Question

Identify the rhyming words from the list given-
Choose, blue, hoof, cheese, cruise
(a) Choose, cruise
(b) Choose, cheese
(c) Blue, hoof
(d) Blue, cruise

Answer 1

Hint: Read each word out loud, and make sure that you are pronouncing them correctly. Now, go through the options and choose the words which almost sound the same.

Complete answer: Rhyming words refer to those words that include recurrence of homogenous sounds, occurring at the end.
For example- Book, cook Here, we can hear the similar sounds produced by the two given words. The sound of ‘oo’ is produced.
Some other examples are-
1. Ring, king
2. Tree, free
3. Nose, hose
4. Drain, brain
5. Trick, brick
In the context of the question, we can see the use of five words. First, let’s look at the phonetics sounds of the given words-
In this case, the sound of ‘choose’ and ‘cruise’ are similar because we can hear the ‘oo’ sound and ‘z’ sound at the end. Hence, ‘choose’ and ‘cruise’ are rhyming words.
However, words like ‘choose’ and ‘cheese’ can create confusion but they have different phonetic sounds. While ‘choose’ has the sound of ‘oo’, ‘cheese’ has the sound of ‘ee’.
Now, let’s examine the given options-
Option a- ‘Choose, cruise’ is the correct option because the two words have similar phonetic sounds. Hence, they are rhyming words.
Option b- ‘Choose, cheese’ is an incorrect option because they both have different phonetic sounds.
Option c- ‘Blue, hoof’ is an incorrect option because they both have different phonetic sounds.
Option d- ‘Blue, cruise’ is an incorrect option because they both have different phonetic sounds.
The correct answer is Option ‘a’.

Note: Phonetics sound refers to the study of sounds. Phonetics help in differentiating between words on the basis of the sounds produced by their letters. Also, remember that rhyming words need not have the same spelling or words.