Complete guide to "Rhyming Words and Word Puzzles" for English students. Below you will find important questions and model answers to help you prepare.
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Pick out the correct alternative from the given alternatives in place of a question mark (Context: Study). Homework : Activities :: Assignment : ?
Office work
Meeting with Manager
Editorial
Examination
Which of the following letters make a meaningful word?
Excercise
Excersize
Exercise
Exersize
Which of the word is made from the letters of the word ‘OBSTRUCTED’?
Truck
Instruct
Started
Best
Select the word which cannot be formed by using the letters is the spelling of ‘together’.
the
get
pet
her
You cannot form the word ____________ from the letters in the world 'ARCHITECTURE'
THEIR
CHART
TEACH
CHOICE
Choose the correct vowel to complete the crossword.
I
E
O
A
Pick out the missing letter to full in the crossword.
e
a
i
o
Which of the following words does NOT rhyme with the other three words?
tough
rough
cough
enough
The words 'tough', 'rough', and 'enough' all end with the same vowel-consonant sound /ʌf/ (sounding like 'uff'). However, 'cough' is pronounced with the sound /ɒf/ (sounding like 'off'). Therefore, 'cough' is the odd one out.
Rearrange the scrambled letters 'E', 'A', 'T', 'H', 'R' to form a meaningful word related to our planet. What is the third letter of this word?
A
R
T
H
When we rearrange the letters 'E', 'A', 'T', 'H', 'R' to name our planet, we get the word 'EARTH'. Spelling 'E-A-R-T-H' step-by-step, the first letter is E, the second is A, and the third letter is 'R'.
Find the hidden 4-letter animal name hidden inside the sentence: 'Please heat the food in the microwave.'
goat
crow
hare
deer
The word 'microwave' contains the consecutive letters 'c-r-o-w', which spells 'crow', a common bird (animal). None of the other options are hidden in any of the words in the sentence.
Identify the pair of words that rhyme perfectly but have completely different ending spelling patterns.
Blue and Blew
Play and Clay
Night and Light
Bold and Cold
'Blue' (ending in '-ue') and 'Blew' (ending in '-ew') are homophones; they are pronounced exactly the same (/bluː/) and rhyme perfectly despite having entirely different spelling patterns. All other pairs share the exact same ending letters ('-ay', '-ight', and '-old').
Which single letter can be prefixed (placed before) to all three endings '_and', '_ing', and '_old' to form three meaningful English words?
B
H
S
M
If we place the letter 'S' in front of the endings, we get 'sand', 'sing', and 'sold', which are all valid and common English words. Other letters like 'B' make 'band' and 'bold' but not 'bing' (which is not a standard dictionary word).
Choose the word that can be added to the END of 'Foot' and to the BEGINNING of 'room' to make two common compound words.
step
ball
light
The word 'ball' can be joined with 'Foot' to form 'Football' (a popular sport) and joined with 'room' to form 'Ballroom' (a large room for dancing). While 'Footstep' and 'Footprint' are words, 'Steproom' and 'Printroom' are not standard compound words.
Complete the last line of the poem with the correct rhyming word: 'The little bird sat on a tree, Singing a song so wild and free. He flapped his wings and flew away, To come back on another _______.'
night
day
time
sky
The rhyming pattern of the poem is AABB. The first two lines rhyme ('tree' and 'free'). Therefore, the fourth line must rhyme with the third line, which ends in 'away'. The word 'day' rhymes perfectly with 'away'.
By changing only the first letter of the word 'LAKE', how many of the following letters can form a new valid English word: 'B', 'M', 'C', 'R'?
Only 2
Only 3
All 4
None
Replacing the 'L' in 'LAKE' with each of the four letters yields: 'BAKE', 'MAKE', 'CAKE', and 'RAKE'. All four of these are highly common, meaningful English words.
Which of the following words does NOT rhyme with 'bear'?
pear
stair
fear
hare
The words 'bear', 'pear', 'stair', and 'hare' all share the same vowel sound /ɛər/ (sounding like 'air'). The word 'fear' is pronounced with the vowel sound /ɪər/ (sounding like 'ear') and therefore does not rhyme with 'bear'.
I am a 4-letter word. If you remove my first letter, I become a word meaning 'to consume food'. If you scramble all my letters, I form a word that means 'a strong feeling of dislike'. What is the original word?
MEAT
HEAT
NEAT
BEAT
The original word is 'HEAT'.