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Free printable PDF · Dolch first grade · ages 6–7
Sight Word “put” Worksheet: Read, Trace and Circle
“Put” means to place something somewhere: put on your shoes, put the toys away. It is a word children hear in almost every instruction.
Inside the free “put” PDF
Four short activities: trace “put”, write it on your own, find it in a grid with pot, but, pat, pit and push, and trace the sentence “Put on your coat.”.
Teaching tips for “put”
Put looks like it should rhyme with but, but the u says “oo” as in foot. Write put and but side by side and point out the difference. Then play a tidy-up game with instruction cards: put the car in the box, put the book on the shelf.
“put” in a sentence
- Put on your coat.
- Put the cup on the table.
- Where did I put my hat?
- She put the cat in the bed.
Try this game: Put it there
Give your child a small toy and a card with a place: put it on the chair, put it under the bed, put it by the door. They read the card and race to put the toy in the right place.
You will find “put” at number 30 of 41 on the Dolch first grade list. Most children reach it at ages 6–7, once the primer words feel easy.
What to learn next
Good next words are “take” and “pull”, because take is often used with put, and pull has the same u sound.
“put”: quick answers
Why doesn’t put rhyme with but?
In put, the u says the same sound as in push and pull. It is an old spelling that kept its sound.
Is put the same in the past?
Yes. Today I put my bag down; yesterday I put my bag down. The word does not change.
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