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Short Vowels Review

Grade 1
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ANSWER KEY — teacher copy
Exercise 1 — Find the Short Vowel Words

Read each word. Circle it if it has a short vowel sound.

1. cat
2. cake
3. red
4. meet
5. sit
6. bike
7. hot
8. note
9. bug
10. tube
11. map
12. hen
Exercise 2 — Short Vowel Sort

Sort these words by their short vowel sound.

cat, red, sit, hot, bug, map, hen, lip, top, cup
-a-
-e-
-i-
-o-
-u-
Exercise 3 — Fill in the Short Vowel

Write the missing short vowel to complete each word.

1. c_t
2. h_n
3. dr_p
4. b_g
5. m_p
6. t_p

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