Onset–Rime Matching: Grade KG Phonics Worksheet 

This Grade KG worksheet on Onset–Rime Matching helps young learners build early phonics skills by blending beginning sounds (onsets) with word endings (rimes) to form meaningful words. Through engaging multiple-choice questions, sound completion tasks, and true-or-false checks, children practise saying sounds aloud, blending them smoothly, and recognising real words. The worksheet strengthens phonemic awareness, listening skills, and early reading readiness, making it ideal for kindergarten learners beginning their phonics journey. 

Why Onset–Rime Matching Matters in Early Learning? 

1. It helps children break words into smaller sound parts. 
2. Blending onset and rime improves word decoding skills. 
3. Sound-based activities strengthen listening and pronunciation. 
4. These skills support early reading, spelling, and confidence with words. 

What’s Inside This Worksheet? 

The worksheet contains four structured phonics exercises focused on blending sounds to form real words. 

✅ Answer Key (For Parents & Educators) 

Exercise No. 1 
Look at the two letter parts carefully. Say them together aloud. Choose the pair that makes the correct word. 

1. Which makes “bat”? → a) b–at 
2. Which makes “cat”? → c) c–at 
3. Which makes “hat”? → c) h–at 
4. Which makes “mat”? → a) m–at 
5. Which makes “rat”? → b) r–at 
6. Which makes “fan”? → b) f–an 
7. Which makes “pen”? → a) p–en 
8. Which makes “log”? → b) l–og 
9. Which makes “sun”? → c) s–un 
10. Which makes “pig”? → c) p–ig 

Exercise No. 2 
Look at the rime given. Say the word aloud. Write the correct starting sound (onset) to complete the word. Take the help of options given. 

1. ___at (k, m) → m (mat) 
2. ___an (m, k) → m (man) 
3. ___en (t, l) → l (len) 
4. ___ig (p, r) → p (pig) 
5. ___ug (y, j) → j (jug) 
6. ___un (l, n) → n (nun) 
7. ___ip (l, m) → l (lip) 
8. ___et (n, b) → n (net) 
9. ___op (o, t) → t (top) 
10. ___am (j, v) → j (jam) 

Exercise No. 3 
Read the onset–rime pair. Say the word aloud. Decide if it makes a real word. Write True or False. 

1. c–at makes cat. → True 
2. b–og makes dog. → True 
3. d–at makes tat. → False 
4. h–en makes hen. → True 
5. p–ig makes pig. → True 
6. r–un makes nur. → False 
7. t–op makes pot. → False 
8. s–an makes san. → False 
9. m–an makes nam. → False 
10. f–ox makes fox. → True 

Exercise No. 4 
Look at the two onset–rime pairs. Say them aloud. Circle the pair that makes a real word. 

1. b–at / b–og → a) b–at 
2. c–ot / c–at → b) c–at 
3. d–ag / d–og → b) d–og 
4. f–an / f–en → a) f–an 
5. h–en / h–in → a) h–en 
6. l–og / l–ig → a) l–og 
7. m–it / m–at → b) m–at 
8. p–en / p–in → a) p–en 
9. r–at / r–ut → a) r–at 
10. s–an / s–un → b) s–un 

Help your child build strong phonics and early reading skills through fun onset–rime blending activities. 
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