Consonant le worksheet - Free Printable

Let’s solve this step by step.

The worksheet is about the “Beagle Rule” — which means we’re looking for words that end with a consonant + “le” (like “table”, “candle”, etc.). These are called “consonant + le syllables.”

We have two columns:

Left column (first part of word):
mar, pic, pad, waf, pur, puz, jun, bot, cir

Right column (ends with “le”):
fle, ple, kle, ble, gle, dle, tle, cle, zle

We need to match each left part with a right part to make a real 2-syllable word that ends in “consonant + le”.

Let’s go one by one:

1. mar → try matching:
- mar + fle = muffle? No, that’s not right.
- mar + ple = maple! ✔ Yes! Maple is a real word.
→ So: mar + ple = maple

2. pic →
- pic + kle = pickle! ✔ Yes!
→ So: pic + kle = pickle

3. pad →
- pad + dle = piddle? Not common.
- pad + ble = padble? No.
Wait — maybe “paddle”? But “pad” + “dle” = paddle? Actually, yes — “paddle” is spelled p-a-d-d-l-e, so “pad” + “dle” makes sense phonetically here.
→ So: pad + dle = paddle

4. waf →
- waf + fle = waffle! ✔ Yes!
→ So: waf + fle = waffle

5. pur →
- pur + ple = purple! ✔ Yes!
→ So: pur + ple = purple — wait, we already used “ple” for “mar”. Oh no — conflict!

Wait — let’s recheck. We can’t reuse syllables. Each right-side syllable should be used only once.

So let’s list all possible matches carefully without repeating:

Available right parts: fle, ple, kle, ble, gle, dle, tle, cle, zle

Try again:

- mar → maple (ple) → uses “ple”
- pic → pickle (kle) → uses “kle”
- pad → paddle (dle) → uses “dle”
- waf → waffle (fle) → uses “fle”
- pur → purple? But “ple” is taken. What else?
pur + ble = purble? No.
pur + gle = purgle? No.
pur + tle = purtle? No.
pur + cle = purcle? No.
pur + zle = purzle? No.

Wait — maybe “pur” goes with “ple” and “mar” goes elsewhere?

What if “mar” goes with “ble”? marble! ✔ Yes! That’s better.

So let’s restart with better matches:

1. mar + ble = marble ✔
2. pic + kle = pickle ✔
3. pad + dle = paddle ✔
4. waf + fle = waffle ✔
5. pur + ple = purple ✔
6. puz + zle = puzzle ✔
7. jun + cle = juncle? No.
jun + tle = juttle? No.
jun + gle = juggle? Wait — “juggle” is j-u-g-g-l-e, so “jug” + “gle”. But we have “jun”.
jun + cle = juncle? Not a word.
Maybe “jun” + “tle” = juttle? No.
Wait — what about “junction”? No, too long.

Hold on — maybe “jun” is meant to be “junk” + “le”? But it says “jun”.

Perhaps “jun” + “gle” = jungle! ✔ Yes! Even though “jungle” is spelled j-u-n-g-l-e, the syllable split is “jun” + “gle”. So that works phonetically for this exercise.

→ jun + gle = jungle

8. bot + tle = bottle ✔
9. cir + cle = circle ✔

Perfect! All matched without repetition.

Final matches:

- mar + ble = marble
- pic + kle = pickle
- pad + dle = paddle
- waf + fle = waffle
- pur + ple = purple
- puz + zle = puzzle
- jun + gle = jungle
- bot + tle = bottle
- cir + cle = circle

Now, the directions say: Draw a line to make the syllables into a 2-syllable word. Then draw a picture in the box on the left.

Since we can’t draw pictures here, we’ll just list the correct word pairs.

Final Answer:
marble, pickle, paddle, waffle, purple, puzzle, jungle, bottle, circle