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Onset and Rime Reference

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Onset and Rime ReferenceWords change by substituting the initial sound (onset)

while keeping the predictable ending pattern (rime).

As children listen to the sounds in words, they begin to hear predictable sound patterns / chunks

For example, cat, hat, mat, rat, sat, and flat, all have the rime: at

Onset refers to the consonant(s) before the rime: c,h,m,r,s,fl. Changing the onset changes the word.

cat, hat, mat, rat, sat, flat

One Syllable Onset and Rimes Reference Chart Rimes that begin with the vowel /a/.

short /a/ long /a/ __ab

cab, dab, fab, gab, lab, crab. grab__ace

face, lace, pace, race, place, space

__ackback, jack, lack, pack, rack, snack.

__adefade, jade, made, spade, shade, trade

__adbad, dad, fad, had, mad, sad grad

__agecage, page, rage, sage, wage, stage

__agbag, lag, rag, tag, wag, flag, snag

__anecane, Jane, lane, pane, crane, plane

__allball, fall, hall, mall, tall, wall, small

__apecape, gape, tape, drape, grape, shape

__ancan, fan, man, pan, ran, van, plan

__atedate, gate, Kate, late, crate, plate

__atbat, cat, hat, mat, rat, sat, flat

__aveDave, gave, pave, save, wave, brave

Fun Sentences Find the Rime

at, ack, an, ace, ape, ave

1. The cat sat on the flat mat.2. His snack was in his backpack on the rack.3. The man ran to his van to get his fan.4. Her pace was so slow she did not place in the race.5. Wearing her cape she found the tape to fix the

drape.6. Dave was brave he gave a big wave to scare the

dog and save the cat.

Onset - Consonant(s)at the beginning of the word

Pattern at the end of word

that begins with the vowel

Guess My WordRead the following clues to students and have them

guess the word

1. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as bag and has the same ending sound (rime) as tall. What is my word? Answer: ball

2. Is starts with same beginning sound as Jack (onset) and has the same ending sound (rime) as plane. What is my word? Answer: Jane

3. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as man and has the same ending sound (rime) as fade. What is my word? Answer: made

4. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as grad and has the same ending sound (rime) as tape. What is my word? Answer: grape

5. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as place and has the same ending sound (rime) as lane. What is my word? Answer: plane

6. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as flag and has the same ending sound (rime) as cat. What is my word? Answer: flat

One Syllable Onset and Rimes Reference Chart Rimes that begin with the vowel /e/.

short /e/ long /e/ __ ed

bed, fed, led, red, fled, shed. sled__ ee

bee, fee, see, free, tree, three

__ egbeg, leg, Meg, peg, Greg

__ eeddeed, feed, need, seed, weed, speed

__ellbell, cell, fell, sell, tell, well, shell

__ eekkeep, meek, peek, seek, week, creek

__ enBen, den, hen, men, pen, ten, then

__eelfeel, heel, peel, reel, steel, wheel

__ entbent, cent, dent, rent, sent, tent, spent

__ eepbeep, deep, jeep, keep, sleep, sheep

__ estbest, nest, pest, rest, test, west, guest

__ eetbeet, feet, meet, street, sweet

__etbet, get, jet, met, pet, set, wet

__eachbeach, peach, reach, teach, bleach


ell, eet, en, ent, et, est

1. The bell fell into the well.2. I will buy one beet and something sweet on first

street.3. Ben took the hen out of the pen after ten. 4. She spent one cent less on the tent that was bent. 5. He met the jet to get his wet pet.6. The guest wanted to rest after their trip to the west.





guess the word

1. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as bed and has the same ending sound (rime) as see. What is my word? Answer: bee

2. Is starts with same beginning sound as nest (onset) and has the same ending sound (rime) as seed. What is my word? Answer: need

3. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as men and has the same ending sound (rime) as feet. What is my word? Answer: meet

4. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as sled and has the same ending sound (rime) as keep. What is my word? Answer: sleep

5. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as pet and has the same ending sound (rime) as teach. What is my word? Answer: peach

6. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as wet and has the same ending sound (rime) as rest. What is my word? Answer: west

One Syllable Onset and Rimes Reference Chart Rimes that begin with the vowel /i/.

short /i/ long /i/ __ ick

kick, lick, Nick, pick, quick. stick__ ice

dice, mice, rice, slice, spice, twice

__ idbid, did, hid, kid, lid, rid

__idehide, ride, side, tide, wide, slide

__ iffmiff, tiff, cliff, sniff, stiff, whiff

__ ifeknife, life, wife, strife

__ iftgift, lift, rift, drift, shift

__ ightlight, might, night, right, sight, tight

__illbill, fill, hill, mill, pill, will, spill

__ ikebike, hike, like, strike

__ inbin, fin, pin, tin, chin

__ ilefile, mile, pile, tile, smile

__ ipdip, hip, sip, tip, grip, trip, ship

__ ipepipe, ripe, wipe, gripe, stripe


ick, ice, ike, ide, ip

1. Nick was quick to kick the ball.2. She asked twice for the spice to put on her rice and

slice of pizza.3. He did not like to hike but he did like to bike.4. It was fun to ride down the wide slide.5. They took a trip on a ship.





guess the word

1. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as lick and has the same ending sound (rime) as bike. What is my word? Answer: like

2. Is starts with same beginning sound as tip (onset) and has the same ending sound (rime) as might. What is my word? Answer: tight

3. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as mill and has the same ending sound (rime) as file. What is my word? Answer: mile

4. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as pile and has the same ending sound (rime) as stick. What is my word? Answer: pick

5. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as bike and has the same ending sound (rime) as hill. What is my word? Answer: bill

6. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as rid and has the same ending sound (rime) as dice. What is my word? Answer: rice

One Syllable Onset and Rimes Reference Chart Rimes that begin with the vowel /o/.

short /o/ long /o/ __ ob

Bob, cob, job, mob, sob knob__ old

bold, cold, fold, gold, hold, sold, told

__ ockdock, lock, rock, sock, clock, flock

__ ovecove, dove, wove, drove, stove

__ ogdog, fog, hog, jog, log, frog, smog

__ osthost, most, post, ghost

__ onglong, song, tong, wrong,

__ otenote, tote, vote, wrote,

__ ossboss, moss, toss, floss, gloss

__ opecope, hope, mope, nope, rope,

__ otcot, dot, got, hot, lot, pot, rot

__okejoke, poke, woke broke, choke

__ophop, pop, top, chop, crop, shop, stop

__ owlow, tow, know, show, slow, snow,


og, ot, ote, old, op

1. Becca went for a jog and saw a hog, a frog and a dog on a log.

2. We drank hot apple cider from the pot on the cot.3. Jenny wrote a note and put it in her tote.4. He did not know you had to walk slow in the snow.5. They were told it would be cold so they wore their

bold, gold coats.6. They did not stop to shop.





guess the word

1. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as job and has the same ending sound (rime) as woke. What is my word? Answer: joke

2. Is starts with same beginning sound as dog (onset) and has the same ending sound (rime) as wove. What is my word? Answer: dove

3. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as hold and has the same ending sound (rime) as log. What is my word? Answer: hog

4. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as fog and has the same ending sound (rime) as bold. What is my word? Answer: fold

5. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as hot and has the same ending sound (rime) as rope. What is my word? Answer: hope

6. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as post and has the same ending sound (rime) as hot. What is my word? Answer: pot

One Syllable Onset and Rimes Reference Chart Rimes that begin with the vowel /u/ and /oo/.

short /u/ long /u/ and long /oo/ __ ub

cub, hub, rub, tub, club. stub__ ue

cue, due, blue, clue, glue, true

__ udbud, cud, mud, crud

__ ubecube, tube, lube

__ ugbug, dug, hug, mug, tug, shrug

__ udedude, rude

__umgum, hum, yum, drum, plum

__ ulerule, mule. pule

__ umpbump, dump, jump, stump, grump

__ uneJune, tune, prune,

__ utcut, gut, hut, nut, rut, shut

__ usefuse, muse

__ uff huff, muff, puff, fluff, stuff

_utecute, mute, flute, chute


ud, um, uff, ump, ute

1. The kid felt like crud when he fell in the mud. 2. She couldn’t eat the plum with gum in her mouth. 3. Her blanket was made of fluff and other stuff. 4. He tried to jump over the stump and was a grump

when he fell.5. She looked cute when she played the flute.





guess the word

1. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as cub and has the same ending sound (rime) as flute. What is my word? Answer: cute

2. Is starts with same beginning sound as bug (onset) and has the same ending sound (rime) as jump. What is my word? Answer: bump

3. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as tub and has the same ending sound (rime) as cube. What is my word? Answer: tube

4. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as rut and has the same ending sound (rime) as mule. What is my word? Answer: rule

5. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as mud and has the same ending sound (rime) as bug. What is my word? Answer: mug

6. It starts with the same beginning sound (onset) as mug and has the same ending sound (rime) as rule. What is my word? Answer: mule

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