Pronunciation Patterns — Mind, Head, Cow, and Night
Color-Coded Sound Families • Matching • Multiple Choice • Dropdowns • Odd One Out • Cloze • Speaking • Listen/Repeat
Level 3–5
-IND
/aɪnd/
mind • find • kind
Short e
/ɛ/
said • head • bed
-OW
/aʊ/
cow • now • how
-IGHT
/aɪt/
right • night • light
How to use this page: First, notice the colors and sound groups. Then use the listen/repeat practice to model the words and have students echo them. After that, move into the interactive activities.
Pronunciation Cheatsheet

-IND family

Sound: /aɪnd/
The vowel sounds like “eye.”
mind find kind bind blind behind remind

Short e family

Sound: /ɛ/
These words rhyme, even though the spelling can be tricky.
said head bed red wed led fed bread thread spread

-OW family

Sound: /aʊ/
The mouth opens wide: cow, now, how.
cow now how plow brow wow down town brown clown

-IGHT family

Sound: /aɪt/
The letters gh are silent here.
right night sight fight light bright might tight flight tonight
Be careful: English spelling can trick you. said rhymes with head, but not with paid. cow rhymes with now, but not with low. night rhymes with light, and the gh is silent.
Listen and Repeat Practice

These buttons do not play real audio. They give you clean classroom prompts for choral repetition, pair practice, or teacher modeling.

-IND Practice

Tap a button to show the practice prompt.

Short e Practice

Tap a button to show the practice prompt.

-OW Practice

Tap a button to show the practice prompt.

-IGHT Practice

Tap a button to show the practice prompt.
Easy teacher routine: Tap Listen and read the words aloud. Tap Repeat and have students echo. Tap Sentence and practice connected speech.
Read the Patterns

This lesson organizes words by sound family, not just by spelling. That helps students hear patterns and remember them more easily.

-IND
mind, find, kind, bind, blind
These words have the long i sound: /aɪ/.
Short e family
said, head, bed, red, wed, bread
Many students expect different sounds because of the spelling, but these words rhyme.
-OW
cow, now, how, plow, brown, down
This family is strong and very useful in everyday English.
-IGHT
right, night, sight, fight, light, bright
The letters gh are silent, and the words rhyme clearly.
Vocabulary — Matching A
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Click one sound family on the left, then click its matching sound pattern on the right.

A. Sound Family

-IND family
Short e family
-OW family
-IGHT family

B. Pattern

rhymes like right, night, light
rhymes like said, head, bed
rhymes like mind, find, kind
rhymes like cow, now, how
Vocabulary — Matching B
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Match each word to its sound family.

A. Words

blind
thread
brown
flight
remind
bread
clown
bright

B. Sound Family

Short e family
-IGHT family
-OW family
-IND family
-IND family
Short e family
-IGHT family
-OW family
Comprehension — Multiple Choice
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1. Which word rhymes with mind?
2. Which word rhymes with head?
3. Which word rhymes with cow?
4. Which word rhymes with night?
5. Which family does blind belong to?
6. Which family does bread belong to?
7. Which family does brown belong to?
8. Which family does bright belong to?
9. Which word does not rhyme with said?
10. Which statement is true?
11. Which word rhymes with find?
12. Which word rhymes with how?
Vocabulary in Context — Dropdowns
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1. Please keep that in your .
2. I cannot my keys.
3. He hurt his in the game.
4. The blanket is .
5. The farmer used a in the field.
6. We need an answer .
7. Turn at the corner.
8. The stars are bright at .
9. The room was full of warm .
10. Please be to the new student.
Odd One Out
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1. Which word does not belong?
2. Which word does not belong?
3. Which word does not belong?
4. Which word does not belong?
5. Which word does not belong?
6. Which word does not belong?
7. Which word does not belong?
8. Which word does not belong?
Cloze — Fill in the Blank
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Type one word. Use the correct sound-family word.

1. Keep that in your ________.
2. She touched her ________ because it hurt.
3. We need to leave ________.
4. The sky is dark at ________.
5. Please be ________ to your classmates.
6. My favorite shirt is bright ________.
7. The dog is dark ________.
8. Please turn on the ________.
Speaking Practice

Say each line slowly. Then say it again at normal speed.

-IND

  • Be kind and keep that in mind.
  • I cannot find the sign behind the blind.
  • Please remind me to be kind.

Short e

  • He said his head felt heavy in bed.
  • The red bread was on the bed.
  • Fred read the thread and then he fed the cat.

-OW

  • How will the brown cow get home now?
  • The clown came down to town.
  • Wow, that plow is old now.

-IGHT

  • The bright light shined all night.
  • We might fight tonight, but that is not right.
  • The bird took flight in the night.
Answer Key

Matching A — -IND → rhymes like mind, find, kind; Short e → rhymes like said, head, bed; -OW → rhymes like cow, now, how; -IGHT → rhymes like right, night, light.

Matching B — blind → -IND; thread → Short e; brown → -OW; flight → -IGHT; remind → -IND; bread → Short e; clown → -OW; bright → -IGHT.

Multiple Choice — 1 kind, 2 red, 3 plow, 4 fight, 5 -IND, 6 Short e, 7 -OW, 8 -IGHT, 9 paid, 10 In -IGHT words, gh is usually silent., 11 behind, 12 wow.

Dropdowns — mind, find, head, red, plow, now, right, night, light, kind.

Odd One Out — 1 bed, 2 now, 3 right, 4 head, 5 cow, 6 bright, 7 thread, 8 remind.

Cloze — mind, head, now, night, kind, red, brown, light.

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