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Phonics: Consonant Blends

Spot beginning and ending blends like fl, cr, st, mp and nd, plus three-letter blends like str.

  • 🎓 Grades 1–2
  • 📖 ELA
  • 📐 RF.1.2.B
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  1. Which word starts with an r-blend?

    • A fan
    • B fun
    • C frog
    • D fog
  2. Which word starts with an s-blend?

    • A stop
    • B sun
    • C top
    • D shop
  3. Which word starts with an l-blend?

    • A lap
    • B clap
    • C cap
    • D chap
  4. Which blend starts "flag"?

    • A fr
    • B fl
    • C pl
    • D bl
  5. Which blend starts "crab"?

    • A gr
    • B cl
    • C cr
    • D br
  6. Which blend starts "snake"?

    • A sl
    • B st
    • C sm
    • D sn
  7. Which blend starts "green"?

    • A gl
    • B br
    • C gr
    • D dr
  8. Which blend starts "plane"?

    • A fl
    • B pr
    • C pl
    • D bl
  9. Which blend starts "swim"?

    • A st
    • B sn
    • C sw
    • D sm
  10. Which blend starts "tree"?

    • A tr
    • B cr
    • C dr
    • D br
  11. Which blend ends "jump"?

    • A st
    • B nd
    • C mp
    • D nt
  12. Which blend ends "hand"?

    • A nd
    • B nt
    • C ld
    • D mp
  13. Which blend ends "nest"?

    • A sk
    • B sp
    • C nt
    • D st
  14. Which blend ends "milk"?

    • A nk
    • B lt
    • C lk
    • D lp
  15. Which blend ends "desk"?

    • A sp
    • B sk
    • C ck
    • D st
  16. Fill in the blend: ___ock (it tells time)

    • A cr
    • B fl
    • C cl
    • D bl
  17. Fill in the blend: ___ush (you comb your hair with it)

    • A bl
    • B fl
    • C br
    • D cr
  18. Fill in the blend: ___ide (fun at the playground)

    • A gl
    • B pr
    • C sl
    • D sn
  19. Fill in the blend: ___ar (it twinkles in the sky)

    • A sp
    • B sn
    • C st
    • D sc
  20. Fill in the blend: ___um (you bang on it)

    • A gr
    • B pl
    • C tr
    • D dr
  21. Fill in the blend: ___ue (the color of the sky)

    • A gl
    • B cl
    • C bl
    • D fl
  22. Fill in the blend: ___ed (you ride it down a snowy hill)

    • A sl
    • B fl
    • C sp
    • D bl
  23. Which three-letter blend starts "string"?

    • A str
    • B spr
    • C scr
    • D spl
  24. Which three-letter blend starts "splash"?

    • A spl
    • B scr
    • C spr
    • D str
  25. Which three-letter blend starts "scream"?

    • A spr
    • B str
    • C spl
    • D scr
  26. In a blend like "bl," you hear...

    • A both letter sounds
    • B only the vowel
    • C no sound
    • D only one sound

    In "bl," you can hear both b and l.

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