Word Families 1 worksheet for sorting words into "at," "an," and "ap" families.

Let’s solve this step by step.

We are given a list of 16 words:

can, cap, tan, rat
cat, fan, tap, lap
chat, van, ron, clop
that, flop, fat, map

Wait — let’s double-check the original grid to make sure we have all the words right. Looking again at the image (even though we don’t describe it), the words are:

Row 1: can, cap, tan, rat
Row 2: cat, fan, tap, lap
Row 3: chat, van, ron, clop ← Wait, “ron”? That might be a typo? But in word families, we usually look for ending sounds. Let’s check each word’s ending.

Actually, looking more carefully — maybe “ron” is meant to be “ran”? Or perhaps it’s “con”? But no — let’s stick with what’s written. However, in standard word family exercises, “ron” doesn’t fit common patterns like -at, -an, -ap. Let’s re-express the list as given:

From the grid:

Column 1: can, cat, chat, that
Column 2: cap, fan, van, flop
Column 3: tan, tap, ron, fat
Column 4: rat, lap, clop, map

Hmm — “ron”, “clop”, “flop” — these end in “-on”, “-op”, “-op”. But our target word families are: -at, -an, -ap

So we need to sort only the words that belong to those three families.

Let’s go word by word and see which ones end in -at, -an, or -ap.

List of all words from the grid:

1. can → ends in -an ✔
2. cap → ends in -ap ✔
3. tan → ends in -an ✔
4. rat → ends in -at ✔
5. cat → ends in -at ✔
6. fan → ends in -an ✔
7. tap → ends in -ap ✔
8. lap → ends in -ap ✔
9. chat → ends in -at ✔
10. van → ends in -an ✔
11. ron → ends in -on ✘ (not -at, -an, or -ap)
12. clop → ends in -op ✘
13. that → ends in -at ✔
14. flop → ends in -op ✘
15. fat → ends in -at ✔
16. map → ends in -ap ✔

So we ignore: ron, clop, flop — because they don’t match any of the three word families we’re sorting into.

Now group the rest:

-at family: rat, cat, chat, that, fat
→ That’s 5 words

-an family: can, tan, fan, van
→ That’s 4 words

-ap family: cap, tap, lap, map
→ That’s 4 words

Wait — let’s count total valid words: 5 + 4 + 4 = 13. We had 16 total, minus 3 invalid = 13. Good.

But the worksheet has 3 columns, each with 5 blank lines. So maybe we’re supposed to include only words that fit, and leave extra blanks? Or did I miss something?

Wait — let’s check “ron” again. Is it possible it’s “ran”? Because “ran” would fit -an. And “clop” and “flop” — if they were “clap” and “flap”, they’d fit -ap. But as written, they don’t.

Looking back at the original problem — the instruction says: “Write these words in their word family lists.” It doesn’t say to exclude any. But logically, if a word doesn’t end in -at, -an, or -ap, it shouldn’t go in those boxes.

Perhaps there’s a mistake in transcription? In many such worksheets, “ron” is likely “ran”, and “clop”/“flop” might be typos for “clap”/“flap”.

But since we must work with what’s given, and the user uploaded an image, we should assume the words are as printed.

However, let’s look again at the third row: “chat, van, ron, clop”

“ron” — could it be “con”? No. “Ron” is a name. Not a word family word.

Similarly, “clop” and “flop” are real words but end in -op.

Given that, and since the worksheet only provides boxes for -at, -an, -ap, we should only place words that actually belong to those families.

So final grouping:

-at: rat, cat, chat, that, fat
-an: can, tan, fan, van
-ap: cap, tap, lap, map

That’s 5, 4, 4.

But the boxes have 5 lines each. So for -an and -ap, we’ll have one blank line each? Or maybe I missed a word.

Wait — let’s list all words again from the grid exactly as shown in the image (based on standard version of this worksheet):

Actually, upon double-checking common versions of “Word Families 1”, the third row is often: chat, van, ran, clap — not “ron” and “clop”.

And fourth row: that, flap, fat, map — not “flop”.

It’s very likely that “ron” is a misread of “ran”, “clop” is “clap”, and “flop” is “flap”.

Because otherwise, the numbers don’t add up to fill the boxes.

In fact, if we correct:

- ron → ran (ends in -an)
- clop → clap (ends in -ap)
- flop → flap (ends in -ap)

Then:

-all words now fit:

-can, cap, tan, rat
-cat, fan, tap, lap
-chat, van, ran, clap
-that, flap, fat, map

Now sort:

-at: rat, cat, chat, that, fat → 5
-an: can, tan, fan, van, ran → 5
-ap: cap, tap, lap, clap, flap, map → wait, that’s 6? Let’s list:

cap, tap, lap, clap, flap, map → yes, 6.

But the box only has 5 lines per column.

Wait — map is also -ap. So:

-ap: cap, tap, lap, clap, flap, map → 6 words.

But the worksheet has only 5 lines per column. Hmm.

Perhaps “map” is included, but let’s count total words: 16 words.

If we have:

-at: rat, cat, chat, that, fat → 5
-an: can, tan, fan, van, ran → 5
-ap: cap, tap, lap, clap, flap → 5, and map is extra? But map is -ap.

This is confusing.

Alternative approach: perhaps “ron” is not “ran”, but we keep it as is, and accept that some boxes will be empty.

But that seems unlikely for a school worksheet.

After research, I recall that a common version of this worksheet has:

Words: can, cap, tan, rat, cat, fan, tap, lap, chat, van, ran, clap, that, flap, fat, map

Which gives:

-at: rat, cat, chat, that, fat → 5
-an: can, tan, fan, van, ran → 5
-ap: cap, tap, lap, clap, flap, map → 6 — still too many.

Unless “map” is not included? But it is in the grid.

Perhaps the last word is “nap” instead of “map”? No.

Another possibility: the grid is 4x4=16 words, and we distribute them into 3 columns of 5, so one word might be left out or duplicated? Unlikely.

Let’s count how many words end in each sound based on standard pronunciation:

Assume the words are:

Row 1: can (-an), cap (-ap), tan (-an), rat (-at)
Row 2: cat (-at), fan (-an), tap (-ap), lap (-ap)
Row 3: chat (-at), van (-an), ran (-an), clap (-ap) [assuming "ron" is "ran", "clop" is "clap"]
Row 4: that (-at), flap (-ap), fat (-at), map (-ap) [assuming "flop" is "flap"]

Now list:

-at: rat, cat, chat, that, fat → 5
-an: can, tan, fan, van, ran → 5
-ap: cap, tap, lap, clap, flap, map → 6

Still 6 for -ap.

But map is definitely -ap.

Perhaps the worksheet expects us to write only 5 per column, and map is extra? Or maybe I have a duplicate.

Let’s list all 16 words with corrected spellings:

1. can - an
2. cap - ap
3. tan - an
4. rat - at
5. cat - at
6. fan - an
7. tap - ap
8. lap - ap
9. chat - at
10. van - an
11. ran - an (was "ron")
12. clap - ap (was "clop")
13. that - at
14. flap - ap (was "flop")
15. fat - at
16. map - ap

Now count:

-at: rat, cat, chat, that, fat → positions 4,5,9,13,15 → 5 words
-an: can, tan, fan, van, ran → 1,3,6,10,11 → 5 words
-ap: cap, tap, lap, clap, flap, map → 2,7,8,12,14,16 → 6 words

Oh! There are 6 words for -ap. But the worksheet has only 5 lines per column.

This suggests that either:

- One of the -ap words is not to be included, or
- The worksheet has a mistake, or
- "map" is not considered, but that doesn't make sense.

Perhaps in the original image, the last word is "nap" or something else, but we have to go with what's given.

Another idea: maybe "clop" and "flop" are kept as is, and not changed, so they are excluded, and "ron" is excluded, then we have:

Valid words: 13, as before.

Then:

-at: rat, cat, chat, that, fat → 5
-an: can, tan, fan, van → 4
-ap: cap, tap, lap, map → 4

So for -an and -ap, we have 4 each, so one blank line in each.

That might be acceptable.

But typically, worksheets are designed to fill all boxes.

Upon second thought, let's look at the user's image description — the assistant can't see the image, but the user said "uploaded an image", and in the initial prompt, the words are listed as:

"can, cap, tan, rat
cat, fan, tap, lap
chat, van, ron, clop
that, flop, fat, map"

So "ron", "clop", "flop" are as written.

Therefore, we must use them as is.

So words that fit:

- at: rat, cat, chat, that, fat (5 words)
- an: can, tan, fan, van (4 words) — "ron" does not fit
- ap: cap, tap, lap, map (4 words) — "clop" and "flop" do not fit

So for the answer, we put:

Under "at": rat, cat, chat, that, fat
Under "an": can, tan, fan, van
Under "ap": cap, tap, lap, map

And leave the last line of "an" and "ap" blank, or perhaps the worksheet allows it.

Since the instruction is to "write these words in their word family lists", and only these words belong, we proceed.

So final sorting:

at: rat, cat, chat, that, fat
an: can, tan, fan, van
ap: cap, tap, lap, map

To present it nicely, we can list them in the order they appear or alphabetically, but usually in such worksheets, order doesn't matter.

For consistency, let's list them in the order they appear in the grid.

For -at: rat (row1 col4), cat (row2 col1), chat (row3 col1), that (row4 col1), fat (row4 col3) — so order: rat, cat, chat, that, fat

For -an: can (row1 col1), tan (row1 col3), fan (row2 col2), van (row3 col2) — so: can, tan, fan, van

For -ap: cap (row1 col2), tap (row2 col3), lap (row2 col4), map (row4 col4) — so: cap, tap, lap, map

Yes.

So the answer is:

at: rat, cat, chat, that, fat
an: can, tan, fan, van
ap: cap, tap, lap, map

And the other words (ron, clop, flop) are not placed anywhere, as they don't belong to these families.

I think that's the accurate solution based on the given words.

Final Answer:
at: rat, cat, chat, that, fat
an: can, tan, fan, van
ap: cap, tap, lap, map