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word-family
Word Families
Word families are groups of words that
have a common feature or pattern - they have some
of the same
combinations of letters in
them and a similar sound. For example, at, cat,
hat, and fat are a family of
words with
the
The 37 most common word families in
English (according to
Wylie and
Durrell
) are: ack, ain, ake, ale, all,
ame, an, ank, ap, ash, at, ate, aw ay,
eat, ell, est, ice, ick, ide, ight, ill, in, ine,
ing, ink, ip, it,
ock, oke, op, ore,
ot, uck ,ug, ump, unk.
Many of the
nursery rhymes contain common word families. You
can use these rhymes to teach these letter
combinations (and how they are spelled
and spoken), having the students sound them out
after memorizing
the rhyme. You can
study one word family a week. Students can use the
Little Explorers Picture
Dictionary
to look for more
words that belong to word families.
The following is a list of the most
common word families in English (from Wylie and
Durrell, 1970, plus
a few extra word
families) and examples of each.
Word
Families
ack
attack
back
black
crack
hack
Jack
knack
lack
pack
quack
rack
sack
snack
stack
tack
track
whack
ad
ad
bad
brad
cad
clad
dad
doodad
glad
had
lad
mad
pad
sad
age
age
cage
engage
rage
sage
stage
wage
ail
ain
ake
ale
all
am
ame
an
ank
ap
ar
ash
ash
bash
brash
cash
clash
crash
dash
flash
gash
gnash
hash
lash
mash
rash
sash
slash
smash
at
at
bat
brat
cat
chat
fat
flat
gnat
hat
mat
pat
rat
sat
slat
spat
tat
that
ail
brain
fail
chain
hail
complain
jail
explain
mail
gain
nail
grain
pail
main
rail
obtain
sail
pain
snail
plain
tail
rain
wail
slain
Spain
sprain
stain
strain
train
awake
ale
all
bake
bale
ball
brake
dale
call
cake
gale
fall
fake
kale
gall
flake
male
hall
Jake
pale
install
lake
sale
mall
make
scale
small
quake
stale
squall
rake
tale
stall
sake
whale
tall
shake
thrall
snake
wall
stake
take
wake
cam
blame
an
bank
clam
came
ban
blank
dam
fame
bran
crank
dram
flame
can
dank
exam
frame
clan
drank
gram
game
Dan
flank
ham
lame
fan
frank
jam
name
flan
Hank
lam
same
Fran
plank
ma'am
shame
Jan
prank
Pam
tame
Japan
rank
ram
man
sank
Sam
pan
shrank
scam
pecan
spank
slam
plan
tank
spam
ran
thank
swam
scan
yank
cap
afar
clap
bar
flap
car
gap
czar
lap
far
map
gar
nap
guitar
rap
jar
sap
mar
scrap
par
slap
scar
snap
spar
strap
star
tap
tar
trap
tsar
wrap
yap
Zack
vain
tam
tram
wham
yam
eep
beep
creep
deep
jeep
keep
peep
seep
sheep
sleep
steep
sweep
weep
eet
beet
feet
fleet
greet
meet
sheet
sleet
street
sweet
tweet
ell
bell
cell
dell
dwell
farewell
fell
hell
sell
shell
smell
spell
swell
tell
well
yell
en
amen
Ben
children
den
fen
gentlemen
glen
Gwen
hen
men
open
pen
then
ten
when
wren
yen
span
Stan
tan
than
van
ent
accent
bent
cent
dent
event
gent
lent
rent
scent
sent
spent
tent
vent
went
est
zap
splash
vat
stash
thrash
trash
ice
dice
ice
mice
nice
price
rice
slice
spice
splice
thrice
twice
vice
ick
brick
chick
click
flick
kick
lick
nick
pick
quick
Rick
sick
slick
stick
thick
tick
trick
wick
ide
bride
decide
glide
hide
pride
ride
side
slide
stride
tide
wide
ate
abate
ate
crate
date
debate
fate
gate
grate
hate
Kate
late
mate
plate
rate
relate
sate
skate
state
aw
caw
claw
draw
flaw
gnaw
jaw
law
paw
raw
saw
slaw
straw
thaw
ay
away
bay
bray
clay
day
decay
delay
display
flay
gay
gray
hay
jay
lay
may
nay
okay
pay
play
eat
beat
cheat
cleat
eat
feat
greet
heat
meat
neat
peat
pleat
seat
treat
wheat
eel
eel
feel
heel
keel
kneel
peel
reel
steel
wheel
best
chest
crest
jest
nest
pest
quest
rest
test
unrest
vest
west
zest
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