Short Vowels Practice

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SHORT VOWELS IN ENGLISH – WORKSHEET

Vowel Short A Short E Short I Short O Short U


IPA /æ/ /ɛ/ /ɪ/ /ɑ/ /ʌ/
Examples Apple Edge Itch Octopus Up
Atlas Enter Inward Onto Until

Identify which vowel sound is at the nucleus of each word by writing the IPA symbol next to the word:
At /æ/ Bun Can
Bell Bad Egg
Dish Gift Hit
Dot Dust Dig
Duck Frog Buzz
Box Bend Hunt
Bib Desk Jet
Bed Bat Catch
Back Hill Web
Bend Hop Grab
Fish Hug Kick
Clock Mom Sock
Mop Pin Skip
Rug Skunk Hat
Man Step Ship
Pond Rub Tub
Skip Vest Ten
Van Sad Pet
Wink Rock Stop
Us Mud Web
Substituting Short Vowels in Common Word Families
Try substituting the short vowels to create real words or non-words and see how they change meaning:
E.g. P_n  Pan, Pen, Pin, Pon, Pun B_g  Bag, Beg, Big, Bog, Bug

Word Family Short A Short E Short I Short O Short U


/æ/ /ɛ/ /ɪ/ /ɑ/ /ʌ/
B_d bad bed bid bod bud
H_m
M_d
F_b
L_g
B_n
F_n
P_t
G_t
H_p
D_n
J_g
R_m
Y_p
V_n
R_b
M_ss
T_p
L_ss

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