Ang Word Family

Bang, hang, sang and clang, with boomerang at the far end and change kept apart.

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List 1: one letter before -ang (bang)

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  1. 1.bangThe screen door shut with a loud bang.
  2. 2.fangThe plastic snake had one chipped fang.
  3. 3.gangThe whole gang met at the skate park.
  4. 4.hangHang the wet mittens near the heater.
  5. 5.pangShe felt a pang of homesickness at camp.
  6. 6.rangThe recess bell rang twice this morning.
  7. 7.sangWe sang rounds while paddling the canoe.
  8. 8.tangLime juice gives the salsa its tang.

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Next step The -ing family: ring, sing, springNext, -ank and -ink: bank, pink, think

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List 1: one letter before -ang (bang) 8

  • bang The screen door shut with a loud bang.
  • fang The plastic snake had one chipped fang.
  • gang The whole gang met at the skate park.
  • hang Hang the wet mittens near the heater.
  • pang She felt a pang of homesickness at camp.
  • rang The recess bell rang twice this morning.
  • sang We sang rounds while paddling the canoe.
  • tang Lime juice gives the salsa its tang.

List 2: more letters before -ang (clang, boomerang) 7

  • boomerang His boomerang curved back over the field.
  • clang Pots clang together in the camp kitchen.
  • mustang A spotted mustang galloped across the dry plain.
  • overhang We waited out the rain under a rocky overhang.
  • slang My grandma laughs at our playground slang.
  • sprang A grasshopper sprang off the garden hose.
  • twang The banjo string snapped with a sharp twang.

List 3: -ang inside a longer word (tangle) 12

  • anger He let his anger cool before he spoke.
  • angle Tilt the lamp at a lower angle.
  • angry The angry goose chased us off the dock.
  • bangle A silver bangle slid down her wrist.
  • dangle Let your feet dangle off the pier.
  • hanger Put the costume back on its hanger.
  • jangle Loose coins jangle in the janitor's pocket.
  • kangaroo A kangaroo hopped past the tour bus.
  • mango Slice the ripe mango away from its pit.
  • rectangle The garden bed is a long rectangle.
  • tangle My headphones were one big tangle again.
  • triangle Fold the napkin into a neat triangle.
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List 4: the letters ang, said with long a (change) 10

  • angel She cut a paper angel for the window.
  • arrange Arrange the chairs in a half circle.
  • change Leaves change color along the river first.
  • danger The yellow flag warns swimmers of danger.
  • exchange We exchange postcards with a class overseas.
  • manger The calves ate hay from a wooden manger.
  • range Snowy peaks filled the whole mountain range.
  • ranger The park ranger showed us fresh bear tracks.
  • strange A strange humming came from the attic fan.
  • stranger A stranger returned my lost library card.

How this list was compiled: Words chosen and sorted into 4 lists for Homeroom Tools. The choice, the sorting and the sentences are ours; no published list, program or workbook was opened or copied. SOUND AND SPELLING: every word was looked up on 14 October 2026 in the American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q= plus the word) for the sound of its ending and for a second spelling on the headword line, and each has an English entry in Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/, CC BY-SA 4.0). The dictionary writes the ending of the 15 words on Lists 1 and 2 as ăng, short a and then ng: one syllable in bang to twang, a stress mark on the last syllable of mustang, overhang and boomerang. On List 3 it writes the same ăng with another syllable after it: hanger is (hăng-ər), and in the other eleven a g is sounded as well (anger, ăng-gər). On List 4 it writes long a and a j sound: change (chānj), danger (dān-jər). It gives rang as the past tense of ring, sang as a past tense of sing, sprang as a past tense of spring, hung as the past of hang and overhung of overhang, and it adds -ed to bang, clang and twang. Its word histories give boomerang from Dharuk, the language of an Aboriginal people of southeast Australia, kangaroo from Guugu Yimidhirr, a language of northeast Australia, and mustang from American Spanish mesteño or mestengo, a stray animal. It writes meringue (mə-răng) and harangue (hə-răng). A WORD FAMILY here is a set of words that share a rime, which Wikipedia's Phonics article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonics) gives as the vowel and the consonant sounds that follow it. SOUND-ALIKES: none is stored. Wiktionary lists hanger with hangar, but the dictionary gives hangar a second pronunciation. LEFT OUT: meringue and harangue (the sound of the family in another spelling), orangutan (a second spelling and three pronunciations), rehang and whizbang (no entry). SENTENCES are ours, name no person, and none repeats a sentence in another list of this site (checked on 14 October 2026). Spellings are American. Licence: own work

How it works

Fifteen words here end in -ang and rhyme: eight short ones such as bang, then clang, sprang and others up to boomerang. Two more lists hold the same three letters inside a longer word (tangle) and with another sound (change).

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Ang word family words, from bang to boomerang

List 1 puts one letter in front: bang, fang, gang, hang, pang, rang, sang, tang. List 2 puts more: clang, slang, sprang, twang, mustang, overhang, boomerang. In List 3 a syllable follows -ang: hanger, tangle, kangaroo. List 4 looks alike and has long a: change, danger, angel.

Rang, sang, sprang: past forms of -ing words

Three family words are the past of an -ing word. The American Heritage Dictionary gives rang as the past tense of ring, sang of sing and sprang of spring. Hang goes the other way: its past is hung, and overhang becomes overhung.

  • Bang, clang and twang add -ed with no change: banged, clanged, twanged.
  • Boomerang comes from Dharuk and kangaroo from Guugu Yimidhirr, two languages of Australia; mustang from an American Spanish word for a stray animal.

Questions and answers

What sound does ang make?

Short a, then the ng that ends ring: the American Heritage Dictionary writes bang as (băng). In hanger it writes (hăng-ər), with no g sound; in anger, angle and mango a hard g follows, as in (ăng-gər).

Does meringue rhyme with bang?

Yes. The dictionary writes meringue as (mə-răng) and harangue as (hə-răng), each stressed on a last syllable that sounds like rang. Both are spelled another way, so neither is on these lists.

Does change belong to the ang word family?

No. Change has the letters a, n and g, but the dictionary writes it (chānj): long a, and a g said like j. Range, strange, danger and angel go the same way. All ten such words are on List 4.

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