100+ Rhyming Words for Kids in English [With Practice Worksheets]

Rhyming words are fun and educational at the same time.

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Single syllable 3-letter rhyming words in english

Let's look into the list of single syllable rhymes with 3 letters

Bug	Jug	Mug	Hug
Hip	Lip	Dip	Sip
Car	Far	Bar	Jar
Can	Fan	Man	Pan
Dad	Bad	Mad	Had
Top	Cop	Mop	Pop
Cub	Hub	Rub	Tub
Nut	But	Hut	Cut
Got	Hot	Not	Cot
Big	Pig	Dig	Wig

For teachers, rhymes are a great way to teach words to kids and build their vocabulary. These help children learn about prefixes, suffixes, word sounds, and word families. It helps to boost phonics as well. Children enjoy reading and speaking rhyme words.

"The cat sat on a sunny mat,
The hat fell down with a gentle pat"

cat, sat, mat, hat and pat are rhyming words. Isn't this rhyming fun?
Click to see how these are used in poems!

 

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Single syllable 4-letter rhyming words in english

Let's look into the list of single syllable rhymes with 4 letters

Play	Clay	Slay	Flay
Crew	Grew	Brew	Drew
Blot	Plot	Clot	Slot
Bore	Core	More	Sore
Bake	Cake	Fake	Lake
Main	Pain	Rain	Gain
Male	Tale	Dale	Bale
May	Pay	Ray	Day
Back	Lack	Pack	Rack
Mail	Rail	Sail	Fail
Bare	Rare	Dare	Care
Ball	Tall	Fall	Call
Cook	Book	Took	Look
Best	Test	Nest	Pest
Cool	Tool	Fool	Pool
Bell	Sell	Hell	Fell
Jump	Pump	Dump	Lump
Last	Past	Cast	Vast
Cave	Gave	Save	Wave

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Rhyming Words with different spellings

"The Sun looks bright,
The sky is full of light"

Bright and Light are also rhyming words but with different spellings.

High	Why	Sky
Whole	Goal	Mole
Laugh	Graph	Behalf
Weight	Date	Straight
Taller	Dollar	Scholar
Float	Wrote	Throat
Height	Bite	Might
Rent	Spent	Prevent

Isn't these interesting? Let's look into more of rhyming. Below are examples of over 20 rhyming words.

Using at, ap, en, et, and in

• Rhyme with “at”:

1. Bat
2. Mat
3. Sat
4. Rat
5. Cat
6. Fat
7. Hat
8. Pat

• Rhyme with “ap”:

1. Gap
2. Cap
3. Map
4. Lap
5. Tap
6. Nap
7. Sap

• Rhyme with “en”:

1. Ten
2. Men
3. Pen
4. Hen
5. Den
6. Yen
7. Ken

• Rhyme with “et”:

1. Set
2. Wet
3. Net
4. Bet
5. Vet
6. Get
7. Met
8. Pet

• Rhyme with “in”:

1. Bin
2. Pin
3. Sin
4. Tin
5. Win
6. Fin
7. Gin

 

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What are the benefits of learning rhymes?

• You can learn new words.
• These teach you about word families.
• Rhyming makes reading fun and memorable.
• It helps you understand how language works by focusing on word sounds.

 

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Rhyming Words for Kids Worksheets

Want more about rhyming? Download the free worksheets for practice. These worksheets are great for students in preschool and early elementary grades.

Both parents and teachers can use these to help develop English language skills of students and kids.

 

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Things you have learnt!

• Rhymes are easier to remember than non-rhyming ones.
• They make language really fun, helping children learn easily.
• They improve vocabulary and communication skills in English.

 

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What are Rhyming words?

Answer: Those words which rhyme similarly, which can be two or more than two words but with a proper meaning, are called rhyming words. 

2. What are some examples of these?

Answer: There are lots of examples of rhyming words in the English language. Here are some rhyming word examples:

• Men, Pen, Hen, Den
• Cake, Make, Lake
• Net, Pet, Line, Set

3. How can rhyming help my kid in reading and speaking?

Answer: Rhyming words lay the foundation for success of reading. Phoenics or rhyming draws attention to words, which develops an ear for languages. It strengthens the ability to listen and to focus on sounds from a very early in life.

4. How do I teach my 5 year old rhyming words?

Answer: There are 3 phases to teach rhyming words - Listening, Visualising and Producing.
It starts with listening. You should read out loud the rhyming words in front of your kid so that he/she develops an awareness to rhyming sound. Then, with the help of books or the rhyming words list given in this page, show them the spellings of those words. Example - en vs an. A and E give different sounds. The last phase is producing. The kid should develop that ear and an understanding of words, so that he/she can search and produce similar words that rhyme.
These are the 3 steps or phases that will help teach rhyming words to a 5 year old kid.

5. What are some words that end with “an”?

Answer: List of words that end with “an” are: Pan, Man, Fan, Can, Van

 

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