Free Printable Worksheet
Free Short E Missing Vowel Worksheet
Practice the /ĕ/ vowel sound with this print-ready worksheet. Each picture shows a CVC word — students write the missing e to complete it. Designed for kindergarten and first grade. No login needed.
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Short E Missing Vowel Practice
Short Vowels — /ĕ/ Sound
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Date:
Look at each picture. Write the missing vowel to complete the word.
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wt
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hn
pn
lg
About the Short E Sound
The short E represents the /ĕ/ phoneme. Students isolate the medial vowel sound and connect it to the grapheme e.
This worksheet focuses on medial vowel identification: students see a picture, hear the word in their head, isolate the middle sound, and write the letter. It builds phonemic awareness alongside phonics skills — a key practice recommended by systematic phonics approaches.
Answer Key
Short E Missing Vowel Practice
- netvowel: e
- wetvowel: e
- redvowel: e
- henvowel: e
- penvowel: e
- legvowel: e
Answers are auto-generated from canonical word data.