Sight Word Where Worksheet

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NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comwherewherewherewhereTrace it. Then write it.Find "where". Circle it every time. How many did you find?Read it. Say it. Spell it aloud.wherewherewhenwhichherewhatwherewhereweretherewhowhoweartherewherewhenwherewherewhere
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 hat?Where were you?erhwe
NameDateMade at homeroomtools.comFind "where". 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 keywhere7wherewhenwhichherewhatwherewhereweretherewhowhoweartherewherewhenwherewherewhereWhereis my hat?whereerhwe
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The word "where" on 2 pages and 1 page of answers, Letter landscape.

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The word on its own 3

  • where 5 letters, and only the h is tall. For most speakers the wh says plain w and the ere says air, as it does in there. Cover the w and here is left, a handy hook for the spelling even though here does not rhyme with it.
  • Where where Capital W beside small w. Where often comes first in a question, so the capital needs as much practice as the small letter.
  • where where where Three to trace, and they fill the row. Check the h each time: leave it out and the word turns into were.

Spot-the-word rows 4

  • here where there Circle where 1 time. All three end in ere. Where rhymes with there, and here is the odd one out by sound.
  • when where what Circle where 1 time. When and what open with the same w-h, so the first two letters settle nothing.
  • where wear where Circle where 2 times. For most speakers wear sounds exactly like where, so only the eye can tell them apart: e-r-e against e-a-r.
  • where were where Circle where 2 times. Were is where with the h gone, and it says wur. This is the mix-up to catch first.
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Missing-letter rows 3

  • w + ____ = where A word sum. The missing part is here, a word the child may already know. Say both words aloud afterwards, because the vowel changes when the w arrives.
  • w_ere wh_re whe_e One letter is missing each time: h, then e, then r. The h comes first because leaving it out makes another real word, were.
  • wh___ __ere Two halves. The child writes ere, then wh. Wh opens the question words, and ere is the ending where shares with there.

Where in the middle of a line 10

  • this is where A starter for showing a visitor around the room: this is where we read, this is where coats go. This opens with th.
  • where I live No question mark: this where points at a place. Live has a silent e and a short i, so show it whole.
  • where it goes What a child needs to know at clean-up time. It sounds out. Goes is go with es, and its s says z.
  • where my coat is My ends in a y that says i. Coat has oa, two letters for one long o.
  • where the bus stops The longest phrase here. Bus sounds out, and stops has a blend at each end: s-t and p-s.
  • where to look Look has two o's for the short sound of book. To is a word to know by sight.
  • where we play Play opens with the blend p-l, and its ay says the name of the letter a.
  • where we sit Where and we open with the same w. We ends in an e that says its name, and sit sounds out.
  • where you are Three words and none of them sounds out, so this row is pure sight reading. Are is said like the name of the letter r.
  • where, somewhere Where sits whole inside somewhere, and inside anywhere, nowhere and everywhere too. A child who can spell where has the hard half of four long words.

Questions and sentences to read and copy 12

  • Here is where I sit. 5 words and a full stop: the answer to Where do I sit? Here and where stand in one line, so the child sees one inside the other.
  • I know where it is. 5 words. Know has a silent k and an ow that says o, so show it whole. Where sits in the middle with no capital.
  • Show me where. 3 words. Where can close a line as well as open one. Show has sh and an ow that says o.
  • Stay where you are. 4 words. A line for a game of statues. Stay opens with the blend s-t and ends in ay.
  • This is where I live. 5 words. Nothing is being asked, so the line ends in a full stop. This opens with th, and live is a word to show whole.
  • Where can we play? 4 words and a question mark. Can sounds out, and play opens with the blend p-l.
  • Where did it go? 4 words and a question mark. Did and it sound out. Go ends in an o that says its name.
  • Where do I sit? 4 words and a question mark. The first-day question. Sit sounds out, and do says doo.
  • Where does it hurt? 4 words and a question mark. The school nurse's question. Does is said duz, and hurt has ur, one sound from two letters.
  • Where is my hat? 4 words and a question mark. Capital W, because where comes first. Is and hat sound out. The child can swap hat for whatever is lost today.
  • Where were you? 3 words and a question mark. Where and were side by side, one h apart. Read it aloud to hear wair, then wur.
  • Where will we go? 4 words and a question mark. Three words in a row open with w: where, will, we. Only where needs the 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. The counts in the spot-the-word rows and the word counts of the sentences were worked out. That where rhymes with there, comes from Old English hwaer, and is a homophone of wear and ware for speakers who say wh as w: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/where (checked 2026-09-19). That most English speakers now say wh as plain w, that Scotland, most of Ireland and parts of the southern United States keep the older hw sound, and that the Old English spelling hw was turned round to wh in Middle English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation_of_English_%E2%9F%A8wh%E2%9F%A9 (checked 2026-09-19). That were is said wur: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/were (checked 2026-09-19). That there has the same rhyme as where: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/there (checked 2026-09-19). Sound notes describe general American pronunciation unless they say otherwise. Licence: own work

How it works

Most people say where exactly like wear, so children write were or wear in its place. This sight word where worksheet has them trace it and circle it among "were", "there", "here" and "wear". They finish the sentence ___ is my hat?

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The h is on the page but seldom in the mouth

Old English wrote this word with the h first, hw, as it was then said. Middle English scribes turned the pair round to wh. Wikipedia's article on wh reports that the great majority of English speakers now say plain w. Scotland, most of Ireland and parts of the southern United States still sound the h. Elsewhere the eye has to supply it. On the board, the row "w_ere wh_re whe_e" asks for the h first.

Here is inside it, and that is half a trap

"Where" is w plus "here", the quickest hook for the spelling. But Wiktionary gives "where" the rhyme of "there", while "here" goes with "hear". "Were" drops the h and says wur.

  • "Where" only sometimes asks. Open Pick from the 12 sentences with "where" and sort them by whether they end in a question mark.
  • Hide a hat, write "Where is my hat?" and let the finder write the answer underneath.
  • Write somewhere, anywhere, nowhere and everywhere on the board and have children underline where in each.

Questions and answers

Why does my student write were or wear for where?

In most accents where and wear sound identical and were comes close, so spelling by ear cannot choose. Teach where as the asking word with here inside it. On the board, write the rows "where were where" and "where wear where", with 2 circles each.

Does where always need a question mark?

No, only when the line asks something, as in "Where do I sit?" In "Here is where I sit." the word points to a place, and the line ends in a period. To print either, press it under Pick from the 12 sentences with "where".

Should I teach where with here and there?

Yes, as three place words. The letters of here sit inside both of the others, which helps the spelling. Only "there" rhymes with "where". Read the row "here where there" aloud and let the child pick the odd sound out.

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