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title: "Rhyming words"
description: "Recognise and produce rhyming words; join in with predictable phrases and rhymes in stories and poems; learn to appreciate and recite poems by heart"
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# Rhyming words

Recognise and produce rhyming words; join in with predictable phrases and rhymes in stories and poems; learn to appreciate and recite poems by heart

Subject: English · Area: Phonics & Word Reading · Ages 4 to 6
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/rhyming-words-mt_4GiE83rJF_

## Ready when they can

- Identify which words rhyme from a set (e.g. cat, bat, dog)
- Generate a word that rhymes with a given target
- Join in with repeated refrains and rhyming patterns during shared reading

## Lesson: Rhyming words

Rhyming words are words that sound the same at the end. Cat and hat rhyme. Cat and dog do not.

*(drawing: Cat and hat rhyme. Dog does not rhyme with them.)*

**Example.** Ben reads a poem. He hears cat and mat in the poem. Cat and mat rhyme, so the poem sounds fun.

In a song or a poem, the rhyme is at the end of each line. Listen to the last word: 'Here is my bug. He sits on a rug.' Bug and rug end the same way, so the two lines rhyme.

**Tip.** Listen for words that sound the same at the end. Try to guess the next rhyming word before it comes.

**Recap.** Rhyming words end with the same sound, like cat and hat.

## Practice

24 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Opens up

- [Onsets & Rimes](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/onsets-and-rimes-mt_PvU3eoikev)
- [Writing Poetry](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/writing-poetry-mt_YNe6siFTFq)