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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.
ack
attack |
ad
ad |
age
age |
ail
ail |
ain
brain |
ake
awake |
ale
ale |
all
all |
am
cam |
ame
blame |
an
an |
ank
bank |
ap
cap |
ar
afar |
ash
ash |
at
at |
ate
abate |
aw
caw |
ay
away |
eat
beat |
eel
eel |
eep
beep |
eet
beet |
ell
bell |
en
amen |
ent
accent |
est
best |
ice
dice |
ick
brick |
ide
bride |
ife
fife |
ight
bright |
ile
bile |
ill
bill |
in
bin |
ine
brine |
ing
bring |
ink
blink |
ip
blip |
it
admit |
oat
boat |
ock
block |
og
blog |
oil
boil |
oke
awoke |
oo
boo |
ood
good |
ood
brood |
oof
goof |
oof
hoof |
ook
book |
oom
bloom |
ool
cool |
oon
balloon |
oop
coop |
oot (long oo)
boot |
oot (short oo)
foot |
op
bop |
ore
bore |
orn
adorn |
ot
apricot |
ought
bought |
ould
could |
ouse
douse |
out
about |
ow (rhymes with cow)
bow |
ow (rhymes with low)
bow |
own
brown |
uck
buck |
ug
bug |
ump
bump |
un
bun |
unk
bunk |
Books to Print About Word Families
Words that Rhyme with Ad A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ad' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: dad, glad, lad, mad, pad, sad, and "Can you think of another word that rhymes with ad?" |
Words that Rhyme with Ail A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ail' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: mail, nail, pail, quail, snail, tail, and "Can you think of another word that rhymes with ail?" |
Words that Rhyme with Ake A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ake' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: bake, cake, flake, lake, snake, rake, and "Can you think of another word that rhymes with ake?" |
Words that Rhyme with All A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'all' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: ball, call, fall, hall, small, tall, and "Can you think of another word that rhymes with all?" |
"AN" Words Book A book for early readers with words that have the "an" sound, like can, fan, man, van, and pan. Each page has a sentence to copy. Pages include: Dan ran. Fran has a can. Jan can use a fan. The man has a van. The plan began. A pecan is in the pan. Nan is from Japan. |
Words that Rhyme with Ar A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ar' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: bar, car, far, jar, scar, star, and "Can you think of another word that rhymes with ar?" |
"AT" Words Book A book for early readers with words that have the "at" sound, like cat, hat, rat, vat, and mat. Each page has a sentence to copy. Pages include: Matt is at bat. Pat has a hat. This is a fat cat. Nat sat on a mat. The bat spat. The rat is in the vat. Drat, a gnat. |
'At' Words Mini Book A Printable Writing Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'at' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: cat, cat, hat, fat, rat, sat, and "Can you think of another word that rhymes with at?" |
"EN" Words Book A book for early readers with words that have the "en" sound, like pen, hen, and when. Each page has a sentence to copy. Pages include: Ben has a pen. There are ten men. Glen saw a hen. The wren is in the fen. Gwen asked, "When?" and Ken said, "Then!" |
Words that Rhyme with Ig A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ig' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: big, dig, fig, pig, twig, wig, and "Can you think of another word that rhymes with ig?" |
NURSERY RHYMES COLORING BOOK A Mother Goose nursery rhyme coloring book you can print out, read, and color. |
Words that Rhyme with Ool A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ool' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: school, tool, stool, spool, pool, fool, and "Can you think of another word that rhymes with ool?" |
THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLOWED A FLY A booklet to print and color. |
Rhyming Words A Printable Activity Book A short, printable book about rhyming words -- for early readers. The book has pages for the student to cut out, objects to color, and rhyming words to find and write. |
Words that Rhyme with Ug A Printable Mini Book A tiny, printable book about simple words rhyming with 'ug' -- for early readers and writers. The book has 2 pages to print and makes 8 pages for the student to cut out, color, and write in. The words are: bug, dug, jug, mug, pug, rug, and "Can you think of another word that rhymes with ug?" |
Word Wheels on Word Families
Word Wheel - AKE Words "AKE" word wheel. This 2-page print-out makes a word wheel; it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around. When you spin the wheel, six words that rhyme with "ake" are formed, one at a time: rake, cake, bake, snake, flake, and lake. The student then writes down the words that are formed by the word wheel and six others with the same ending. |
Word Wheel - AN Words "AN" word wheel. This 2-page print-out makes a word wheel; it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around. When you spin the wheel, six words that rhyme with "an" are formed, one at a time: pan, fan, man, ran, can, and van. The student then writes down the words that are formed by the word wheel and six others with the same ending. FREE |
Word Wheel - AR Words "AR" word wheel. This 2-page print-out makes a word wheel; it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around. When you spin the wheel, six words that rhyme with "ar" are formed, one at a time: bar, scar, star, car, far, and jar. The student then writes down the words that are formed by the word wheel and six others with the same ending. |
Word Wheel - AT Words "AT" word wheel. This 2-page print-out makes a word wheel; it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around. When you spin the wheel, six words that rhyme with "at" are formed, one at a time: cat, hat, vat, rat, fat, and bat. The student then writes down the words that are formed by the word wheel and six others with the same ending. |
Word Wheel - EN Words "EN" word wheel. This 2-page print-out makes a word wheel; it consists of a base page together with a wheel that spins around. When you spin the wheel, six words that rhyme with "en" are formed, one at a time: hen, wren, men, ten, pen, and when. The student then writes down the words that are formed by the word wheel and six others with the same ending. |
Make Words Word Wheel —a— Make a wheel about common words using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with two wheels that spin around. When you spin the wheels, many common compound words appear. The inner wheel has the letters c, f, g, h, l, p, t, and s. The outer wheel has the letter combinations: ab, ad, am, an, ap, ar, as, and at. The student then writes down the compound words that are formed by the wheel (not every combination is a proper word). Possible answers: cab, gab, lab, tab, cad, fad, gad, lad, had, pad, sad, tad, cam, ham, tam, can, fan, pan, tan, cap, gap, lap, sap, tap, car, far, gar, par, tar, gas, has, cat, fat, hat, pat, sat, tat. |
Make Words Word Wheel —e— Make a wheel about common words using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with two wheels that spin around. When you spin the wheels, many common compound words appear. The inner wheel has the letters b, g, h, l, m, p, s, and w. The outer wheel has the letter combinations: eb, ed, eg, em, en, er, et, and ew. The student then writes down the compound words that are formed by the wheel (not every combination is a proper word). Possible answers: bed, beg, gem, get, hem, hen, her, hew, led, leg, let, men, met, mew, peg, pen, per, pet, pew, set, sew, web, wed, wen, wet. |
Make Words Word Wheel —i— Make a wheel about common words using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with two wheels that spin around. When you spin the wheels, many common compound words appear. The inner wheel has the letters b, d, f, h, l, r, s, and w. The outer wheel has the letter combinations: ib, id, ig, im, in, ip, it, and ix. The student then writes down the compound words that are formed by the wheel (not every combination is a proper word). Possible answers: bib, bid, big, bin, bit, did, dig, dim, din, dip, fig, fin, fit, fix, hid, hip, hit, lid, lip, lit, rib, rid, rig, rim, rip, sin, sip, sir, six, wig, win, wit. |
Make Words Word Wheel —o— Make a wheel about common words using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with two wheels that spin around. When you spin the wheels, many common compound words appear. The inner wheel has the letters b, c, d, h, p, r, s, and t. The outer wheel has the letter combinations: ob, od, og, on, op, ot, ow, and ox. The student then writes down the compound words that are formed by the wheel (not every combination is a proper word). Possible answers: bob, bog, bot, bow, box, cob, cod, cog, con, cop, coy, cow, hod, hog, hop, hot, how, lob, log, lop, lot, low, lox, mob, mod, mop, mow, nod, not, now, sob, sod, son, sow, ton, top, tot, and tow. |
Make Words Word Wheel —u— Make a wheel about common words using this 2-page print-out; it consists of a base page together with two wheels that spin around. When you spin the wheels, many common compound words appear. The inner wheel has the letters b, c, d, h, p, r, s, and t. The outer wheel has the letter combinations: ub, ud, ug, un, up, ur, us, and ut. The student then writes down the compound words that are formed by the wheel (not every combination is a proper word). Possible answers: bud, bug, bun, bus, but, cub, cud, cup, cus, cut, dub, dud, dug, dun, hub, hug, hut, pub, pug, pun, pup, pus, put, rub, rug, run, rut, sub, sun, sup, tub, tug. |
Activities About Word Families
Words that Rhyme with ... Worksheets On these printable worksheets, the student writes six words that rhyme with a simple sound. Worksheets including the sounds: ad, ag, ake, all, an, ap, ar, at, ate, ay, ed, ee, ell, en, est, et, ig, ink, ing, ip, og, and op, ot, un. |
Word families used in Nursery Rhymes:
Bees: ay, may, hay.
The Boy in the Barn: ay, hay, away.
Curly Locks: ine, mine, swine.
Five Speckled Frogs: og, frog, log; ool, cool, pool.
Georgie Porgie: ay, play, away.
Hey Diddle Diddle: iddle, diddle, fiddle; oon, spoon, moon.
Hickety, Pickety, My Black Hen: en, hen, gentlemen; ay, day, lay.
Hickory Dickory Dock: ock, dock, clock; ive, five, hive; ine, nine, fine.
Humpty Dumpty: all, wall, fall.
Hush A Bye Baby: all, all, fall.
I'm a Little Teapot: out, out, spout, stout.
Jack and Jill: ill, Jill, hill; own, down, crown.
Jack Be Nimble: ick, quick, stick.
Knick Knack Paddy Whack: ee, three, knee; ive, five, hive; ine, nine, shine; en, ten, hen, eleven, heaven.
Little Bo Peep: eep, peep, sheep.
Little Boy Blue: orn, horn, corn; eep, sheep, asleep.
Little Jack Horner: horner, corner.
Little Mouse: ouse, mouse, house; eal, steal, meal; out, about; un, fun, run; eep, creep, peep.
Little Sally Walker: est, west, best.
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary: ary, Mary, contrary; ow, row, grow; ells, shells, bells.
Mockingbird: ing, ring, sing; brass, glass.
Monday's Child: ace, grace, face; ing, giving, living; ay, day, gay.
The Northwind Doth Blow: ow, blow, snow; ing, wing, thing.
Old Mother Hubbard: ead, bread, dead; at, cat, hat; ig, wig, jig; oat, coat, goat.
One, Two, Buckle my Shoe: en, ten, hen; twelve, delve.
One, Two, Three, Four, Five: ive, alive, five.
Peter, Peter, Pumpkin-eater: ell, shelll, well.
Rain, Rain: ay, away, day.
Rub-a-Dub-Dub: ub, dub, tub; ee, be, three.
See-Saw Marjorie Daw: aw, Daw, saw, straw.
Sing a Song of Sixpence: ing, king, sing; oney, money, honey.
Star Light, Star Bright : ight, light, bright, night.
Ten Little Monkeys: ed, bed, head.
There was a Crooked Man: ile, mile, stile; ouse, mouse, house.
There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly: at, cat, that; og, hog, dog; ow, cow, how.
Three Blind Mice: ife, wife, knife.
Three Little Kittens: en, kitten, mitten; ear, dear, fear.
To Market: ig, pig, jig; og, hog, jog.
Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son: eat, eat, beat.
Tommy Tittlemouse: ouse, Tittlemouse, house.
Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee: attle, battle, rattle.
Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn,: orn, corn, thorn; ock, lock, flock; est, west, nest.
Wee Willie Winkie: own, town, nightgown; ock, lock, o'clock.
What Are Little Girls Made Of? What Are Little Boys Made Of?: ice, spice, nice; ails, snails, tails.
Yankee Doodle: andy, dandy, handy; ing, Gooding, pudding.
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