Sight Word Than Worksheet

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NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comthanthanthanthanthanthanTrace it. Then write it.Find "than". Circle it every time. How many did you find?Read it. Say it. Spell it aloud.thanthatthankthantanthinthankthanthisthatthanthantanthemthanvanvanthenthan
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.A cat is smallera cow.Is he faster than me?thna
NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comFind "than". 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 keythan6thatthankthantanthinthankthanthisthatthanthantanthemthanvanvanthenthanA cat is smallera cow.thanthanthna
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The word "than" on 2 pages and 1 page of answers, Letter landscape.

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Next step Make the sheet for that, the same t-h and a, ending in tMake the sheet for can, a rhyme with the same a

The sight words and their practice lines

The word on its own 2

  • than 4 letters for 3 sounds: t-h as one buzzing sound, the short a of can, then n. It is the word that compares two things. The t and the h go tall.
  • than than than Three to trace. Say the a of can each time.

Spot-the-word rows 4

  • than thank than Circle than 2 times. Thank is than with a k on the end.
  • than then than that Circle than 2 times. Then has an e where than has an a. That ends in t.
  • thin than tan Circle than 1 time. Thin has an i. Tan is than without its h.
  • van than them this Circle than 1 time. Van rhymes with than. Them and this start t-h and end another way.

Missing-letter rows 2

  • __an th__ Two letters are gone each time: t-h, then a-n.
  • th_n t_an tha_ One letter is missing each time: a, then h, then n.
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Phrases with than 11

  • better than that Than and that in one line: one ends in n, the other in t.
  • bigger than Bigger is big with g-e-r added. It compares sizes.
  • faster than a bus Bus sounds out. Faster is fast with e-r added.
  • hotter than the sun Sun sounds out. Hotter is hot with t-e-r added.
  • less than Less sounds out; its two s's make one sound.
  • less than five Five ends in a silent e, and its i says its name.
  • longer than my arm Longer is long with e-r added. In arm, a-r is one sound.
  • more than More has o-r as one sound and ends in a silent e.
  • more than ten Ten sounds out.
  • older than you Older is old with e-r added.
  • taller than Dad Taller is tall with e-r added. Dad is a name here, so it takes a capital D.

Sentences to read and copy 11

  • A cat is smaller than a cow. 7 words. It compares two animals. Than comes right after smaller.
  • Dad is older than me. 5 words. Dad sounds out. It compares two ages.
  • Four is less than nine. 5 words. Less sounds out. It compares two numbers.
  • I am taller than you. 5 words. Am sounds out. It compares two people.
  • I have more than you. 5 words. More comes right before than.
  • I swam faster than Sam. 5 words. Swam sounds out. Sam is a name, so it takes a capital S.
  • Is he faster than me? 5 words. A question mark ends it. It asks which of two is faster.
  • It was later than six. 5 words. Six sounds out. It compares two times.
  • Mine is bigger than his. 5 words. It compares two things. Mine ends in a silent e.
  • Seven is more than five. 5 words. It compares two numbers. Seven has two beats.
  • We need more than a cup. 6 words. Cup sounds out. Need has e-e for one long e.

How this list was compiled: Every line was written for this site on 2026-10-01 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. That than, said with stress, has the vowel of can and man and rhymes with them, that it has an unstressed form with a neutral vowel, that then is listed as sounding the same when than is unstressed, and that than introduces a comparison after words such as more, less and fewer: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/than, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/can and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/man (pronunciation, rhymes, homophones and senses, checked 2026-10-01). Each sound, rhyme and sounds-out note was also compared with the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cmusphinx/cmudict/master/cmudict.dict (2026-10-01). Spellings were checked against the macOS system word list. The counts in the spot-the-word rows and the word counts of the sentences were worked out. Sound notes describe general American pronunciation. Licence: own work

How it works

The sight word than is the comparing word, with the a of can, and children write then for it. The child traces than, circles it among then, that, thin and tan, and finishes A cat is smaller ___ a cow.

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The a that hides

Said slowly, than has three sounds: the buzzing t-h of this, a short a, and n, so it rhymes with can and man. In a quick sentence the a fades. Wiktionary gives an unstressed form with a neutral vowel and lists then as sounding the same. That is why the spelling slips.

Look left for the comparing word

Than follows a word that compares: taller, bigger, more, less. Have the child read the word just before the gap. In I am taller than you. it is taller, so than is right. If nothing is being compared, the word is not than.

  • Than rhymes with can and man. Say the three together, then write than.
  • Hold up two pencils and ask which is longer. The answer needs than.
  • Dictate Seven is more than five. and check the capital S.

Questions and answers

Can the sight word than be sounded out?

Yes, once t-h is one sound. After it come the short a of can and an n. Say it slowly: in quick speech the a is swallowed and the word seems to have no clear vowel.

Why does my student write then for than?

Because the two can sound alike. Wiktionary lists then as a homophone of than when than is said without stress. The ear cannot settle it, so teach the job: than compares two things. Then is the first decoy in the find grid.

Which words come before than?

Words that compare. Many end in e-r: taller, bigger, faster, older. More, less and better work the same way. Each of them comes before than in a phrase or sentence listed under the sheet.

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