Teacher Workbooks Language Arts Series
Word Families, Volume 1
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Table of Contents
Letter and Sound Recognition
at Words 1
ate Words 2
ack Words 3
ail Words 4
ain Words 5
ale Words 6
ame Words 7
an Words 8
ank Words 9
ap Words 10
ash Words 11
aw Words 12
ay Words 13
eat Words 14
ell Words 15
est Words 16
ice Words 17
ight Words 18
ing Words 19
ink Words 20
ip Words 21
it Words 22
ock Words 23
oke Words 24
op Words 25
ot Words 26
uck Words 27
ug Words 28
ump Words 29
unk Words 30
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –ack word family! Add –ack to these words to complete them. You will hear the short a vowel sound in these words.
1. b__________ 2. bl_________
3. cr________er 4. J_________
5. r_________ 6. s_________
7. sn_________ 8. tr_________
9. t_________ 10. p_________
Make your own words that belong to the –ack Family.
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Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –ail word family. Add –ail to the words to complete them. The words below have the long a vowel sound.
1. sn_________ 2. f_________
3. m_________ 4. n_________
5. tr_________ 6. p_________
7. t_________ 8. s_________
9. j_________ 10. r_________
11. h_________
12. s_________ing
13. r_________ing
14. m________box
15. fr_________
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –ain word family! Choose letters that are around the tree to make –ain words. The words below have a long vowel sound.
1. _________ain 2. _________ain
3. _________ain 4. _________ain
5. _________ain 6. _________ain
br ch
m dr
gr pl
st tr
p r
7. _________ain
8. _________ain
9. _________ain
10. _________ain
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –ale family! Complete the sentences below with the words that are in the grass. Listen for the long a sound in these words.
1. Jack went to get the _____________________of hay for the horses.
2. There was a huge ___________________________in the ocean!
3. Martha is ________________________and Joseph is ________________.
4. I will weigh myself on the ____________________________.
5. The bread was ________________________and it had to be thrown away.
6. You look very _______________________today. Are you ill?
7. Everyone hurried to the store since they were having a great _________________.
8. As we listened to the weather station, we learned about a _________________warning.
9. Do not ___________________________the gas fumes.
10. Did you ever hear the ______________________about Peter Rabbit?
bale gale
male sale scale
whale tale
stale pale female
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –ame word family! Add –ame to the words to complete them. You will hear the long vowel sound of a in the words below.
1. bl________ 2. f_________
3. c_________ 4. fl_________
5. fr_________ 6. g_________
7. s_________ 8. sh_________
9. n___________ 10. t__________
11. bec_________
12. nickn_________
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the an family! Add –an to complete the words below. The a has a short vowel sound.
1. c_________ 2. f_________
3. f________tastic 4. pl_________
5. th_________ 6. st_________d 7. v_________
8. c________’t 9. t_________n 10. s_________d
11. d_________ce 12. cl_________
13. l_________d 14. dem__________d
15. J__________
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –ank family! Complete the words in the picture below. These are words with the short vowel sound.
b_________ bl_________
Fr_________ r_________
shr_________ snowb_________
th_________ t_________
cl_________ s_________
th________ful
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –ap family! Use –ap to complete the words below. These words have a short vowel sound.
1. _________ple
2. cl_________
3. h________py 4. str________
5. fl________
6. _________plesauce
7. sn_________
8. m_________
9. tr_________
10. pine_______ple
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –ash family! Add –ash to complete the words below. These words have a short vowel soundu
1. c_________ 2. eyel_________
3. spl_________ 4. tr_________
5. fl_________ 6. cr_________
7. m_________ 8. sm_________
9. d_________ 10. r_________
11. l_________ 12. st_________
14. s_________ 15. b_________
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –at word family! Complete the words below by adding –at. These are words with the short vowel sound.
1. doorm________
2. c________ 3. fl________
4. b_______ 5. th_________
6. h________ 7. m_________
8. s________ 9. p________
10. r_________
Make your own –at word:
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Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Complete the sentences below. Use the words in the pencil to help you. These are words from the –ate family. They have a long vowel sound.
1. We _________________ on the frozen ice.
2. You don’t want to be _________ for school.
3. What is today’s _____________. date
Kate
skate 3. My sister _____________ wants to go to the show tonight.
late 4. I can’t _________________ my that street on this map.
locate
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –aw family! Complete the words below by using –aw.
1. _________ful
2. cl________ 3. dr________ing
4. str_________ 5. th_________
6. p_________s 7. fl_________
8. dr_________ 9. str________berry
10. j_________ 11. l_________
12. s_________ 13. r_________
14. c_________ 15. p_________
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –ay family! Add –ay to the words below to complete the words. You will hear the long a sound in these words.
1. gr________
2. tod________
3. pl________
4. tr________ 5. cl________
6. st__________ 7. spr________
8. h_________ 9. d__________
10. p_________ 11. b_________
12. w_________ 13. sw_________
14. arr__________
15. l_________
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –eat word family! Add –eat to the words to complete them. Listen for the sound of long e in the words below.
1. m__________ 2. b__________
3. ch__________ 4. h__________
5. h__________er
6. n__________ 7. rep__________
8. tr__________s
9. wh__________
10. m__________ball
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –ell word family! Add –ell to the words to complete them. You will hear the short e sound in each word below.
1. seash__________ 2. sh__________
3. f__________ 4. c__________
5. w___________ 6. w__________
7. sm__________
8. sp__________
9. sw__________ 10. t__________
11. y__________
12. s__________
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –est word Family! Choose the correct word from the top box to complete the sentences. Circle the –est in each word. Listen for the short e vowel sound in each word.
best pest
forest
test west nest
contest rest
1. Is California located on the East Coast or the _______________Coast?
2. The baby birds were safe in the ___________.
3. You are the _______________friend I have!
4. My baby brother needs to ________________in the afternoon.
5. I was excited to know that I won the _________________________!
6. Many animals live deep in the ____________.
7. I studied and passed the ___________.
8. Sometimes my little sister is a ____________.
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –ice word family! Match the pictures with the –ice words. You will hear the long I vowel sound in these words. Circle the –ice in each word.
advice
rice
mice
price
dice
ice
spice
slice
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –ight word family! Add ight to complete the words below. Listen for the long i vowel sound as you say the words.
1. br______________
2. fl______________
3. fr________________
4. ton_________________
5. twil________________
6. kn________________
7. n________________s
8. m_________________
9. r_________________
10. s_______________
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –ing word family! Circle the –ing in each word. Match the pictures with the words in the column. You will hear the short i vowel sound in each word.
king
ring
sling
fling
swing
sing
cling
wing
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –ink word family! You will hear the short i vowel sound in these words. Add –ink to complete the words below.
1. bl_________ 2. dr__________
3. l__________
4. m__________
5. th__________
6. p__________ 7. r_________
8. shr___________
9. s__________
10. w_________
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –ip word family! Add –ip to complete the words below. Listen for the short i vowel sound in the words.
1. ch__________
2. cl__________
3. dr__________
4. fl___________
5. h___________ 6. l__________
7. sh__________ 8. sk__________
9. r__________ 10. z___________
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –it word family! Add –it to complete the words below. You will hear the short i vowel sound in these words.
1. h__________ 2. qu__________
3. spl__________ 4. p__________
5. s__________ 6. f__________
7. k__________ 8. k__________ten
9. kn__________
10. st__________ch
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Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –ock word family! Look at the words below. Circle the –ock in each word. Match the words with the pictures in the columns.
clock
block
hockey
knock
shock
stocking
lock
rock
flock
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –oke word family! You will hear the long o vowel sound in the following words. Add –oke to complete these words.
1. aw__________
2. br__________
3. ch__________
4. j____________
5. sp__________
6. sm__________
7. w_____________
8. y___________
9. p__________
10. c__________
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –op word family! Add –op to complete the following words. You will hear the short o vowel sound in each word.
1. ch_________
2. cr__________
3. dr__________ 4. fl__________
5. gumdr__________ 6. h__________
7. sh__________ 8. st__________
9. h__________ 10. m__________
11. p__________
12. t__________
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –ot word family! Add –ot to complete the following words. You will hear the short o vowel sound as you say these words.
1. forg_________ 2. c__________
3. sp__________ 4. sl__________
5. kn__________ 6. sh__________
7. d__________ 8. p__________
9. h__________ 10. l__________
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –uck word family! Add –uck to complete the following words. You will hear the short u vowel sound in these words.
1. tr__________
2. Ch___________
3. cl__________
4. d__________ 5. l__________
6. st___________
7. t__________
8. pl__________
9. b__________ p___________
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –ug word family! You will hear the short u vowel sound in the following words. Add –ug to complete each word.
1. b__________
2. h__________
3. j__________
4. ladyb__________
5. m__________ 6. sm__________
7. pl__________ 8. r__________
9. sl__________ 10. sn__________
11. t__________ 12. d__________
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the ump word family! Add –ump to complete the words below. Listen for the short u vowel sound in each word.
1. b__________ 2. cl__________
3. d__________
4. j__________
5. pl__________
6. p__________ 7. l___________
8. st__________ 9. th__________
10. h__________
Name______________________________________________________________________
Date_________________________________________________________ Grade________
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Welcome to the –unk word family! Add – unk to complete the words below. You will hear the short u vowel sound in these words.
1. b__________ 2. chipm__________
3. ch__________ 4. d__________
5. fl___________ 6. j__________
7. pl__________ 8. shr__________
9. sk__________ 10. s__________
11. tr__________