Rhyming Words & Word Families Quiz

1. Which word rhymes with 'cat'?

1. bat
2. cup
3. dog
4. hen

2. Which word rhymes with 'cake'?

1. back
2. call
3. make
4. pick

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

1. place, plaque, plait
2. plans, plane, plateau
3. player, playing, played
4. please, pleasure, plenty

4. Which word rhymes with 'night'?

1. light
2. name
3. nice
4. note

5. Which word does NOT rhyme with the others?

1. ring
2. sing
3. string
4. thing

6. Which word rhymes with 'moon'?

1. man
2. men
3. mine
4. spoon

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

1. ran
2. rune
3. rung
4. runs

8. Which word rhymes with 'blue'?

1. black
2. block
3. blow
4. clue

9. Which pair of words DOES NOT rhyme?

1. bear / care
2. love / move
3. nose / toes
4. said / bed

10. Which word family does 'unhappy' belong to?

1. Neither — 'unhappy' stands alone
2. The 'hap' word family
3. The 'happy' word family
4. The 'un-' prefix family only

11. Which word rhymes with 'star'?

1. car
2. stem
3. step
4. stop

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

1. call
2. fall
3. fumble
4. tumble

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

1. night, height, right, site
2. night, right, kite, might
3. night, right, light, might
4. night, write, bright, site

14. Which word rhymes with 'house'?

1. horse
2. hose
3. hose
4. mouse

15. What is a 'word family'?

1. A group of words that share the same base/root word
2. Words that all start with the same letter
3. Words that are all the same length
4. Words that mean the same thing

16. Which two words rhyme?

1. bread / read (as in 'read a book today')
2. live (to live) / hive
3. tear (crying) / fear
4. wind (blowing) / mind

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

1. right
2. rite
3. white
4. writer

18. Which word rhymes with 'stone'?

1. phone
2. shown
3. ston
4. stun

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

1. flowers
2. milk
3. sand
4. water

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

1. big, bag, bug, bog
2. hope, hop, mope, cope
3. read, reader, reading, unread
4. run, fun, bun, sun