Sight Word Then Worksheet

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NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comthenthenthenthenthenthenTrace it. Then write it.Find "then". Circle it every time. How many did you find?Read it. Say it. Spell it aloud.thenthemthenthanthenthenthenhenthethenwhentenhenthisthethentheytenthey
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.First we eat,we play.I ran, then I sat.thne
NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comFind "then". 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 keythen6themthenthanthenthenthenhenthethenwhentenhenthisthethentheytentheyFirst we eat,we play.thenthenthne
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The word "then" on 2 pages and 1 page of answers, Letter landscape.

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The word on its own 3

  • then 4 letters for 3 sounds: t-h as one buzzing sound, short e, n. Once t-h is known, the word sounds out, and it rhymes with ten and hen. The t and the h go tall.
  • Then then Capital T beside small t. Then often starts a sentence, so the capital gets used.
  • then then then Three to trace. Say three sounds each time: th, e, n.

Spot-the-word rows 4

  • hen then ten Circle then 1 time. Hen is then without its t. Ten is then without its h.
  • them then they Circle then 1 time. Them ends in m. They ends in e-y.
  • then than then Circle then 2 times. Than differs by one vowel: an a where then has an e.
  • then the then when Circle then 2 times. The is the first three letters on their own. When rhymes with then and starts w-h.

Missing-letter rows 2

  • __en th__ Two letters are gone each time: t-h, then e-n.
  • th_n _hen the_ One letter is missing each time: e, then t, then n.
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Phrases with then 10

  • and then What comes next in a story. And sounds out.
  • back then Here then means at that time, long ago.
  • by then By ends in a y that says long i.
  • first, then The pair that puts two jobs in order. A comma sits between them.
  • just then Just sounds out. Just then means at that very moment.
  • see you then Said once a time to meet is set. See has e-e for one long e.
  • then go home Go ends in an o that says its name.
  • then it got dark It and got sound out. In dark, a-r is one sound.
  • then we play Play ends in a-y, two letters for a long a.
  • then what Two words that ask for the next thing that happened.

Sentences to read and copy 12

  • Count to ten, then go. 5 words. Ten sounds out and rhymes with then.
  • First we eat, then we play. 6 words. Two things in order, with a comma before then.
  • He hid. Then I hid. 5 words. Two sentences. Hid sounds out.
  • I ran, then I sat. 5 words. Ran and sat sound out. The running came first.
  • It was hot, then wet. 5 words. Hot and wet sound out. Hot came first.
  • Mix it, then bake it. 5 words. Mix and it sound out. Bake ends in a silent e.
  • Then the bell rang. 4 words. Then comes first. Bell ends in two l's that make one sound.
  • Then what did you do? 5 words. A question mark ends it. Did sounds out.
  • Think, then write. 3 words. Think has the soft t-h of thin, not the buzzing one in then.
  • Wash, then eat. 3 words. A comma comes before then. The washing comes first.
  • We read. Then we nap. 5 words. Two sentences. Then starts the second one, so it takes a capital T.
  • Zip up, then go out. 5 words. Zip and up sound out. The zipping comes first.

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 then has three sounds, starts with the voiced th and rhymes with ten, hen and when, and that its first senses are at that time and soon afterward: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/then, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ten, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hen and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/when (pronunciation, rhymes and senses, checked 2026-10-01). That the, this and they start with the same sound and thin with the other th: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/the, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/this and https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thin (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 then sounds out once t-h is one sound, and one vowel turns it into than. The child traces it, circles it among than, them, they and the, and finishes First we eat, ___ we play.

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Th, then e-n

Then has four letters and three sounds. T-h is the buzzing sound that starts the, this and they. After it come a short e and n. Wiktionary puts then in one rhyme class with ten, hen and when, so a child who reads ten can read then by changing the first sound.

Then is about time

Then answers the question when: one thing happens, then the next. Every sentence on this page puts two things in order. If the word next can stand in its place, the word is then. I ran, then I sat. passes that test.

  • Then has the e of when, and both are about time. Say the pair together.
  • Ask what the child did first and what came next; the answer needs then in the middle.
  • Dictate Wash, then eat. and check the comma before then.

Questions and answers

Can the sight word then be sounded out?

Yes, once t-h is taught as one sound. It is the buzzing t-h of the and this, not the soft one of thin. After it come a short e and n.

My student writes than where then belongs. What helps?

Listen for time. If the sentence tells what comes next, the word is then, with the e of when. Than is in the find grid as a decoy, and the row then than then has the child tell the two apart by the vowel.

What does then mean?

Wiktionary's first senses are at that time and soon afterward. The sentences on this page use the second: two things happen, and then marks the later one. The phrase back then shows the first.

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