CVC Words Worksheet – Short e and i
How the sounds work (Sound it out, then blend): Say the word slowly: h – e – n. Short e is the sound in “bed”; short i is the sound in “pig”. Blend the three sounds and check against the picture.
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- 1.🖊️ Which word is this? (a) hen (b) ten (c) pen
- 2.🤐 Which word is this? (a) cup (b) zip (c) lip
- 3.Change the “g” in “get” to “w”. Which word do you get? (a) pet (b) wet (c) get
- 4.🦵 Which word is this? (a) bed (b) leg (c) gem
- 5.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 6.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 7.Which word is “bed”? (a) box (b) bed (c) bag
- 8.🐷 Which word is this? (a) pan (b) pen (c) pig
- 9.Which word is “gem”? (a) ten (b) leg (c) gem
- 10.Which word is “web”? (a) net (b) ten (c) web
- 11.Change the “d” in “wed” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) wed (b) jet (c) wet
- 12.Which word is “lip”? (a) tap (b) lip (c) pig
- 13.Blend the sounds: g – e – m. Which word is it? (a) gem (b) gum (c) get
- 14.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) e
- 15.🗑️ _ i n — which letter is missing? (a) n (b) c (c) b
- 16.Blend the sounds: p – e – t. Which word is it? (a) pet (b) peg (c) pot
- 17.Blend the sounds: k – i – d. Which word is it? (a) kid (b) lid (c) kit
- 18.Blend the sounds: d – e – n. Which word is it? (a) den (b) men (c) ten
- 19.Which word is “ten”? (a) pen (b) ten (c) hen
- 20.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 21.Change the “w” in “win” to “f”. Which word do you get? (a) win (b) tin (c) fin
- 22.Blend the sounds: w – e – t. Which word is it? (a) wet (b) get (c) set
- 23.Blend the sounds: l – e – d. Which word is it? (a) leg (b) led (c) fed
- 24.🔴 Which word is this? (a) red (b) rat (c) run
- 25.🛏️ Which word is this? (a) bat (b) bin (c) bed
- 26.Blend the sounds: w – i – g. Which word is it? (a) jig (b) wig (c) big
- 27.Which word is “net”? (a) bed (b) net (c) hat
- 28.Blend the sounds: b – i – n. Which word is it? (a) bun (b) bin (c) big
- 29.👄 Which word is this? (a) lip (b) cap (c) map
- 30.🥅 Which word is this? (a) nut (b) net (c) bat
- 31.Change the “m” in “gem” to “t”. Which word do you get? (a) gem (b) get (c) jet
- 32.Blend the sounds: j – e – t. Which word is it? (a) vet (b) wet (c) jet
- 33.Change the “p” in “pen” to “d”. Which word do you get? (a) den (b) ten (c) pen
- 34.Blend the sounds: b – i – g. Which word is it? (a) big (b) bug (c) wig
- 35.Blend the sounds: s – e – t. Which word is it? (a) sit (b) net (c) set
- 36.🕸️ _ e b — which letter is missing? (a) g (b) d (c) w
- 37.Change the “w” in “wig” to “b”. Which word do you get? (a) wig (b) big (c) jig
- 38.🐔 _ e n — which letter is missing? (a) r (b) h (c) w
- 39.🔟 Which word is this? (a) pen (b) ten (c) hen
- 40.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
Answer key
- pen
- zip
- wet
- leg
- e
- i
- bed
- pig
- gem
- web
- wet
- lip
- gem
- i
- b
- pet
- kid
- den
- ten
- e
- fin
- wet
- led
- red
- bed
- wig
- net
- bin
- lip
- net
- get
- jet
- den
- big
- set
- w
- big
- h
- ten
- e
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