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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 u:
EXAMPLE and IDENTIFICATION

pup
bug
mud
umbrella
full
fuss

CIRCLE the words that have the short vowel sound u :

DULL    DUDDS    DUST   DUTY    CURB    CURL   CUSP


CURE    BUCK    BULL   BUSH    BUSY    BUZZ


GUM    HUG    HUT     FORK    UTTER     UPPER   MAT


BURN    BUD     BUS     BUY     CUP    FUN    FUR

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


D----LL    D-----DDS    D-----ST   D-----TY    C-----RB    C-----RL   C-----SP


B-----CK    B-----LL   B-----SH    B-----SY    B-----ZZ


B-----RN    B-----D     B-----S     B-----Y     C-----P    F-----N    F-----R


G-----M    H-----G    H-----T     F-----ORK

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