This Grade 2 grammar worksheet helps children discover the joy of rhyming words. Words that sound the same at the end, like cat–hat and book–look. With exciting exercises such as matching, sorting, fill in the blanks, multiple-choice questions, and sentence correction, this worksheet builds strong language rhythm and phonemic awareness in young learners.
1. Rhyming words strengthen sound recognition and spelling patterns.
2. They help children predict and decode words while reading.
3. They make vocabulary learning enjoyable and musical.
4. They improve memory, phonics, and pronunciation through repetition.
🧠 Exercise 1 – Match the Rhyming Words
Students connect each word to its rhyming partner (e.g., cat–hat, book–look, car–star).
✏️ Exercise 2 – Sort the Words
Learners sort given word pairs into Rhyming and Not Rhyming, sharpening listening and visual pattern skills.
📋 Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks
Students choose the correct rhyming word to complete sentences meaningfully.
📝 Exercise 4 – Multiple Choice Questions
A fun quiz-style exercise where students pick the correct rhyming option in each sentence.
📝 Exercise 5 – Sentence Rewriting
Children rewrite sentences by replacing the incorrect words with their correct rhyming matches — reinforcing spelling and word sound recognition.
Exercise 1 – Match the Rhyming Words
cat – mat star – car hat – cat light – night red – bed
ball – call train – pain moon – spoon day – play book – look
Exercise 2 – Sort the Words
Rhyming: pen/hen, dog/log, moon/spoon, tree/bee, pig/bag, sun/run, book/look, hat/mat, ball/wall, car/star, bed/red, cat/hat, day/play
Not Rhyming: bus/mug, cup/top
Exercise 3 – Fill in the Blanks
1. hat 2. bed 3. ball 4. light 5. train 6. bed 7. day 8. book 9. moon 10. soon
Exercise 4 – MCQs
1. cat 2. book 3. star 4. bed 5. ball 6. day 7. soon 8. pen 9. sun 10. say
Exercise 5 – Sentence Rewriting
1. The cat wore a hat on his head.
2. The star was bright at night.
3. The boy slept on his bed.
4. Ravi read a joke in the class.
5. The train came with much delay.
6. Asha played with a ball in Delhi.
7. The sun did not shine on that day.
8. She had a pet dog in the park.
9. He saw the moon in the night sky.
10. Riya sang a song with her pen.
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Rhyming words are pairs of words that have similar ending sounds, like “cat” and “hat.”
They improve phonics awareness, vocabulary, and make reading easier for children.
By singing rhymes, reading aloud poems, and matching words with similar sounds.