Word Lists: Medial Short Vowel

This is a list of word families based on short vowel rimes. It is designed to

help develop and extend basic letter-sound understanding and the ability to blend
those sounds into words. These word families, therefore, utilize only short vowels
in the medial position and only independent and dependent consonants in the
initial and final position. They do not utilize c, g, y, w, q, or x, nor do they include
any non-standard pronunciations of other consonants, such as the s which takes
the /z/ sound in his or as) and do not use any double vowels or consonants,
vowel or consonant digraphs, etc. The intent of this list is to create a word list that
can be used to support and reinforce reading with the most basic letter-sound
correspondence, uncluttered by exceptions, rules, diphthongs, digraphs, silent
letters, vowel-r words, etc. Also not included are words which fit these
parameters but are unusual words a young child is not likely to have in his/her
speaking vocabulary, such as rend.

Short fad -amp -and snap vast

a had damp band strap blast
lad lamp hand trap
-ab mad ramp land -at
dab pad stamp sand -ask bat
jab sad brand ask fat
lab Brad -an stand mask hat
nab ban strand task mat
tab -am Dan pat
blab dam fan -ap -asp rat
drab ham man lap gasp sat
flab jam pan map grasp vat
slab Pam ran nap brat
stab ram tan rap -ast flat
Sam van sap fast spat
-ad slam plan tap last
bad tram span flap mast
dad slap past

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Short end rest -ift sip spit
e lend test lift tip split
mend vest sift zip
-ed send drift blip Short
bed tend -et drip o
Ed blend bet -im flip
fed spend jet dim skip -ob
led trend let him slip Bob
Ned met Jim snip job
red -ent net Kim trip lob
Ted bent pet rim mob
wed dent set Tim -isk rob
bled Kent brim disk sob
fled lent Short slim risk blob
Fred rent i trim brisk slob
sled sent frisk snob
tent -ib -in
-em vent bib bin -ist -od
hem spent fib fin fist God
stem rib kin list nod
-ep pin mist pod
-en pep -id sin rod
Ben step bid tin -it sod
den did spin bit plod
hen -ept hid fit trod
Ken kept kid -ip hit
men slept lid dip kit -op
pen rid hip lit bop
ten -est skid Kip pit hop
best slid lip sit mop
-end nest nip skit pop
bend pest rip slit top

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drop rot -ud jump stun just
flop blot bud lump must
slop plot mud pump -unt rust
stop slot dud plump bunt trust
spot spud slump hunt
-ost trot stump punt -ut
lost -um thump runt but
frost Short bum stunt hut
u hum -un nut
-ot drum bun -up rut
dot -ub plum fun pup strut
hot rub nun up
jot tub -ump pun
lot snub bump run -ust
not stub dump sun bust
pot hump spun dust

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