Rhyme Pairs

NCERT anchor: NCERT English Mridang Class 1 — poems and rhyme recognition activities

• Understand that rhyming words end with the same sound.
• Find a word that rhymes with a given word.
• Build simple rhyme pairs: cat–hat, sun–fun.

1. What is a rhyme?

Level 1 (Verbal): Two words rhyme when their ending sound matches — cat and hat both end in -at.

Level 2 (Symbolic): c-at, h-at — same last part, different first letter.

Visual: Picture of a cat sitting on a mat — say both words slowly, listen to the end.

2. Finding a rhyme pair

Verbal: Say the word slowly. Change only the first sound to make a new rhyming word.

Example: pan → change p to f → fan. pan and fan rhyme.

3. Rhymes in poems

Verbal: Poems often end lines with rhyming words to sound musical.

Example: "The cat sat on the mat." — cat and mat rhyme.

Finding a word that rhymes with "hen"

Step 1 — Say hen slowly: h-en.
Step 2 — Keep the -en sound.
Step 3 — Try new first sounds: p-en, t-en, d-en.
Step 4 — pen, ten, den all rhyme with hen.
Answer: pen (or ten, den) rhymes with hen.

• Which word rhymes with cat: dog or hat?
• Give one word that rhymes with sun.
• Do pig and wig rhyme?
• Stretch: Make three rhyme pairs of your own.

Revision tip: Say a word out loud and clap for every rhyming word a friend can find in one minute.

Open the Practice tab for graded questions on Rhyme Pairs.