Short Vowel E worksheet with rhyming word exercises and a chicken illustration.

Let’s work through this step by step.

The worksheet is about finding words that rhyme and have the short “e” sound (like in “bed”). The top part shows examples: bed, red, fed, led — all rhyme and have the short e.

Then we’re told to find and circle the short vowel e words in the box below. That means we need to look at each word in the 3-column list and pick only those that:

1. Have the short “e” sound (not long e like in “see”, or other vowels)
2. Rhyme with “bed”, “red”, etc.

Let’s go row by row:

Row 1: leg, seed, pet
→ “leg” has short e ✔️
→ “seed” has long e (sounds like “see”) ✘
→ “pet” has short e ✔️
So circle: leg, pet

Row 2: beak, keg, heel
→ “beak” has long a? Actually, it’s “ee” but sounds like “ay” — not short e ✘
→ “keg” has short e ✔️
→ “heel” has long e ✘
Circle: keg

Row 3: wet, tear, seal
→ “wet” has short e ✔️
→ “tear” can be tricky — here it probably means “cry” which sounds like “tare” (long a), OR “rip” which rhymes with “ear” — either way, not short e ✘
→ “seal” has long e ✘
Circle: wet

Row 4: bear, net, pen
→ “bear” sounds like “bare” — long a ✘
→ “net” has short e ✔️
→ “pen” has short e ✔️
Circle: net, pen

Row 5: jet, been, seem
→ “jet” has short e ✔️
→ “been” usually pronounced “bin” — short i? Or sometimes “bean” — long e — either way, not standard short e like “bed” ✘
→ “seem” has long e ✘
Circle: jet

Row 6: hem, set, real
→ “hem” has short e ✔️
→ “set” has short e ✔️
→ “real” has long e ✘
Circle: hem, set

Row 7: ten, meat, need
→ “ten” has short e ✔️
→ “meat” has long e ✘
→ “need” has long e ✘
Circle: ten

Row 8: deal, net, deal
Wait — “deal” appears twice? Probably typo. But “deal” has long e ✘
“net” already circled above — still valid ✔️
But since “deal” doesn’t fit, skip both deals. Circle: net (again? maybe just once)

Actually, looking again — Row 8 says: deal, net, deal → so only “net” qualifies.

Now let’s collect all the circled words:

From above:
- leg, pet
- keg
- wet
- net, pen
- jet
- hem, set
- ten
- net (again? but same word)

Unique words: leg, pet, keg, wet, net, pen, jet, hem, set, ten

That’s 10 words.

Now, the instruction says: “Print the circled words on the lines.” There are 10 numbered lines.

So we write them in order as they were found (or alphabetically? The worksheet doesn’t specify, so likely in order of appearance).

Order of first appearance:

1. leg
2. pet
3. keg
4. wet
5. net
6. pen
7. jet
8. hem
9. set
10. ten

(Note: “net” appeared again in row 8, but we don’t repeat it unless instructed — and there are exactly 10 unique qualifying words.)

Double-check if any were missed:

Original grid:

leg ✔
seed ✘
pet ✔
beak ✘
keg ✔
heel ✘
wet ✔
tear ✘
seal ✘
bear ✘
net ✔
pen ✔
jet ✔
been ✘
seem ✘
hem ✔
set ✔
real ✘
ten ✔
meat ✘
need ✘
deal ✘
net ✔ (duplicate)
deal ✘

Yes — 10 unique words: leg, pet, keg, wet, net, pen, jet, hem, set, ten

Final Answer:
leg, pet, keg, wet, net, pen, jet, hem, set, ten