- English
- Classes 1-2
- 3 min read
Rhyming words
Find words that sound the same at the end, like cat and hat, and make your own tiny rhymes.
Let us begin
The big idea
Some words sound alike at the end, like cat and hat. These are called rhyming words. Poems and songs love them, and so will you!
Rhyming words end with the same sound. The words bat, cat, mat and hat all end in "at", so they rhyme.
The first sound can change, but the ending stays the same. Change b in bat to h and you get hat. A family of words with the same ending is called a word family.
Words may rhyme even when they are spelt a little differently. The words blue and shoe rhyme, although they do not end with the same letters.
We can use rhyming words to make a tiny poem. For example: The cat sat on the mat. The two words cat and mat rhyme.
Worked examples
See how it works
The "an" family
The words can, fan, man, pan and ran all end in "an". Each one begins with a different sound, but they all rhyme.
The "og" family
The words dog, log, fog and frog end with the sound "og". They rhyme. A dog sat on a log in the fog.
Odd one out
Look at the words sun, run, bun and pen. The words sun, run and bun rhyme. The word pen does not rhyme with them, so pen is the odd one out.
Try it at home
Rhyme chain
You will need
- Paper
- A pencil
- A family member to play with
What to do
- Say a simple word, for example hen.
- Take turns to say a word that rhymes, such as pen, ten or men.
- Keep going until nobody can think of another word.
- Write down all the rhyming words you found.
- Make a two line rhyme using two of the words.
Ask a grown-up: An adult can play along and help with spelling.
Practice sheet
Check what you learned
Practice sheet: Rhyming words (Classes 1-2, English)
- Which word rhymes with cat: dog, hat or sun?
- Write one word that rhymes with pen.
- Do the words bun and sun rhyme?
- Which word is the odd one out: log, fog, frog, pin?
- Complete the rhyme: The cat sat on the ___ (mat or tree)?
- Name two words that rhyme with fan.
- Do the words blue and shoe rhyme?
- Which word rhymes with bell: well or ball?
- What is a word family?
- Make a two line rhyme using the words bee and tree.
Answer key
Answers: Rhyming words
- hat.
- Sample answers: hen, ten, men, den.
- Yes, they both end in "un".
- pin.
- mat.
- Sample answers: can, man, pan, ran.
- Yes, they sound the same at the end.
- well.
- A group of words that end with the same sound, like cat, bat and hat.
- Sample answer: I see a bee. It sits on a tree.