Short Vowel Sounds

Kindergarten

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The Short Vowels

Each vowel makes a short sound. Trace each letter and write the key word.

/æ/

apple

/ɛ/

egg

/ɪ/

igloo

/ɒ/

octopus

/ʌ/

umbrella

Exercise 1 — Circle the Vowel

Circle the vowel in each word. Write the vowel sound in the box.

1. cat

2. bed

3. pig

4. dog

5. bug

6. hat

7. hen

8. tip

9. hop

Exercise 2 — Short Vowel Sort

Sort these words by their short vowel sound.

cat, bed, pig, hot, bug, bag, get, big, pop, mud, sat, ten, bit, top, sun

-a-

-e-

-i-

-o-

-u-

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