Grade 1 · English Language Arts · Unit 4 of 11
Word Families
-at, -ig, -op and more
What your child practises
Words that share an ending, like cat, hat and bat. Once children know one word in a family, they can read and spell many more by changing the first sound.
Alberta Curriculum learning outcome: Show understandings of letter-sound relationships and automatic recognition of words. · reading and spelling words that share a pattern
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which word does not rhyme with the others?
- rat
- hen
- ten
Show answer
rat
Hint: ten, hen all end with “en”. Which one doesn't?
Question 2
Which word is in the “-op” family?
-op
- man
- rug
- shop
Show answer
shop
Hint: Words in the -op family end with “op”, like pop and stop.
Question 3
Put the sounds together. What word is it?
h + en
- hen
- hop
- pen
Show answer
hen
Hint: Say the first sound, then the ending: h… en… hen!
Question 4
Put the sounds together. What word is it?
p + ig
- pop
- pig
- dig
Show answer
pig
Hint: Say the first sound, then the ending: p… ig… pig!
Question 5
Which word is in the “-en” family?
-en
- hen
- hat
- mug
Show answer
hen
Hint: Words in the -en family end with “en”, like ten and pen.
Question 6
Which one rhymes with “cat”?
🐱cat- 🐷pig
- 🦇bat
- 🥫can
Show answer
🦇 bat
Hint: Rhyming words sound the same at the end: cat, bat!