Grade 1 · English Language Arts · Unit 11 of 13
Sound Play
Rhymes, sound words and tongue twisters
What your child practises
Hearing rhymes, sound words (like buzz and splash) and repeated beginning sounds, and noticing how they make texts fun to read.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: C3.1 · rhyme, alliteration and onomatopoeia
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which one is a sound word? Buzz, flower, yellow
- yellow
- buzz
- flower
Show answer
buzz
Hint: A sound word sounds like the noise it names.
Question 2
Which sentence has the same first sound over and over?
- Tiny turtles take turns.
- We eat our lunch.
- Rain falls from clouds.
Show answer
Tiny turtles take turns.
Hint: Say it out loud and listen for t, t, t, t.
Question 3
Which word rhymes with boat?
- bike
- bat
- coat
Show answer
coat
Hint: Rhyming words end with the same sound.
Question 4
Which sound word goes with a sneeze?
- knock
- achoo
- moo
Show answer
achoo
Hint: A sneeze sounds like achoo.
Question 5
Which word rhymes with night?
- light
- nest
- name
Show answer
light
Hint: Rhyming words end with the same sound.
Question 6
Rhymes make a poem fun to hear. Which pair rhymes?
- far and fun
- star and stop
- star and far
Show answer
star and far
Hint: The ending sounds are the same in rhyming words.