Word Families Worksheet
How the sounds work (Same ending, new start): Find the family ending: -ug. Put a letter in front: h + ug = hug, b + ug = bug. Words in the same family rhyme.
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- 1.Which word is NOT in the “-an” family? (a) den (b) ran (c) man (d) van
- 2.Which word is NOT in the “-ug” family? (a) hug (b) jug (c) can (d) bug
- 3.Which word is in the “-at” family? (a) van (b) cat (c) tug
- 4.Which word rhymes with “den”, “men” and “hen”? (a) ten (b) pig (c) fan
- 5.Which word is NOT in the “-an” family? (a) ran (b) can (c) mop (d) van
- 6.Which word is in the “-at” family? (a) can (b) ten (c) pat
- 7.Which word rhymes with “pan”, “fan” and “ran”? (a) jig (b) can (c) mop
- 8.Which word is NOT in the “-an” family? (a) can (b) van (c) man (d) men
- 9.Which word rhymes with “ran”, “van” and “pan”? (a) can (b) mop (c) hug
- 10.Which word is in the “-en” family? (a) den (b) hop (c) man
- 11.Which word is in the “-en” family? (a) rat (b) man (c) men
- 12.Which word is in the “-at” family? (a) sat (b) van (c) mop
- 13.Which word rhymes with “dig”, “fig” and “wig”? (a) big (b) hen (c) van
- 14.Which word rhymes with “cop”, “top” and “hop”? (a) mop (b) hen (c) sat
- 15.Which word is NOT in the “-ig” family? (a) fig (b) big (c) pig (d) pan
- 16.Which word is NOT in the “-an” family? (a) man (b) jug (c) van (d) fan
- 17.Which word rhymes with “dig”, “jig” and “pig”? (a) big (b) den (c) fan
- 18.Which word rhymes with “jug”, “tug” and “rug”? (a) pig (b) van (c) mug
- 19.Which word rhymes with “bat”, “mat” and “sat”? (a) pig (b) cat (c) pan
- 20.Which word rhymes with “mat”, “sat” and “pat”? (a) fig (b) hug (c) bat
- 21.Which word is in the “-an” family? (a) pen (b) pan (c) top
- 22.Which word is NOT in the “-op” family? (a) jig (b) pop (c) hop (d) cop
- 23.Which word is NOT in the “-ig” family? (a) pig (b) tug (c) wig (d) big
- 24.Which word is in the “-op” family? (a) hug (b) mop (c) den
- 25.Which word rhymes with “hug”, “rug” and “dug”? (a) fig (b) fan (c) jug
- 26.Which word is NOT in the “-an” family? (a) man (b) ran (c) pan (d) rat
- 27.Which word is NOT in the “-ig” family? (a) hop (b) wig (c) jig (d) pig
- 28.Which word is NOT in the “-an” family? (a) ran (b) big (c) can (d) pan
- 29.Which word rhymes with “jig”, “pig” and “fig”? (a) tug (b) wig (c) hop
- 30.Which word is in the “-ug” family? (a) bug (b) can (c) den
- 31.Which word rhymes with “jug”, “tug” and “hug”? (a) ran (b) pat (c) bug
- 32.Which word is in the “-op” family? (a) top (b) mug (c) rat
- 33.Which word rhymes with “mug”, “tug” and “rug”? (a) man (b) pen (c) hug
- 34.Which word is NOT in the “-at” family? (a) cat (b) bat (c) hop (d) sat
- 35.Which word is in the “-en” family? (a) hen (b) bat (c) big
- 36.Which word is in the “-ug” family? (a) dug (b) pig (c) van
- 37.Which word is NOT in the “-op” family? (a) pop (b) dig (c) hop (d) mop
- 38.Which word is in the “-op” family? (a) pig (b) men (c) cop
- 39.Which word is NOT in the “-ig” family? (a) dig (b) pat (c) jig (d) pig
- 40.Which word is NOT in the “-ig” family? (a) pen (b) dig (c) fig (d) pig
Answer key
- den
- can
- cat
- ten
- mop
- pat
- can
- men
- can
- den
- men
- sat
- big
- mop
- pan
- jug
- big
- mug
- cat
- bat
- pan
- jig
- tug
- mop
- jug
- rat
- hop
- big
- wig
- bug
- bug
- top
- hug
- hop
- hen
- dug
- dig
- cop
- pat
- pen
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