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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