Rhyming Words

Rhyming Words exercise

• What are rhyming words?

  Hints

  Examples of rhyming words are:

  sock, clock

  Look at this rhyme: He sat by the cat. Sat and cat rhyme. What do you notice?

  Solution

  Rhyming words are words that have the same ending sound. Remember, the ending sound is the part of the word we hear last. For example, cup and pup rhyme.

• Which two words rhyme?

  Hints

  Say the words out loud, and listen to the ending sounds. Which words rhyme?

  Remember, rhyming words have the same sound at the end.

  Solution

  The rhyming words are shell and bell, because they share the same ending sound, /ell/.

• Find the rhyming pairs.

  Hints

  Remember, rhyming words have the same ending sound.

  An example of a rhyming pair is: clock, sock.

  Solution

  These rhyming words have the same ending sound!

  Skip and lip both end in /ip/.

  Ball and fall both end in /all/.

  Dish and wish both end in /ish/.

  Kick and pick both end in /ick/.

• Which words rhyme?

  Hints

  Remember, pair the words that have the same ending sound.

  Say each word out loud. Which words sound the same at the end?

  Solution

  Here we can see the matching rhyming pairs:

  fox and box

  can and man

  cold and gold

  brave and cave

  sunny and bunny

• Which word rhymes with lunch?

  Hints

  What sound is at the end of the word, lunch? Say it out loud. Which word here has the same ending sound?

  Find the word that ends in unch.

  Solution

  The rhyming word is crunch!

  Lunch and crunch rhyme, because they both end in /unch/.

• Sort the words.

  Hints

  Remember, you are placing the word in the circle with the same ending sound.

  For example, if the circle had the ending sound at, the words you would place there could be cat, sat, bat and rat.

  Say the ending sounds out loud, then say the word out loud. Which ending sound does it have?

  Solution

  The rhyming words all have the same ending sound:

  • The words that end in ing and rhyme are: sing, cling, string, king

  • The words that end in it and rhyme are: sit, bit, pit, kit