Onsets and Rimes Practice

A Grade 2 ELA worksheet to practice identifying and creating words using onsets and rimes.

Grade 2 ELA GrammarPhonicsWord PatternsOnsets and Rimes

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Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.2.3.a

Topics

ELAGrade 2PhonicsOnsetsRimesWord Patterns

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Onsets and Rimes Practice

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Read each instruction carefully and complete the activities. Remember, the ONSET is the beginning sound(s) of a word, and the RIME is the vowel and everything that follows.

Write the onset and rime for each word.

1. cat Onset: Rime:

2. sun Onset: Rime:

3. play Onset: Rime:

4. frog Onset: Rime:

5. train Onset: Rime:

Draw a line to match the onset with the correct rime to make a real word. Then write the word.

1. b-

a. -all

2. c-

b. -ake

3. h-

c. -at

4. t-

d. -op

1. Change the onset of the word 'fan' to 'c-' to make a new word. What is the new word?

2. Change the rime of the word 'bike' to '-all' to make a new word. What is the new word?

1. Which rime can be added to the onset 'fl-' to make a real word?

-og

-at

-y

-ush

Read each statement. Circle True or False.

1. In the word 'ship', 'sh' is the onset.

True

False

2. The word 'play' has the rime '-ay'.

True

False