Short vowel sound worksheet focusing on the "a" sound, featuring word lists and corresponding images for educational practice.

Let’s go step by step to solve this worksheet.

The task says:
> Read the words in the first box of each row and circle the ending that they all share.
> Then take a look at the picture clue and write one more word that has the same short vowel sound ending.

We’ll do this row by row.

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Row 1:
Words: bat, flat, hat, vat
All these words end with “at” → so we circle at

Picture clue: 🐱 (cat)
We need to write another word that ends with “at” and has the short “a” sound.
Example: cat, mat, rat, sat, pat — any of these work. Let’s pick cat.

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Row 2:
Words: lag, brag, sag, stag
All end with “ag” → circle ag

Picture clue: 📦 (bag)
Write another word ending in “ag” with short “a” sound.
Examples: bag, rag, tag, gag — let’s pick bag.

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Row 3:
Words: ran, tan, can, man, ban, clan
All end with “an” → circle an

Picture clue: 🪭 (fan)
Write another word ending in “an” with short “a” sound.
Examples: fan, pan, van, plan — let’s pick fan.

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Row 4:
Words: wrap, map, flap, sap, clap, lap
All end with “ap” → circle ap

Picture clue: 🧢 (cap)
Write another word ending in “ap” with short “a” sound.
Examples: cap, nap, tap, gap — let’s pick cap.

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Row 5:
Words: brand, grand, gland, hand
Wait — let’s check the endings:

- brand → ends with “and”
- grand → ends with “and”
- gland → ends with “and”
- hand → ends with “and”

Actually, “hand” is spelled h-a-n-d — so it ends with “and” too? Wait — no! “Hand” ends with “and”? Let’s spell it: H-A-N-D → yes, it ends with “and”.

But wait — the options are: “and”, “ag”, “at”

So all four words end with “and” → circle and

Picture clue: 🎁 (gift box — maybe “band”? or “sand”?)

Actually, the picture looks like a gift box — but in phonics, we’re looking for words that end with “and” and have short “a” sound.

Examples: band, sand, land, stand, grand — we already have “grand” and “brand” and “gland” and “hand”.

So we can write band, sand, or land. Let’s pick band.

Wait — actually, “hand” is pronounced with short “a”, yes. And “band”, “sand”, “land” also have short “a”.

So yes — circle “and”, and write band (or sand, or land).

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Now, let’s compile the answers for each row:

Row 1: Circle “at” → write cat
Row 2: Circle “ag” → write bag
Row 3: Circle “an” → write fan
Row 4: Circle “ap” → write cap
Row 5: Circle “and” → write band

These are all correct and match the pattern.

Final Answer:
cat, bag, fan, cap, band