Base and Ending Match

This base and ending match worksheet helps students strengthen phonics and decoding skills by forming real words from word parts. Learners draw lines to connect each base word with the correct ending blend, then read each completed word aloud, reinforcing blend recognition, spelling accuracy, and oral reading fluency.

Key Learning Objectives

• Skill Focus: Matching base words with correct ending blends
• Critical Thinking Benefit: Builds visual discrimination and comparison of similar blend patterns
• Curriculum Tie-in: Supports phonics, spelling accuracy, and foundational reading standards
• Application Type: Word-part matching that reinforces decoding and pronunciation

Teacher & Parent Features

• Encourages oral reading to support fluency and confidence
• Reinforces accurate spelling through correct blend selection
• Ideal for phonics lessons, literacy centers, or small-group instruction
• Helps students distinguish between blends that change word meaning
• Supports Grade 1-2 foundational reading development
• Suitable for classroom instruction and homeschool learning

This printable ending blend worksheet strengthens early literacy by helping students connect word parts into complete, meaningful words. By matching bases to correct ending blends and reading the results aloud, learners improve decoding accuracy, fluency, and confidence with common consonant clusters.

This worksheet is part of our Ending Blends Worksheets collection.