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The only perfect rhyme for 'orange' is 'sporange'.

Rhyme

This KS2 English quiz takes a look at rhyme. Rhyme is words that sound the same when spoken out loud. Have you ever been told that there's no rhyme for the word 'orange'? That's almost true. The only perfect rhyme for 'orange' is 'sporange' - and probably no one besides a botanist would know what that word means (it's part of a fern)!

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Rhyme is a useful tool for helping young children to learn new words. It's also used extensively in poetry - although not all poems rhyme (or have to).

See if you can match the rhyming words in this English quiz.

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Which word does NOT rhyme with 'house'?

Mouse

Arouse

Douse

Louse

Although it has the same spelling pattern as the other words, the 's' in 'arouse' makes the sound we think of as 'z'.

This word rhymes with 'still'.

Frill

Stall

Full

Cruel

Other words which rhyme with 'still' include: hill, bill, drill and krill.

'Square' rhymes with .......

squall

fair

dark

quarter

Other words which rhyme with 'square' include: share, mare, hair and wear.

Find a word to rhyme with 'splatter'.

Anger

Rudder

Matter

Spaghetti

Other words which rhyme with 'splatter' include: flatter, batter, natter and platter.

Which of the following words rhymes with 'sound'?

Strand

Round

Frond

Pond

Other words that rhyme with 'sound' include: around, found, ground and hound.

Which of the following word rhymes with 'horse'?

Poor

Tower

Course

Hour

Other words which rhyme with 'horse' are: gorse, force and sauce.

Which word does NOT rhyme with 'out'?

Thought

Trout

Gout

Flout

'Caught' and 'taught' rhyme with 'thought', but 'out' does not.

Find a rhyme for 'through'.

Thrush

Tough

Thought

True

Queue, new, drew and flew also rhyme with 'through'.

'Home' rhymes with .......

comb

come

gone

flow

It may not look as though it rhymes, but if you say 'comb' and 'home' aloud, you will hear that the two words do rhyme. This is because you don't pronounce the 'b' in 'comb'.

10.

Choose the word which rhymes with 'telling'.