Rhyming NT Words

This Rhyming NT Words worksheet is designed to help Kindergarten and early Grade 1 students strengthen phonological awareness, rhyme recognition, and phonics skills through focused word-pattern practice. Students work with -nt blend words in two engaging tasks: matching rhyming word pairs (such as bent/lent or paint/faint) and identifying the word that does not rhyme within a set. This structure supports careful listening, sound comparison, and vocabulary development.

Learning Goals

• Phonological Awareness (K-1): Recognize and compare ending sounds in spoken and written words.
• Rhyming & Word Patterns: Identify rhyming pairs and distinguish non-rhyming words within a group.
• Phonics & Sound Recognition: Build understanding of the -nt ending pattern and how it appears across words.
• Vocabulary Development: Expand word knowledge and fluency through repeated exposure to rhyming sets.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed to align with early literacy and phonics standards.
• Two-Part Skill Progression: Combines rhyme matching with higher-level discrimination (odd-one-out).
• Listening & Visual Support: Encourages students to say words aloud and compare sounds carefully.
• Flexible Use Options: Ideal for phonics lessons, literacy centers, small groups, intervention, or homework.

This printable worksheet helps young learners build strong rhyme awareness and sound-pattern recognition using -nt words. By matching rhymes and identifying non-rhyming words, students sharpen listening skills, improve decoding readiness, and strengthen vocabulary fluency. Suitable for classroom instruction or homeschool use, this low-prep resource provides meaningful phonics practice that supports early reading development.

This worksheet is part of our Phonics NT Consonant Blends collection.