Phonics-Short Vowels

A, E, I, O,U
• Short vowel /a/
plan- I set my plan for the next week.
 Short vowel /a/
class-The class was clean and
or organized well.
 Short /e/
Spent- Ali spent his money to get
a new laptop.
 Short /e/
Smell- My mom’s cookies smell
delicious.
 Short /i/
Thing- I found one blue thing
in the box.
 Short /i/
Sticky- There is some sticky
stuff on your hand.
 Short /o/
clock-Does that clock work?
 Short /o/
crop-The rice crop is large
this year.
 Short /u/
lunch- I have my lunch at
3:00 o’clock.
 Short /u/
Shut-Shut the door please!
Let’s spell and read the spelling words.

plan spent shut

class smell lunch
clock sticky
crop thing
• Choose the correct answer for each sentence.
1) A word that has short /a/ is: a)plan b)plane c)day.
2) A word that has short /e/ is: a)feet b) hen c) heat.
3) A word that has short /i/ is: a)time b) finger c) climb.
4) A word that has short /o/ is: a)orange b) food c) won.
5) A word that has short /u/ is: a)cube b)cup c)fuel.
*Choose the correct answer for each sentence.
6) The word club has: a) short /a/ b) short/u/ c) short /o/
7) The word dig has: a) short /e/ b) short/o/ c) short /i/
8) The word stamp has: a) short /o/ b) short/o/ c) short /e/
9) The word dolphin has: a) short /o/ b) short/u/ c) short /o/
10) The word fund has: a) short /i/ b) short/u/ c) short /e/
• Write the missing letter/letters in the following words.

1) Sp...nt 2) l…n…h 3)cl…....k

4) …r…p 5) sm…..ll 6) st……ky

7) p……..n 8) cl….…s 9) sh….t
10) th…….g
• Re-order the letters to make the correct spelling word.
1) ucnhl………………….
2) Pesnt………………….
3) Opcr…………………..
4) Ngiht………………….
5) Mlels………………….
6) Lockc…………………
7) Yisckt………………...
8) Tsuh…………………..
9) Lcsas………………….
10) lpan………………….
• Choose the correct spelling word that best complete each sentence.

Spent, class, thing, plan, shut, sticky, crop, smell, clock, lunch
1) All the students sit nicely and quietly in the…………………
2) My…………….. has been done finally!!!!!
3) I………………my weekend in doing my homework.
4) …………….the window, when it rains.
5) Does your mom prepare the…………………for today?
6) Was the………………..damaged due to the dry and hot weather?
7) I used some glue to fix my cup, and my hands get……………….
8) If you want to add any…………… to my project.
9) The flowers……………………..nicely.
10) Fix the…………………………. please!