The Short Vowel Rule


"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
Proverbs 22:6


The Short Vowel Rule

Short Vowel Rule: When there is one vowel in a word, either at the beginning or between two consonants, it usually has the short vowel sound.
1. Short vowel a words
ant	pan	wag	jam	cat	bad
ax	ran	flag	and	bat	dad
wax	van	cap	band	hat	has
can	gas	map	hand	pat	mad
fan	bag	nap	sand	rat	sad
man	tag	ham	lamp	sat	glass
2. Short vowel e words
egg	bed	test	jet	hen	fell
leg	fed	vest	met	men	hell
sled	red	west	net	pen	sell
step	nest	web	pet	ten	well
tent	rest	get	wet	bell	smell
3. Short vowel i words
dig	tip	hid	crib	sit	fill
pig	pin	kid	fist	bit	hill
wig	sin	lid	list	fit	kill
dip	tin	bib	milk	hit	pill
hip	win	fib	silk	pit	will
lip	did	rib	swim	mitt	him
4. Short vowel o words
God	hop	stop	jot	fox	cob
nod	mop	cot	not	ox	mob
pod	pop	dot	pot	box	rob
rod	top	got	rot	pox	sob
sod	drop	hot	tot	mom	pond
5. Short vowel u words
cub	gun	buzz	dug	tug	bus
tub	run	but	hug	cuff	dump
bud	sun	cut	jug	puff	hump
mud	cup	nut	mug	gum	jump
gull	pup	bug	rug	yum	pump
6. Short vowel words that end in ck
black	neck	sock	duck	quack	sick
jack	check	block	truck	snack	brick
pack	speck	clock	cluck	track	chick
sack	dock	flock	pluck	kick	quick
tack	lock	knock	stuck	lick	stick
black	rock	stuck	truck	pick	trick