Dinosaur rhymes
Name: .............................................................................................................................
Date: .................................................................... LO: ..................................................
Read the poems below and try and complete them with a rhyming word.
Tyrannosaurus Rex
I’m big and cruel and scary,
In everything I do.
I have big teeth and huge claws,
Watch out I don’t eat _______
Triceratops
I’m not as big and bad as T Rex,
I only eat plants you see.
I have three horns on my head,
Which I’ll use if you attack ________
Stegosaurus
I’m sometimes eaten for dinner,
By dinosaurs big, bad and cruel,
But if I can, I’ll use my scales to protect me…
This little stegosaur is no ___________
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Velociraptor
They say I’m the most mean and most vicious
Of all of the carnivores in the bunch.
I’ll play with my friends and go hunting,
Then we’ll eat all the others for ______________
Ankylosaurus
I’ve got a big spike on my tail,
And a lot of hard scales on my head.
I’m glad I’ve got all of this armour,
It keeps me warm when I’m at home in my ________
Brontosaurus
I’ve got a long tail and long neck,
And I reach my head up in the trees,
I can wrap my long tongue round the branches,
And munch on the twigs and the _______________
Diplodocus
I have little legs but a big body,
But my brain is the smallest of all,
I can look after myself though, don’t worry,
One whip of my tail and down they ___________
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Name: .................................................................................. Date: ............................................... LO: .............................................
Can you think of what rhymes with the following words? Some words are already there to start you off.
cruel
stomp
food
tool
stamp
rail
back
tail
track
rock
eat
meat
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Name: .............................................................................................................................
Date: .................................................................... LO: ..................................................
Use the rhyming words in the boxes to complete
the next lines of the dinosaur rhymes.
The dinosaurs jumped in the big green pool
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They danced to the jungle beats all the night
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They swam in the swamp and they shook their tails
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fool
cool
cruel
jewel
rule
drool
fright
might
fight
light
sight
bite
jails
sails
gales
wails
nails
whales
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