Writing Short-Vowel Sounds
Consider the variety of spellings for the short-vowel sounds.
| Short a, |ă| as in can |
Short e, |ĕ| as in get |
Short i, |ĭ| as in pin |
| a |
hat, shadow, chapel |
e |
better, tender, swell |
i |
bitter, little, fiction |
| ai |
plaid |
ea |
head, bread, tread |
a_e |
senate, temperate |
| au |
laugh |
a |
many |
e |
pretty |
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ae |
aesthetic |
ee |
been |
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ai |
said, again |
ei |
foreign, forfeit |
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ay |
says |
ie |
sieve |
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ei |
heifer |
o |
women |
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eo |
leopard, jeopardy |
ui |
guitar |
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ie |
friend |
y |
mystery, rhythm |
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ue |
guess |
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| Short o, |ŏ| as in not |
Short u, |ŭ| as in cup |
| o |
hot, pottery, bronze |
u |
up, puppies, ruffle |
| a |
wash, watch, watt |
o |
money, honey, done, come |
| au |
trauma |
oe |
does |
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oo |
flood, blood |
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ou |
rough, trouble, touch |
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wo |
twopence |
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