Rhyming Words worksheet for kids to practice identifying rhyming pairs.

Explanation:
We are given a list of words in rows. In each row, the first word (leftmost) is the “target” word. We need to find which of the other three words in that row rhymes with it — meaning they sound the same at the end (same ending sound, especially the vowel + consonant sounds).

Let’s go row by row and check the ending sounds:

1. bet → options: set, ten, leg
- bet → /bet/
- set → /set/ → same ending: *et* → rhymes ✔
- ten → /ten/ → ends with *en*, not *et*
- leg → /leg/ → ends with *eg*
→ set rhymes with bet.

2. pen → red, yen, pet
- pen → /pen/
- red → /red/ → *ed* vs *en* → no
- yen → /yen/ → *en* → yes! same ending sound ✔
- pet → /pet/ → *et* → no
→ yen rhymes with pen.

3. leg → ten, get, peg
- leg → /leg/
- ten → /ten/ → no
- get → /get/ → *et* vs *eg* → no
- peg → /peg/ → *eg* → yes ✔
→ peg rhymes with leg.

4. red → bed, keg, met
- red → /red/
- bed → /bed/ → *ed* → same ✔
- keg → /keg/ → *eg*
- met → /met/ → *et*
→ bed rhymes with red.

5. pea → peg, sea, wed
- pea → /piː/ (long e sound)
- peg → /peg/ → no
- sea → /siː/ → same long *ee* sound ✔
- wed → /wed/ → no
→ sea rhymes with pea.

6. hut → dug, nut, pup
- hut → /hʌt/
- dug → /dʌɡ/ → ends with *ug*, not *ut*
- nut → /nʌt/ → same *ut* sound ✔
- pup → /pʌp/ → *up*
→ nut rhymes with hut.

7. cub → rub, fun, bus
- cub → /kʌb/
- rub → /rʌb/ → same *ub* sound ✔
- fun → /fʌn/ → *un*
- bus → /bʌs/ → *us*
→ rub rhymes with cub.

8. bug → cup, gut, mug
- bug → /bʌɡ/
- cup → /kʌp/ → *up*
- gut → /ɡʌt/ → *ut*
- mug → /mʌɡ/ → same *ug* sound ✔
→ mug rhymes with bug.

9. gun → tub, run, nut
- gun → /ɡʌn/
- tub → /tʌb/ → *ub*
- run → /rʌn/ → same *un* sound ✔
- nut → /nʌt/ → *ut*
→ run rhymes with gun.

10. cup → pus, bun, pup
- cup → /kʌp/
- pus → /pʌs/ → *us*
- bun → /bʌn/ → *un*
- pup → /pʌp/ → same *up* sound ✔
→ pup rhymes with cup.

So the correct answers (one per row) are:
1. set
2. yen
3. peg
4. bed
5. sea
6. nut
7. rub
8. mug
9. run
10. pup

Final Answer:
set, yen, peg, bed, sea, nut, rub, mug, run, pup