ENGLISH 2
2 ND
GRADING PERIOD
DIRECTIONS: Read each question CAREFULLY and choose the correct answer. Write
it on a clean sheet of paper.
1. Which of these words rhyme with “rain”?
A. ran
B. main
C. red
D. man
2. What is the onset in the word “bed”?
A. ed
B. b
C. be
D. d
3. Which group of words all rhyme with each other?
A. dog, log, fog B. fan, fun, fin
C. cap, map, mop D. see, say, saw
4. Which part is the rime in the word “fish”?
A. f B. fi C. ish D. sh
5. Choose the best word to complete the rhyme:
“Tim has a red ___.”
A. car B. cup C. bed D. hat
6. Which word will rhyme with this line?
“She wears a yellow dress so bright,
It sparkles when it hits the ___.”
A. shoe B. kite C. light D. dress
7. Which word does NOT rhyme with the others?
A. gate
B. plate
C. date
D. glad
8. Which of these words has the same onset as “tree”?
A. truck B. three C. tea D. trip
9. Which of the following is a CVC word?
A. made B. rope C. cap D. road
10. Which word is a CVCe word?
A. tape B. tap C. top D. tip
11. Which of the following is a sight word commonly used in text?
A. elephant B. house C. because D. banana
12. Which word follows the CVVC pattern?
A. meat B. met C. mat D. mute
13. Which sentence uses a sight word correctly?
A. I want to eat apple.
B. She is go to the park.
C. We were playing outside.
D. He can runs fast.
14. Read the following group of words:
hope, cap, made, rope
Which word does NOT belong in the group?
A. hope
B. cap
C. made
D. rope
15. Choose a word from the box to complete the sentence so it makes sense.
Word Bank: cake, fun, rain, bone
Sentence:
The dog buried its ___ in the backyard.
A. cake
B. fun
C. bone
D. rain
ANSWER KEY AND RATIONALE
1) B. main
🔹 Rationale: "Rain" and "main" rhyme because they have the same
ending sound -ain.
2) B. b
🔹 Rationale: The onset is the initial consonant sound. In "bed", the
onset is b.
3) dog, log, fog
🔹 Rationale: All three words rhyme; they share the same -og sound
pattern.
4) ish
🔹 Rationale: The rime is the part after the onset. In "fish", rime = -ish.
5) bed
🔹 Rationale: "Red" rhymes with "bed", completing the line: “Tim has a
red bed.”
6) light
🔹 Rationale: "Bright" rhymes with "light" in the poem line.
7) glad
🔹 Rationale: "Glad" does not rhyme with gate, plate, or date (-ate
sound).
8) D. trip
🔹 Rationale: "Trip" and "tree" share the same onset: tr.
9) C. cap
🔹 Rationale: "Cap" follows the CVC pattern: Consonant–Vowel–
Consonant.
a. tape
🔹 Rationale: "Tape" follows the CVCe pattern (silent e at the
end).
b. because
🔹 Rationale: "Because" is a common Grade 2 sight word
frequently used in sentences.
10) meat
🔹 Rationale: "Meat" follows the CVVC pattern: vowel pair (ea) in the
middle.
11) We were playing outside.
🔹 Rationale: This sentence uses correct grammar and sight words like
“were”.
12) cap
🔹 Rationale: "Cap" is the only CVC word; the others are CVCe.
13) bone
🔹 Rationale: "Bone" makes sense contextually and completes the
sentence correctly.
