Rhyming Words & Word Families Quiz

Question 1

Which word rhymes with 'cat'?

Accepted Answer

bat

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dog

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cup

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hen

Question 2

Which word rhymes with 'cake'?

Accepted Answer

make

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back

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call

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pick

Question 3

Which words belong to the same word family as 'play'?

Accepted Answer

player, playing, played

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plans, plane, plateau

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please, pleasure, plenty

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place, plaque, plait

Question 4

Which word rhymes with 'night'?

Accepted Answer

light

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name

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note

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nice

Question 5

Which word does NOT rhyme with the others?

Accepted Answer

string

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ring

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sing

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thing

Question 6

Which word rhymes with 'moon'?

Accepted Answer

spoon

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man

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men

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mine

Question 7

Complete the word family: run, runner, running, ___

Accepted Answer

runs

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rune

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ran

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rung

Question 8

Which word rhymes with 'blue'?

Accepted Answer

clue

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blow

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black

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block

Question 9

Which pair of words DOES NOT rhyme?

Accepted Answer

love / move

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bear / care

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nose / toes

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said / bed

Question 10

Which word family does 'unhappy' belong to?

Accepted Answer

The 'happy' word family

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The 'un-' prefix family only

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Neither — 'unhappy' stands alone

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The 'hap' word family

Question 11

Which word rhymes with 'star'?

Accepted Answer

car

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step

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stop

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stem

Question 12

Which word completes this rhyming pair? 'Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great ___.'

Accepted Answer

fall

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tumble

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fumble

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call

Question 13

How many words in the '-ight' word family can you identify from this list?

Accepted Answer

night, right, light, might

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night, right, kite, might

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night, write, bright, site

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night, height, right, site

Question 14

Which word rhymes with 'house'?

Accepted Answer

mouse

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horse

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hose

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hose

Question 15

What is a 'word family'?

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A group of words that share the same base/root word

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Words that are all the same length

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Words that all start with the same letter

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Words that mean the same thing

Question 16

Which two words rhyme?

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tear (crying) / fear

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bread / read (as in 'read a book today')

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wind (blowing) / mind

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live (to live) / hive

Question 17

Which word belongs to the same word family as 'write'?

Accepted Answer

writer

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right

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rite

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white

Question 18

Which word rhymes with 'stone'?

Accepted Answer

phone

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stun

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ston

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shown

Question 19

Finish this rhyme: 'Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of ___.'

Accepted Answer

water

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milk

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sand

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flowers

Question 20

Which group of words all belong to the SAME word family?

Accepted Answer

read, reader, reading, unread

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hope, hop, mope, cope

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big, bag, bug, bog

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run, fun, bun, sun