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✔ The short vowels

a, e, i, o, u
✔ Lesson 2 Revision
✔ Answers to all
worksheets

Lesson 2 Phonics Workbook

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This book contains all of the worksheets for Lesson 2

from www.phonics.com.
There are three worksheets for each of the The Handwriting activities are for writing
featured phonemes in the lesson. The activ- practice of the phoneme on its own and
ities are designed to reinforce and extend within words. Forming these letters is an
the knowledge that has been learned from important part of the teaching process and
the Lesson 2 Soundcards. The Soundcards should always be completed before moving
are the first stage of each lesson. Your on to the next phoneme in the lesson.
child should watch and listen to a single
The Revision activities at the end of the
Soundcard slideshow for one phoneme be-
book are written to include all of the
fore attempting the corresponding activity
Lesson 2 phonemes and should be completed
pages. The slideshow sounds out the pho-
successfully before moving on to Lesson 3.
neme (or sound) and includes examples of
the sound’s usage, such as: Answers for every page are included at the
back of the book. There are 7 download-
1. At the beginning of the word (initial)
able workbooks — one for each of the les-
2. Within a word (medial) sons on www.phonics.com.
3. At the end of a word (final).
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Short vowel sound ‘a’

1 Say the names of the pictures below.
Listen for the ‘a’ sound as in ‘apple’.
Color the pictures that have the short ‘a’ sound.

‘a’ as in ant

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Short vowel sound ‘a’

2 Circle the words that rhyme with the picture.

cap map mop tap top rap slap

cat hat hot bat pot mat hit

crab grab tab grub nab tip slab

3 Say each word. Trace over the letters and

write the short vowel ‘a’ to complete the words.

ht h mmer fl g

bt dr gon vn
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Short vowel sound ‘a’ as in ‘bat’

1 Circle the pictures with the ‘a’ sound.

banana egg cat fan

dog crab plant book

2 Circle all the words with the ‘a’ sound.

Matt had one can of tuna.
My cat sat on the flat mat.
The bat flew at the fan and fell down. Splat!

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Short vowel sound ‘a’ as in ‘bat’

3 Draw a line to match the word with the picture.

calf
pizza

map
bat

hat
4 Look at the Fill in the Write the
picture. e missing letter. e word.

s ___ d

fl ___ g

___ pple

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Short vowel sound ‘a’ as in ‘bat’

1 Trace the ‘a’ letters.

a a a a a a a
2 Print a row of ‘a’ letters.

3 Trace these words.

fan map banana

I am glad.
4 Print these words.

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Short vowel sound ‘e’

1 Say the names of the pictures below.
Listen for the ‘e’ sound as in ‘egg’.
Color the pictures that have the short ‘e’ sound.

‘e’ as in elf

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Short vowel sound ‘e’

2 Circle the words that rhyme with the picture.

pen hen ham sun men den tin

jet set kite pet wet dot get

bread head fed fit red bed dog

3 Say each word. Trace over the letters and

write the short vowel ‘e’ to complete the words.

gg m lon lbow

b ll n st svn
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Short vowel sound ‘e’ as in ‘end’ and ‘head’

1 Circle the pictures with the ‘e’ sound.

peg train legs nest

farm chair pen chest

2 Circle all the words with the ‘e’ sound.

Ellen said, “Go to bed.”
Ted went to the end, then around the bend.
We spent money to send the letter.

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Short vowel sound ‘e’ as in ‘end’ and ‘head’

3 Draw a line to match the word with the picture.

west
blender

wrench

cent

head
4 Look at the Fill in the Write the
picture. e missing letter. e word.

br ___ ad

y___ llow

___ lbow

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Short vowel sound ‘e’ as in ‘end’ and ‘head’

1 Trace the ‘e’ letters.

e e e e e e e
2 Print a row of ‘e’ letters.

3 Trace these words.

neck red head

Ed went to the edge.
4 Print these words.

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Short vowel sound ‘i’

1 Say the names of the pictures below.
Listen for the ‘i’ sound as in ‘it’.
Color the pictures that have the short ‘i’ sound.

‘i’ as in insect

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Short vowel sound ‘i’

2 Circle the words that rhyme with the picture.

ink sink hill link pail pink joke

sit rug fit hot bit bug hit

chips tips socks ships lips plants rips

3 Say each word. Trace over the letters and

write the short vowel ‘i’ to complete the words.

pg m lk w tch

h ll fl p kd
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Short vowel sound ‘i’ as in ‘big’

1 Circle the pictures with the ‘i’ sound.

kid lizard calf hat

lipstick skip chips insect

2 Circle all the words with the ‘i’ sound.

It is in the middle.
Liz’s igloo is in Indiana.
Rick puts the cactus in the window.

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Short vowel sound ‘i’ as in ‘big’

3 Draw a line to match the word with the picture.

lid
pig

chicken
lick

spill
4 Look at the Fill in the Write the
picture. e missing letter. e word.

ch ___ n

qu ___ ck

s ___ nk

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Short vowel sound ‘i’ as in ‘big’

1 Trace the ‘i’ letters.

i i i i i i i i
2 Print a row of ‘i’ letters.

3 Trace these words.

tip lick insect

Will is bigger than Jill.
4 Print these words.

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Short vowel sound ‘o’

1 Say the names of the pictures below.
Listen for the ‘o’ sound as in ‘off’.
Color the pictures that have the short ‘o’ sound.

‘o’ as in octopus

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Short vowel sound ‘o’

2 Circle the words that rhyme with the picture.

hot got horn ear rot dot sit

dog flower hog log wag jog two

lock dock what rock shock clock rose

3 Say each word. Trace over the letters and

write the short vowel ‘o’ to complete the words.

tter c mputer fr g

s cks oct ber mp

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Short vowel sound ‘o’ as in ‘mom’

1 Circle the pictures with the ‘o’ sound.

box socks mop ox

banana chair stop bottle

2 Circle all the words with the ‘o’ sound.

Bob had to jog to his job.
My mop is floppy.
This spot is not too hot.

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Short vowel sound ‘o’ as in ‘mom’

3 Draw a line to match the word with the picture.

pop
knot

trot
log

frog
4 Look at the Fill in the Write the
picture. e missing letter. e word.

b ___ dy

d ___ t

d___ g

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Short vowel sound ‘o’ as in ‘mom’

1 Trace the ‘o’ letters.

o o o o o o o
2 Print a row of ‘o’ letters.

3 Trace these words.

ox knot bottle
He stopped on the dot.
4 Print these words.

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Short vowel sound ‘u’

1 Say the names of the pictures below.
Listen for the ‘u’ sound as in ‘up’.
Color the pictures that have the short ‘u’ sound.

‘u’ as in sun

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Short vowel sound ‘u’

2 Circle the words that rhyme with the picture.

bun fan fun run ear one pool

hut cut cake bucket shut mutt

plug hug jar rug ring bug bag

3 Say each word. Trace over the letters and

write the short vowel ‘u’ to complete the words.

g st batht b m g

l cky nder sl g
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Short vowel sound ‘u’ as in ‘hum’ and ‘come’

1 Circle the pictures with the ‘u’ sound.

thumb carrot button bug

coin mug monkey puppy

2 Circle all the words with the ‘u’ sound.

Some bugs had fun in the puddle.
I wonder when I’ll hug my uncle.
Sully got in trouble when he stumbled.

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Short vowel sound ‘u’ as in ‘hum’ and ‘come’

3 Draw a line to match the word with the picture.

hut
thunder

bun
love

cut
4 Look at the Fill in the Write the
picture. e missing letter. e word.

s ___ n

l ___ cky

sk ___ nk

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Short vowel sound ‘u’ as in ‘hum’ and ‘come’

1 Trace the ‘u’ letters.

u u u u u u u
2 Print a row of ‘u’ letters.

3 Trace these words.

fun thumb under

Gus made supper for us.
4 Print these words.

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Short vowels – a, e, i, o, u

1 Trace the letters at the beginning of each row.
Color each picture whose name begins with that letter sound.

a
e
i
o
u
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Short vowels – a, e, i, o, u

2 Say the name of each picture.
Circle the letter that makes the middle sound.
a or e

a or e a or e a or e a or e

a or e a or e a or e a or e

e or i

r_d
e or i e or i e or i e or i

e or i e or i e or i e or i

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Short vowels – a, e, i, o, u

3 Say the name of each picture.
Circle the letter that makes the middle sound.
i or o

i or o i or o i or o i or o

i or o i or o i or o i or o

o or u

o or u o or u o or u o or u

o or u o or u o or u o or u

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Short vowels – a, e, i, o, u

4 Circle the words that rhyme with the picture.

cat hat mat bit fat rat flat

jet bet met vet vat yet get
fig bag dig big jig wig pig
mop stop slop slap flop bop drop
drum crumb sum gum hum cob numb
5 Say each word. Trace over the letters and write
the correct short vowels to complete the words.

nt dr ss f sh

dg cp cr b
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