rhyme

Everyday

1. Words rhyme when their ending sounds are the same, like "cat" and "hat", or "light" and "night". tree →
2. A rhyme is a word that rhymes with another word. tree →
3. A short poem or song with rhyming words, like a nursery rhyme. tree →

In the lessons

In English lessons pupils find rhyming words, write rhyming poems and learn nursery rhymes. Rhyme helps people remember things, like "Thirty days hath September". Phrases: nursery rhyme, rhyme with, rhyming couplet, without rhyme or reason (with no sense at all).

Examples

• "Cat" rhymes with "hat". tree →
• Can you think of a rhyme for "moon"? tree →
• We learned a nursery rhyme about a spider. tree →
• Write a poem with words that rhyme. tree →
• "Hey Diddle Diddle" is a funny old rhyme. tree →
• The words "bear" and "chair" rhyme even though they are spelt differently. tree →
• Rhymes help little children learn to read. tree →

Note

Spelling: "rhyme" has a silent h and a y. Rhyme is about sound, not spelling: "blue" and "shoe" rhyme; "cough" and "dough" do not. Homophone: "rime" is frost, a rare word. Not every poem has to rhyme. "Rhyme with": "Red rhymes with bed."