Short Vowels — Answer Key
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. My puppy dog loves to play fetch in the yard.
Dog is in the -og rime family with short o. The o between d and g makes the /o/ sound as in octopus.
2. I saw a green frog on a lily pad today.
Frog uses short o, same as dog and log. The fr- blend keeps the vowel short because no silent e is present.
3. Please mop the kitchen floor for me after dinner.
Mop belongs to the -op family with short o. The CVC pattern m-o-p locks the o into its short sound.
4. A small rabbit can hop very fast in the yard.
Hop has short o and ends with the -op rime. Short o sounds like /o/ in octopus.
5. I drew a big red dot on the white page.
Dot is in the -ot family with short o. The -ot rime is common in Grade 1 reading.
6. The soup in the pot is very hot right now.
Pot uses short o in the -ot rime family. The CVC pattern keeps the vowel short.
7. A baby corn is called a cob of corn today.
Cob belongs to the -ob family with short o. The CVC c-o-b keeps the vowel sound short.
8. My dad goes to his job every weekday morning.
Job uses short o and ends in -ob. Short o is consistent across the -ob rime family.
9. The top of the hill was very steep and windy.
Top is in the -op family with short o. Recognizing -op as a chunk speeds up Grade 1 reading.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
-op family
→ mop
mop
-og family
→ log
log
-ot family
→ pot
pot
-ob family
→ job
job
Words in the same rime family share the last two letters and the short o sound. Mop ends in -op, log in -og, pot in -ot, and job in -ob.