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Year 1 English — Word families

Read and build words that end with the same letters.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Match each letter to the word it makes with -ig.

    • b
    • d
    • f
    • w
    • dig
    • fig
    • big
    • wig

  2. 2.Put c in front of -at. What word do you get?

  3. 3.Match each family to a word in it.

    • -at
    • -ig
    • -un
    • -op
    • mop
    • mat
    • bun
    • wig

  4. 4.Which word is in the -at family?

    • a) run
    • b) rat
    • c) rib
    • d) rot

  5. 5.Which two words are in the same family?

    • a) hat and mat
    • b) hat and hen
    • c) sun and sit
    • d) pig and pen

  6. 6.Put p in front of -en. What word do you get?

  7. 7.Sort each word into its family.

    Groups: -at · -ig · -un

    • run
    • pig
    • cat
    • sun
    • dig
    • hat

  8. 8.Sort each word into its family.

    Groups: -op · -en

    • hop
    • top
    • hen
    • mop
    • den
    • ten

Answer key — Year 1 English — Word families

  1. 1. b → big; d → dig; f → fig; w → wig
  2. 2. cat
  3. 3. -at → mat; -ig → wig; -un → bun; -op → mop
  4. 4. b) rat
  5. 5. a) hat and mat
  6. 6. pen
  7. 7. cat → -at; hat → -at; pig → -ig; dig → -ig; sun → -un; run → -un
  8. 8. hop → -op; mop → -op; top → -op; hen → -en; ten → -en; den → -en