Phonics worksheet for practicing "ig" and "an" word families with illustrated images.

Let's solve this word puzzle step by step. The task is to fill in the missing letter in each word based on the picture provided, using words from the list at the bottom.

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Step 1: Understand the pattern

Each row has:
- A word with a missing first letter (e.g., `_ig` or `_an`)
- A picture that corresponds to the full word
- We must choose the correct word from the given list.

The word list at the bottom is:

> pig / wig / rig / fig / big / dig
> man / can / van / tan / pan / fan

We are to match each picture with the correct word from this list.

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Row by Row Analysis

#### Row 1
- Word: `pig`
- Picture: A pig
✔ Match: pig — already filled in.

#### Row 2
- Word: `_ig`
- Picture: An eggplant (a purple fruit)
- Possible words: `wig`, `rig`, `fig`, `big`, `dig`
- Eggplant → fig (as in "fig" fruit)
✔ Answer: fig

#### Row 3
- Word: `_ig`
- Picture: Two trees, one small and one large, with an arrow pointing from small to large
- This suggests growth or "growing" — but more likely, it's showing size difference.
- Think of the word "big"
- The image shows a big tree and a small tree — so “big” makes sense.
✔ Answer: big

#### Row 4
- Word: `_ig`
- Picture: A drilling rig (oil platform)
- That’s a rig
✔ Answer: rig

#### Row 5
- Word: `_ig`
- Picture: A woman with long hair
- This looks like a wig (hairpiece)
✔ Answer: wig

#### Row 6
- Word: `_ig`
- Picture: A person digging with a shovel
- Action: digging → dig
✔ Answer: dig

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Now for the right column (`_an`):

#### Row 1
- Word: `_an`
- Picture: A woman sunbathing
- Could be tan (sun tan)
✔ Answer: tan

#### Row 2
- Word: `_an`
- Picture: A blue van
✔ Answer: van

#### Row 3
- Word: `_an`
- Picture: A soda can
✔ Answer: can

#### Row 4
- Word: `_an`
- Picture: A fan (electric fan)
✔ Answer: fan

#### Row 5
- Word: `_an`
- Picture: A man and a woman standing together
- Could be man or woman, but word is `_an` → man
✔ Answer: man

#### Row 6
- Word: `_an`
- Picture: A frying pan
✔ Answer: pan

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✔ Final Answers:

| Left Column | Right Column |
|------------|--------------|
| pig | tan |
| fig | van |
| big | can |
| rig | fan |
| wig | man |
| dig | pan |

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Explanation Summary:

- Each picture represents a word ending in `-ig` or `-an`.
- We used context clues from the images:
- Eggplant = fig
- Tree sizes = big
- Oil platform = rig
- Hair = wig
- Digging = dig
- Sunbathing = tan
- Van = van
- Soda = can
- Fan = fan
- People = man
- Pan = pan

All answers are selected from the provided word bank.

✔ All blanks are now correctly filled!