In the word 'milk', which is the rime?

In the word 'milk', which is the rime?

• A. Ilk
• B. Mil
• C. M
• D. Ikl

Answer: (A)

The rime is the part of a syllable that includes the vowel sound and everything after it. In the word milk, the single syllable starts with the initial sound m (the onset), and the rest—i, l, and k—forms the rime. So the rime is ilk, matching the letters i-l-k in that order. That’s why the correct option is the one that spells "ilk." The other options don’t fit: "Mil" leaves out the final k, so it isn’t the full rime; "M" is just the onset, not the rime; and "Ikl" puts the consonants in a different order, which doesn’t match the actual rime of the syllable.

The rime is the part of a syllable that includes the vowel sound and everything after it. In the word milk, the single syllable starts with the initial sound m (the onset), and the rest—i, l, and k—forms the rime. So the rime is ilk, matching the letters i-l-k in that order.

That’s why the correct option is the one that spells "ilk." The other options don’t fit: "Mil" leaves out the final k, so it isn’t the full rime; "M" is just the onset, not the rime; and "Ikl" puts the consonants in a different order, which doesn’t match the actual rime of the syllable.