Home / English / Printables / Grade 3 / eigh, ough and augh eigh, ough and augh is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on reading the irregular vowel spellings eigh, ough and augh, aligned to Common Core standard RF.3.3. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
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eigh, ough and augh RF.3.3
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Sort each word into the right column.
1. Sort each one: eigh (eight) or ough (bought) or augh (caught)?
Sort: eight, eighteen, distraught, brought, ought, caught
eigh (eight) ough (bought) augh (caught)
2. Sort each one: eigh (eight) or ough (bought) or augh (caught)?
Sort: sleigh, haughty, eighty, thoughtful, afterthought, stepdaughter
eigh (eight) ough (bought) augh (caught)
3. Sort each one: eigh (eight) or ough (bought) or augh (caught)?
Sort: daughter, thought, bought, freight, neigh, naughty
eigh (eight) ough (bought) augh (caught)
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Answer key — eigh, ough and augh Set 12. Prints on its own sheet.
1. 1. brought — ough (bought) 2. caught — augh (caught) 3. distraught — augh (caught) 4. eight — eigh (eight) 5. eighteen — eigh (eight) 6. ought — ough (bought) 2. 1. afterthought — ough (bought) 2. eighty — eigh (eight) 3. haughty — augh (caught) 4. sleigh — eigh (eight) 5. stepdaughter — augh (caught) 6. thoughtful — ough (bought) 3. 1. bought — ough (bought) 2. daughter — augh (caught) 3. freight — eigh (eight) 4. naughty — augh (caught) 5. neigh — eigh (eight) 6. thought — ough (bought) Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RF.3.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.