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Year 1 English — Word families

Read and build words that end with the same letters.

Name: ________________________

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

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

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

  3. 3.Which word is NOT in the -un family?

    • a) sun
    • b) sit
    • c) fun
    • d) bun

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

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

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

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

  6. 6.Sort each word into its family.

    Groups: -op · -en

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

  7. 7.Which word is in the -ig family?

    • a) beg
    • b) bug
    • c) big
    • d) bag

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

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

Answer key — Year 1 English — Word families

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