Wild Old Words

​Wild Old Words

By Samantha Rutnik

What do these words all have in common?

Wind Child Gold Frost

_ind, _ild, _old, _ost

Wild Old Words are "rule breakers"

This means that they do not follow normal vowel pattern. They make long vowel sounds even though the spelling looks short.

Example: (these words don't sound how you think)
Kind
Mild

These word patterns show how the English language has changed overtime. They help you become a stronger reader by learning their special patterns

old → cold, gold, sold

ost → most, host, post

ind → kind, find, blind

ild → wild, child, mild

Let's look at some examples!

Let's create some sentences.

I was kind when I...


The wild animal...


I was cold when...


I remember I got lost when...

Multiple Choice

Which ending pattern belongs to Wild Old Words?

• _ake

• _old

• _ing

• _ent

Multiple Choice

Which word belongs in the _ind family?

• kind

• plum

• cold

• wild

Multiple Choice

Which word belongs in the _ild family?

• sold

• mind

• host

• mild

Multiple Choice

Which word is a Wild Old Word?

• cost

• blue

• key

• went

Multiple Choice

Which word belongs in the _old family?

• ghost

• wind

• cold

• coast

Multiple Choice

Which word belongs in the _ost family?

• lost

• wild

• fold

• while