Two words rhyme when their last vowel and the sounds after it are the same. The spelling does not have to match. Blue, through and shoe all rhyme, and none of them is spelled alike. Training your ear with rhymes shows you how little spelling helps with sound.
Sort by rhyme
Which words rhyme?
Drag each word to the group it rhymes with. Think about the sound, not the letters.
Words to sort: night, write, bite, height, flight, day, they, weigh, grey, play, blue, through, shoe, knew, two. Three groups: night, day, blue.
Word bank
night/naɪt/
day/deɪ/
blue/bluː/