Skill: digraph -ng (breath sound)
A digraph has two letters representing one sound.
Words may end with or contain the digraph (-ng).
Most
often (-ng) is part of
the suffix (-ing). (See
Lesson 17)
Read these words that end with the digraph (-ng).
| bang | fling | long | sing | strung |
| belong | flung | lung | slang | stung |
| clang | gang | oblong | slung | swung |
| cling | gong | pang | song | thing |
| clung | hang | rang | sprang | thong |
| ding | headlong | ring | spring | unsung |
| dong | hung | rung | string | weeklong |
| fang | king | sang | strong | wing |
Can you think of two more words that end with the digraph (-ng)?
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Dictation/Spelling Practice for (-ng) words
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Read these sentences.
- I struck the gong with a strong mallet.
- Does the king have a ring on his finger?
- She sang a long song about spring.
- Chang is going to fling his fishing rod.
- He has strong lungs and sings a long song.
- Does bring, swing, thing, and fling rhyme?
- I like to swing and think of things.
- The long ding dong of the bell upset the king.
- Do bats have strong wings and long fangs.
- Belonging to a gang makes me cringe.
- He was stung by a pang in his ring finger.
- The unsung youngster sprang to Chang's rescue.
- Ringo gets a lot of bling for banging a drum.
- The strong ding-dong of the bells woke us.
- The young dingos had a den near the billabong.
- We hung the oblong thing in the west wing.
- If you do the wrong thing, the king may hang you.
- She sang her lungs out at the grungy lounge.
- Who among us is strong enough to do no wrong.
Write a sentence that includes one or more words
that have the digraph -ng.
Illustrate
your sentence on the back of your paper.
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