silent e too, but its o is not the o of some.
  • some of us Said slowly, some, of and us share one vowel sound. It is spelled o in the first two and u only in the last.
  • some or none None is another word whose o says u. Hold up an empty hand for none and a few counters for some.
  • some red, some blue A sorting phrase. Tip out a handful of red and blue counters and let the child say it while sorting.
  • some, not all What the word means: more than none, fewer than all. Take 3 blocks from a pile of 10 and say it.

Sentences to read and copy 12

  • Do you want some? 4 words. At the end of a sentence some is said in full, so this is the line for hearing its vowel.
  • Here, have some. 3 words and a comma. Have ends in a silent e that leaves its a short, just as the e in some leaves the o alone.
  • I want some milk. 4 words. At normal speed some shrinks here to a quick s-m. Want is a word to know whole; milk sounds out.
  • Put some on top. 4 words. On and top sound out. Put looks as if it rhymes with cut and does not.
  • Save some for me. 4 words. Save and some both end in a silent e. In save it makes the a long; in some it changes nothing.
  • Some are big. 3 words. On the empty row the child can write the partner line: Some are little.
  • Some bugs can hop. 4 words. Bugs, can and hop all sound out, so some is the only word to know by sight.
  • Some days it rains. 4 words. Days and rains each end in an s that sounds like z.
  • Some dogs dig. 3 words. Dogs and dig sound out. Ask what other dogs do, and write Some dogs nap. on the empty row.
  • Some is not all. 4 words. The meaning of the word in one line. Is and not sound out; all is a word to know whole.
  • Some of us ran. 4 words. Some of us means part of the group. Ask the class: did everyone run?
  • We had some fun. 4 words. Some and fun sit side by side with the same vowel sound and different vowel letters.

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; bugs and rains are not in that list 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 some is said with the vowel of sun, has the unstressed form s-schwa-m, sounds the same as sum and was spelled sum in Old English: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/some (checked 2026-09-19). That some is one of the words reduced in running speech but said in full at the end of a sentence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_and_vowel_reduction_in_English (checked 2026-09-19). That son and won carry the same vowel as sun: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/son and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/won (checked 2026-09-19). That stressed of has that vowel too in General American: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/of (checked 2026-09-19). Sound notes describe general American pronunciation. Licence: own work

How it works

Some sounds exactly like sum, the math word, so that is how children spell it. This sight word some worksheet has them trace it, circle it among same, come, sum and home, and finish I want ___ milk.

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An o that says u, and a twin called sum

Some has 4 letters and 3 sounds. Wiktionary gives it the vowel of sun and lists sum as an exact sound-alike. Old English spelled it sum too. The final e does none of its usual work: some does not rhyme with home. Son and won share the odd o. On the board, write the row "s_me s_n w_n" from the full list near the bottom of this page. Only sentences can go on the sheet.

Quick in the middle, full at the end

Wikipedia's list of weak forms puts "some" among words that shrink in running speech. At the end of a sentence they are still said in full. In "I want some milk." it is a quick s-m. In "Do you want some?" every sound is there.

  • Some means more than none and fewer than all. Take 3 blocks from 10 and say some, not all.
  • Count humps: the m has two and an n has one. A child who writes sone has dropped a hump.
  • Some is the front of someone, something and sometimes. Cover the ending and let the child find the known part.

Questions and answers

Why does my student spell some as sum?

The two words sound identical, and sum is the spelling those sounds suggest. Keep sum for math and teach some as the sharing word. Write this row on the board and ask for 2 circles: sum some sun some. Then write "Save some for me."

Does some rhyme with home?

No. In home, dome and bone the final e makes the o long. Some rhymes with come, hum and drum. The row "come some home" has one true rhyme and one false one. On the board, read all three aloud before circling.

Can the sight word some be sounded out?

Only the s and the m. The o says a short u and the e says nothing, so tapping the letters gives a word that rhymes with home. Teach it whole, beside come, which breaks the rule the same way.

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