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SHORT VOWEL


SHORT VOWEL RULE:


When a word has only one vowel and it is between two consonents OR at the beginning, the vowel sound will usually be short.

SHORT VOWELS :

a,e,i,o,u


SHORT VOWEL a:
EXAMPLE and IDENTIFICATION

  • ant
  • cat
  • map
  • match
  • flag
  • jack

CIRCLE the words that have the short vowel sound of a :


CAT    MAT    HAT   PAT    SAT    VAN   CAN   


NET    ADD    WALNUT   CLOCK    LAMP    MAN


JAM    SAM    FAN   PUMP   JUMP   RUN   APPLE


WHALE  BAT    FISH   ALIGATOR    AXE   HAM

WRITE a in the blanks to complete the words with the short vowel sound a:


C-----T    M-----T    H----T   P----T    S----T    V----N   C----N




M-----P    H-----M    C----P   B----T    C----R




------DD   L-----MP    M-----N    J------M    S------M    F------N   









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