What does rhyme mean?
Word: Rhyme
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Rhyme means the same sound at the end of two or more words, such as bell and well. A rhyme can also be a short poem that uses such words.
Synonyms: poem, jingle
Sounds like: rime (a thin white coat of frost on grass and trees)
How do you spell rhyme?
Syllables: rhyme
Tricky part: It starts with rh, the same two letters as rhino, though you only hear the r. Children often leave out the h.
Watch out for: ryme, ryhme
Memory tip: Picture a rhino reading a rhyme to its baby: both words start with an r and a silent h.
Idioms and Phrases
- without rhyme or reason: with no sense or reason at all Example: "The timetable was changed without rhyme or reason, and nobody knew which class was next."
Rhyme in a sentence
Example 1: My little brother can say every nursery rhyme in the book.
Example 2: Can you find a word that rhymes with orange?
Example 3: Our class made up a rhyme about the school bus.
Fun Fact
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, a famous long poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, uses rime, an older way of writing the word. The spelling rhyme came in about 400 years ago, made to look like rhythm.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) rhyme
b) langwage
c) alfabet
d) poetrey
Show answer
a) rhyme. Poetry, language and alphabet each have a slip here, so rhyme is the only word written correctly.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
rhyime
a) e
b) h
c) y
d) i
Show answer
d) i. The long i sound in rhyme is spelt by the y on its own.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our music teacher taught us a funny rhym about a monkey who lost his red cap.
a) funny
b) music
c) monkey
d) rhym
Show answer
d) rhym. Rhyme ends with a silent e.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
rhyme
a) puzzle
b) speech
c) recipe
d) verse
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d) verse. A short rhyme for children is a little verse.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which line from a poem has a rhyme in it?
a) The bird flew over the tree.
b) The dog ran to the park.
c) The fish swam in the pond.
d) The cat sat on the mat.
Show answer
d) The cat sat on the mat.
2. Which word rhymes with rhyme?
a) time
b) ram
c) room
d) rain
Show answer
a) time
