Sequence of Presentation of Words in English: The Word Families Family of Words Words with /-et/ get, let, met, net, pet, set, vet, wet, yet Words with /-en/ den, hen, men, pen, ten Words with /-eg/ beg, leg, peg, egg Words with /-ed/ bed, fed, led, red, wed Words with /-ell/ bell, fell, sell, tell, well, yell Words with /-at/ bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat, vat Words with /-an/ can, fan, man, pan, ran, tan Words with /-ap/ cap, lap, map, nap, tap Words with /-ag/ bag, lag, rag, tag Words with /-ad/ bad, dad, had, lad, mad, pad, sad Words with /-it / bit, fit, hit, lit, pit, sit Words with /-in/ bin, fin, pin, tin, win Words with /-ig/ big, dig, fig, pig, wig Words with /-ip/ dip, hip, lip, rip, sip, tip Words with /-ill/ bill, fill, hill, mill, pill, till Words with /-ot/ cot, dot, got, hot, lot, not, pot, rot, tot Words with /-op/ cop, hop, mop, pop, top Words with /-ob/ cob, rob, mob, sob Words with /-og/ dog, fog, hog, log Words with /-ox/ ox, box, fox Words with /-ub/, /-ud/ cub, rub, tub B. bud, mud, sud Words with /-ug/ bug, dug, hug, jug, mug, rug, tug Words with /-um/, /-un/ gum, hum, sum B. fun, gun, nun, run, sun Words with /-un/ A. fun, gun, nun, run, sun Words with /-ut/ cut, hut, nut Words with /-at/, /-an/ bat, cat, fat, hat, mat, pat, rat, sat, vat B. can, fan, man, pan, ran, tan Words with /-ap/, /-ad/ cap, lap, map, nap, tap bad, dad, had, lad, mad, pad, sad Two-syllable words with short vowel sounds (basket, magnet, sunset, hotdog, cobweb, rotten, pigpen, piglet, kitten) Words with /bl-/, /cl-/, /fl-/ blends black, blanket, bless, blend, block clam, clap, class, clock, click, clip C. flag, flap, flat, flip, flock Words with /gl-/, /pl-/, /sl-/ blends glad, glass plan, plant, plug, plus C. slap, slack, slim, slip, slot, slow Words with /br-/, /cr-/, /dr-/ blends brag, brat, bring, brush crab, crash, crib, crop C. drag, dress, drum, drug Words with /fr-/, /gr-/ frog, from, front B. grab, grand, grass Words with /pr-/, tr-/ press, print, present B. track, trick, truck, trap, trip Words with /sl-/, /st-/, slacks, slam, slap, slim, slip, slot B) stand, sting, stamp, stump Words with /sw-/, /sp-/, /sk-/ swan, swim, swing spin, span, spill, spit C) skip, skin, skit Words ending in /st/, /mp/, /nt/ best, nest, pest, rest, test, west camp, damp, lamp, stamp C) bent, dent, lent, rent, sent, tent Words ending in /nd/, /ft/ band, hand, land, sand, wand, brand, grand, stand, wand B) raft, left, gift, lift, sift Words beginning and ending with /sh/ shell, shed, shelf, shall, ship, shot, shop, shut, shift B) cash, dash, mash, rash, rush, brush, wash, dish, fish, wish Words beginning and ending with /ch/ check, chess, chick, chill, chop, chum, champ B) batch, catch, hatch, match, snatch, patch, watch, witch, switch Words /-ake/, /-ale/, bake, cake, lake, make, rake, sake, take, wake, brake male, pale, sale, tale, scale, stale c) cape, nape, tape, grape, shape Words with /-ape/, /-ate/ date, gate, late, mate, hate, grate cane, lane, mane, pane, crane C) fade, made, blade, grade Words with /-ase/, /-ave/, /-ace/ case, base, vase, erase, chase cave, save, gave, pave, rave, wave, shave, slave C) lace, race, brace, grace Words with /-ice/, /-ite/ ice, dice, lice, mice, nice, spice, twice B) bite, kite, cite, site Words with /-ide/, /-ive/, /-ine/ hide, ride, side, bride, slide dive, five, live, alive C) dine, fine, line, mine, shine Words with /-ime/, /-ile/ lime, time, slime, chime B) file, mile, tile, pile Words with /-ife/, /-ipe/ life, wife B) pipe, ripe, stripe Words with /-ose/, /-ove/, /-ode/ hose, nose, rose, chose stove, drove, grove C) code, rode, node Words with /-ole/, /-one/, /-ote/ hole, mole, pole, stole, flagpole bone, cone, tone, stone, telephone C) note, vote Words with /-obe/, /-oke/ lobe, robe, globe, bathrobe B. joke, broke, choke Words with /-ome/, /-ope/ dome, home, Rome B. hope, rope, s lope Words with long /u/ cube, tube tune, June cure, pure, sure mule E) music Words with long /u/ use, fuse, muse, abuse, amuse cute, mute huge D) fume, perfume Words with /oa/ boat, coat, goat, coach, board, boast, load, boatman, billboard, Words with /ee/ bee, tee, seen, teen, keep, meet, weep, free, sleep. street, Words with /ea/ Words with /ai/ and /-ay/ Words with /oi/ and /-oy/ Words with /-aw/ Words with /-out/ and /-ow/ Reference: 2018 Phili-IRI Manual