Rhyming Words & Word Families — Answer Key
Part A: Trace the Words
Trace each word carefully by following the dotted lines.
1. dip
2. hip
3. lip
4. log
5. dog
6. fog
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The brown dog wags its tail when I come home.
Dog ends in -og, the same rime as log and fog.
2. I will dip my chip in the yummy dip.
Dip belongs to the -ip family with hip, lip, and tip.
3. A thick log of wood sat by the campfire.
Log uses the -og rime, the same ending sound as fog.
4. Please zip up your jacket to your lip.
Lip rhymes with zip because both end with the -ip sound.
Part C: True or False?
Read each statement. Circle True or False.
1. The words hip and lip rhyme because they both end with -ip.
True False
Hip and lip share the -ip rime, so they rhyme.
2. The words dog and dip are in the same word family.
True False
Dog ends in -og but dip ends in -ip, so they are different families.
3. Fog and log rhyme because they share the -og ending.
True False
Both words end with -og, making them rhyming word family pals.