Ake Word Family Worksheets

About These 15 Worksheets

The -ake word family is a bright and bouncy set of long vowel words that helps early readers master spelling patterns like bake, cake, and snake with confidence. These worksheets make learning the “magic e” rule feel natural and fun through coloring, tracing, matching, and puzzles. Children see how the silent “e” changes the short “a” sound to a long “a,” building awareness of one of the most important patterns in early phonics. With vivid pictures, engaging themes, and hands-on practice, these pages turn word learning into a creative adventure.

Each worksheet targets core literacy skills: phonemic awareness, handwriting fluency, spelling accuracy, and reading comprehension. Learners identify, write, and search for words that share the same “ake” ending while exploring how beginning letters change meaning. Activities mix reading, writing, coloring, and problem-solving for a truly multisensory experience. The repeated pattern reinforces both decoding and encoding skills, so students can read, spell, and write -ake words automatically.

Because -ake words appear often in daily speech and stories – “Let’s bake a cake by the lake!” – these worksheets connect phonics practice to real-world vocabulary. Each task offers repetition, creativity, and success through pattern play. By the end of the set, students will not only understand the long “a” vowel pattern but will also feel confident applying it in their reading and writing every day.

About Each Worksheet

Cake Rake
Learners explore the -ake family by coloring images that match words such as bake, rake, cake, quake, and snake. Pictures like a cake and an earthquake make phonics practice lively and visual. The focus is on identifying words with the same ending sound. Students build awareness of rhyming patterns while improving vocabulary. It’s a perfect warm-up to the -ake family.

Bake Snake
Students fill in missing beginning letters to complete -ake words like quake, drake, bake, cake, wake, and shake. Each image provides a clue, supporting independent decoding. The fill-in format encourages attention to phonetic details. Learners strengthen letter-sound connections and spelling accuracy. A fun, confidence-boosting page for new readers.

Snake Shake
This worksheet has learners color pictures and identify -ake words such as wake, snake, shake, brake, and drake. The bright visuals make phonics feel like art time. Learners distinguish similar sounds and strengthen auditory discrimination. Coloring keeps engagement high while reinforcing memory. It’s a creative approach to mastering rhyme recognition.

Cake Bake
Students match printed words like bake, cake, rake, and wake to corresponding pictures. Reading and matching strengthen comprehension and vocabulary understanding. The visuals help children connect words to meaning. This reinforces both sight word recognition and phonetic decoding. A simple, focused way to reinforce long “a” spelling patterns.

Rake Shake
Children cut and paste pictures to boxes labeled with -ake words like quake, bake, cake, rake, snake, and shake. The tactile design invites hands-on learning. Students improve sorting, motor coordination, and visual discrimination. The activity builds strong associations between spelling and sound. A lively, interactive phonics experience!

Drake Brake
Students match -ake words like snake, brake, shake, and drake to colorful illustrations. Each match reinforces sound-symbol relationships. Learners focus on decoding while engaging with meaningful visuals. The task builds accuracy and memory through repetition. Great for center work or independent study.

Quake Cake
Learners write words such as quake, drake, shake, brake, and rake beside corresponding pictures. Writing lines promote neat handwriting and rhythm. Each written repetition strengthens recall and decoding. The mix of visual and written elements supports comprehensive phonics mastery. Ideal for reinforcing both spelling and handwriting skills.

Wake Bake
This worksheet asks students to write bake, wake, quake, and snake beside visual cues. Each word connects directly to a picture for easy comprehension. The structured repetition builds reading and writing fluency. Learners improve fine motor coordination while internalizing word endings. It’s a strong, balanced reading-and-writing blend.

Snake Brake
Students copy and write quake, drake, shake, brake, and snake next to clear images. Repetition reinforces pattern retention and accurate spelling. The activity encourages visual tracking and handwriting control. Learners gain independence in decoding and encoding familiar words. A great practice page for fluency and recall.

Bake Quake
Learners write and match words such as wake, rake, cake, bake, and quake under matching images. The layout offers simple structure and repetition for mastery. It supports automatic word recognition and recall. Each writing task improves spelling and focus. This worksheet ties the -ake series together with purposeful practice.

Bake Awake
Students search for -ake words such as awake, remake, bake, cake, make, and take in a word search grid. The puzzle format makes phonics feel like play. Searching reinforces letter sequencing and visual scanning. It strengthens memory of the “magic e” rule. A fun, independent challenge for confident learners.

Snake Lake
In this word search, students find words like fake, sake, lake, wake, rake, and snake. The repetition helps them visualize familiar sound patterns. The game-like format supports concentration and persistence. It combines literacy skills with enjoyable discovery. Great for quiet work or small-group competitions.

Quake Stake
Learners search for longer or trickier -ake words like brake, flake, shake, stake, drake, and quake. The extra challenge strengthens pattern recognition. Searching for multiple letter combinations deepens decoding skill. This puzzle reinforces both basic and advanced -ake vocabulary. Perfect for extending phonics practice to higher-level readers.

Cake Quake
Students identify images like a cake, a duck, and an earthquake, then write words such as bake, drake, quake, and snake beneath them. Visual context keeps engagement high. Writing encourages correct spelling and handwriting fluency. The worksheet supports comprehension through contextual clues. A smart mix of reading, writing, and visual analysis.

Take Bake
Students trace and read -ake words such as awake, remake, bake, cake, make, and take on guided lines. The tracing format provides rhythm and repetition. Learners refine letter formation and spelling accuracy. Repeated writing builds automatic recall and confidence. A calm, focused wrap-up to the -ake word family unit.

What is the -ake Word Family?

The -ake word family includes words with the long “a” sound created by the “a” and silent “e” pairing, such as bake, cake, lake, snake, and shake. This pattern teaches children one of the most important phonics rules – the “magic e” rule, where the silent “e” makes the vowel say its name. Once students grasp this rule, they can apply it across many other families like -ate, -ame, and -ade, making reading smoother and spelling more intuitive.

The -ake family includes nouns (cake, lake, snake), verbs (bake, make, take, wake, shake), and even adjectives or figurative uses in longer words like awake or mistake. The consistency of the pattern makes it easy for learners to recognize and decode. It’s also a fun group for rhyme-based activities, poems, and songs that emphasize rhythm and repetition. Because many -ake words describe actions or objects children already know, they instantly connect the sound to meaning.

Learning the -ake family strengthens understanding of long vowel pronunciation and builds decoding confidence. Children begin to see how letters work together to represent sounds – an essential step toward fluent reading. Sentences like, “We’ll bake a cake by the lake for the snake‘s birthday!” show how a single word family can create endless learning fun. Mastering this group lays a strong foundation for recognizing long vowel spelling patterns across all reading levels.

Word List for the -ake Word Family

bake

brake

cake

drake

fake

flake

lake

make

quake

rake

remake

sake

shake

snake

stake

take

wake

Example Sentences

1. We will bake a big cake by the lake for a snake.

2. Don’t shake the rake, or you might wake the drake!

3. The quake made the flake fall off the cake I tried to make.