Rhyming Words

English (Mridang) — nursery rhymes and short poems (Twinkle Twinkle, Jack and Jill) build rhyme awareness through repeated end sounds.

• Rhyming words end with the same sound, like cat and hat.
• How to find a rhyming word for a given word.
• That rhyming words don't need to be spelled the same way (like 'boat' and 'coat').

Verbal: Rhyming words sound the same at the end of the word.

Symbolic: Word ending sound = Another word's ending sound → they rhyme.

Level 1 — Simple rhyme pairs

Level 1 — Listening for rhyme

Say cat and hat slowly — both end in the /at/ sound.

Level 2 — Rhymes in poems

'Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are.' — star and are rhyme.

Level 2 — Not every similar-looking word rhymes

Have and cave look similar but do not rhyme the same way as cat and hat.

Which word rhymes with 'cake'?

Step 1 — Say 'cake' slowly: c-ake
Step 2 — Check each option's ending sound
Step 3 — 'lake' ends in the same /ake/ sound
Answer: lake

• Which word rhymes with 'ball': tall or cat?
• Name two words that rhyme with 'red'.
• Do 'star' and 'car' rhyme?

Stretch: Make up a two-line rhyme using 'tree' and 'bee'.

Revision tip: Read a short poem aloud and clap on every pair of rhyming words.

Open the Practice tab for graded questions on Rhyming Words.