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Word Families: -it, -in, -ig

Practice reading and writing rhyming word families

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Word Families: -it, -in, -ig

Practice reading and writing rhyming word families

Language Arts - Grade K-1

Instructions: Read each problem carefully. Say the words out loud when it helps. Write your answers on the lines.
  1. 1

    Read the words: sit, hit, bit. What word family do they belong to?

    Look at the last two letters in each word.

    The words sit, hit, and bit belong to the -it word family because they all end with -it.
  2. 2

    Fill in the missing letters to make the word that names the picture: p___. The picture shows a pig.

    The word is pig. Pig belongs to the -ig word family.
  3. 3

    Circle the word that belongs in the -in word family: cat, fin, dog.

    Find the word that ends with i and n.

    The word fin belongs in the -in word family because it ends with -in.
  4. 4

    Write one word that rhymes with sit.

    A correct answer could be hit, bit, fit, or kit because these words rhyme with sit.
  5. 5

    Read the words: pin, win, tin. What word family do they belong to?

    Listen for the same ending sound.

    The words pin, win, and tin belong to the -in word family because they all end with -in.
  6. 6

    Fill in the missing letters to make the word that names the picture: h___. The picture shows a child digging a hole.

    The word is dig. Dig belongs to the -ig word family.
  7. 7

    Choose the word that rhymes with big: bag, wig, bed.

    Say each word out loud and listen to the ending.

    The word wig rhymes with big because both words end with -ig.
  8. 8

    Sort these words into word families: fit, pin, big, win, sit, pig.

    The -it words are fit and sit. The -in words are pin and win. The -ig words are big and pig.
  9. 9

    Write the word that names the picture: a pin.

    Start with p and end with -in.

    The word is pin. Pin belongs to the -in word family.
  10. 10

    Add one beginning sound to -it to make a real word.

    A correct answer could be sit, hit, bit, fit, kit, or pit because each word ends with -it.
  11. 11

    Which word does not belong with the others: dig, wig, sit, pig?

    Look for the word with a different ending.

    The word sit does not belong because it is in the -it word family, while dig, wig, and pig are in the -ig word family.
  12. 12

    Complete the sentence with an -in word: I can ___ the game.

    The sentence can be completed as: I can win the game. Win is an -in word.
  13. 13

    Write the word that names the picture: a kit with tools.

    Start with k and end with -it.

    The word is kit. Kit belongs to the -it word family.
  14. 14

    Read the words: big, dig, wig. Write the letters that are the same at the end of each word.

    The letters that are the same are -ig because each word ends with i and g.
  15. 15

    Draw a line to match each word to its word family: hit, fin, jig. Families: -it, -in, -ig.

    Match each word to the ending that looks the same.

    Hit matches -it. Fin matches -in. Jig matches -ig.
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