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Typically native speakers know 15,000 to 20,000 word families - or lemmas - in their first language. Word family/lemma is a root word and all its inflections, for example: run, running, ran; blue, bluer, bluest, blueish, etc.

Most Common Word Families According to researchers Wylie and Durrel, there are 37 common word families: 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.

Each week we focus on two-word families at a time. I start with teaching the short vowel word families and start with the short 'a' word families. The words within those word families often follow a CVC or CVCC pattern. They are simple words that children often know and understand.

A word family is a group of words with a common base to which different prefixes and suffixes are added. For example, members of the word family based on the headword, base, stem, or root word work include rework, worker, working, workshop, and workmanship, among others. Similar words are called paronyms.

Word families are groups of words that have a common feature or pattern - they have some of the same combinations of letters in them and a similar sound. For example, at, cat, hat, and fat are a family of words with the "at" sound and letter combination in common. ... You can study one word family a week.

Word Families List. According to the National Council of Teachers of English, there are 37 common word families.

A word family is a group of words with a common base to which different prefixes and suffixes are added. For example, members of the word family based on the headword, base, stem, or root word work include rework, worker, working, workshop, and workmanship, among others. Similar words are called paronyms.

A word family consists of a group of words that share an ending part of a word (rime), e.g. rug, bug & hug. In addition to recognizing rhymes, knowledge of short vowel sounds is crucial when learning to read and spell.

Word Families List. According to the National Council of Teachers of English, there are 37 common word families.

Word families are groups of words that have a common pattern or groups of letters with the same sound. For example, the ain word family includes brain, chain, gain, pain, rain, and so on.