Short & Long Vowels — Answer Key
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The cloud made it rain all day.
Ai is a vowel team that makes the long a sound.
2. I ran home as fast as I could.
Ran is a CVC word with a short a sound.
3. We rowed the small boat across the lake.
Oa is a vowel team that gives the long o sound.
4. I will eat a green bean at lunch.
Ea is a vowel team that makes the long e sound.
5. My friend Ben loves to draw cats.
Ben is a CVC word with a short e sound.
6. Use a pin to hold your shirt closed.
Pin is CVC, so the i is short.
7. We will wait for the bus together.
Wait uses ai, which makes the long a sound.
8. Mom made a warm pot of soup.
Pot is CVC, so the o is short.
9. A baby goat is called a kid.
Kid is a CVC word with a short i sound.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
rain
→ long a vowel team ai
long a vowel team ai
ran
→ short a CVC
short a CVC
boat
→ long o vowel team oa
long o vowel team oa
bean
→ long e vowel team ea
long e vowel team ea
Vowel teams like ai, oa, and ea make long sounds, while CVC words keep vowels short.