Short Vowel Words – FREE PDF Download

Children continue to memorize and recognize familiar words. Seeing, reading, and remembering the most common words used in grade-level texts is essential to their reading skills in the future.

Below are the short vowel word patterns taught to young kids. Finding different ways to practice these will ensure students can quickly and easily read these words when they encounter them. Practicing short vowel words will help kids increase their reading skills.

Short Vowel Words List

The short vowel words list includes the following words:

Short a Words

ab	cat	fan	ham	mass	ram	snack	tram
act	Chad	fast	hand	mast	ramp	snag	trap
app	chap	fat	has	mat	ran	snap	van
apt	chat	flag	hat	nab	rap	spam	vat
ask	clad	flan	jab	nag	rat	span	wag
back	clam	flap	jag	nap	sad	stack	wham
bad	clan	gab	jam	pack	sag	stag	wrap
bag	clap	gag	Jan	pad	Sam	stamp	yam
bam	class	gal	knack	pal	sap	Stan	yap
ban	crab	gap	lab	Pam	sass	stand	zag
band	cram	gas	lack	pan	sat	swag	zap
bat	dab	glad	lad	past	scam	swam
Brad	dad	glam	lag	pat	shack	tab
brag	damp	glass	lamp	plan	sham	tack
bran	Dan	grad	lap	pram	slab	tad
cab	drag	gram	mad	quack	slack	tag
cam	exam	gran	mag	rack	slap	tan
can	fab	hack	man	rad	slat	tap
cap	fad	had	map	rag	smack	than

Short e Words

bed	dense	glen	lent	oxen	scent	swell	wed
beg	dent	Greg	lest	peg	sell	Ted	well
bell	dwell	hem	let	pell	send	tell	west
Ben	end	hen	Meg	pen	sense	ten	wet
bet	even	item	mell	pent	set	tend	when
bred	fed	jest	men	pest	shed	tent	wren
cell	fell	jet	mend	pet	shell	test	yell
cent	fen	keg	met	pled	sled	them	yen
chest	fled	Ken	Nell	quell	smell	then	yet
defend	fret	led	net	red	sped	trend	zen
defense	gel	leg	omen	ren	spell	vest
dell	gem	lend	open	rent	spend	vet
den	get	lens	oven	rest	stem	web

Short i Words

bid	dip	grill	kit	nip	rim	slick	trick
big	drip	grim	knit	rig	rip	slid	trim
bill	edit	grin	lick	omit	shim	slim	trip
din	exit	grip	lid	orbit	shin	slip	twig
bin	fib	grit	mitt	pick	ship	snip	twin
bit	fig	hid	limb	pig	sib	spin	whim
blip	fill	hill	lint	pill	sick	spit	whip
brig	fin	him	lip	pin	Sid	stick	wig
brim	fit	hip	lit	pip	silk	still	will
chill	flim	his	mid	pit	sill	swig	win
chin	flint	hit	milk	prim	sin	swim	wit
chip	flip	jib	mill	quick	sip	thick	yip
clip	flit	jig	min	Quinn	sit	thin	kip
did	gig	Jim	mint	quip	skid	tick	zig
dig	gill	kid	nil	quit	skim	till	zip
dill	git	Kim	skit	rib	skin	Tim	zit
dim	glint	kin	tip	rid	skip	tin
din	grid

Short o Words

block	cob	fog	knock	nod	rock	sob
blog	cog	fox	knot	nog	rod	sock
blot	con	frock	lob	not	Ron	sod
Bob	cop	frog	lock	odd	Ross	sop
bog	cot	glob	log	off	rot	spot
bop	crock	glop	lop	on	shock	stock
boss	crop	god	loss	ox	shod	stop
bot	cross	got	lot	plop	shop	Todd
box	dock	hock	lox	plot	shot	Tom
chock	dog	hog	mob	pod	slob	top
chop	doll	hop	mock	pog	slog	toss
clock	don	hot	mod	pond	slop	tot
clod	dot	inbox	mom	pop	slot	trot
clog	drop	job	mop	pot	smock
clop	flock	jock	moss	prod	smog
clot	flog	jog	moth	prop	snob
cob	flop	jot	nock	rob	snot

Short u Words

bluff	club	flush	jug	nut	rum	stuff
blush	cluck	fun	jump	pluck	run	sub
brush	crush	fund	jut	plug	runt	sud
Bub	crust	fuss	luck	plump	rush	sum
buck	cub	glug	lug	plush	rust	sun
bud	cud	grub	lump	pub	rut	thug
buff	cuff	gruff	lush	puck	shush	truck
bug	cup	gum	muck	puff	shut	trump
bum	cut	Gus	mud	pug	slug	trust
bump	donut	gush	mug	pump	slush	tub
bun	dub	gut	mull	pun	snub	tuck
bus	duck	hub	mush	punt	snuck	tug
bush	dud	hug	muss	pup	snug	tush
but	dug	hum	must	push	struck	us
chuck	dump	hunt	mutt	putt	strut	yuck
chug	dust	hush	nub	rub	stub
chum	flub	hut	nun	rug	stuck

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Teaching these words can be done in a variety of creative ways like word hunts, memory games, activity mats, and tracing sheets. No matter how they learn them, these words will increase their confidence and reading skills, and set them up for reading success.