Rhyming Words

Find words that sound the same at the end, even when spelled differently.

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Which word rhymes with 'cat'? A) bat B) cup C) can D) car
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Match each word to its rhyming partner. Match each item on the left to one on the right. Left: dog, cake, night, tree, moon Right: log, lake, light, free, spoon
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Which word rhymes with 'house'? A) mouse B) horse C) hose D) moose
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Put these rhyming words in order from shortest to longest. Put these in order: splat, at, cat, bat
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5
Match the rhyming pairs. Be careful - some look alike but don't rhyme! Match each item on the left to one on the right. Left: head, blue, great, snow Right: said, flew, late, go
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Which word does NOT rhyme with 'cough'? A) though B) off C) trough D) scoff
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7
Which pair of words rhyme? A) love and move B) gone and bone C) food and good D) weight and late
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8
Arrange these words to complete a rhyming couplet: 'The ___ ran up the ___ to fetch a pail of ___'. Put these in order: water, hill, Jill
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Which word rhymes with 'through'? A) blue B) rough C) though D) cough
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10
Match these tricky rhyming pairs. Match each item on the left to one on the right. Left: eye, they, sure, one Right: sky, weigh, poor, done
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Answer key

Rhyming Words · for parents and teachers

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bat
'Cat' and 'bat' both end with the '-at' sound, so they rhyme.
2
dog → log; cake → lake; night → light; tree → free; moon → spoon
Rhyming words share the same ending sound, even if they start with different letters.
3
mouse
'House' and 'mouse' rhyme because they both end with the '-ouse' sound.
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at, bat, cat, splat
All these words rhyme - they end with the '-at' sound. In length order: at (2), bat (3), cat (3), splat (5).
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head → said; blue → flew; great → late; snow → go
Words can rhyme even with different spellings: head/said, blue/flew, great/late, snow/go.
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though
'Though' ends with an 'oh' sound, while 'cough', 'off', 'trough', and 'scoff' all end with the 'off' sound.
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weight and late
'Weight' and 'late' both end with the '-ate' sound. The others look similar but sound different.
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Jill, hill, water
Jack and Jill went up the hill - 'Jill' and 'hill' rhyme, creating the pattern in the rhyme.
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blue
'Through' and 'blue' both end with the 'oo' sound, even though they're spelled very differently.
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eye → sky; they → weigh; sure → poor; one → done
English has many words that rhyme but are spelled very differently. This is why rhyming is about listening, not looking.