Words Containing Short Vowels

See paragraphs 39 to 41.

First-place light dot: Bit, pick, tick, ditch, pitch, pig, pith, big, Dick, dig, dip, dim, tip, pity, pitchy, finny, pithy, ditty, Biddy, busy, tinny.

Second-place light dot (written before the second consonant): Etch, beck, debt, bet, peck, peg, egg, edge, deck, fed, death, beg, jet, fetch, keg, Betty, jetty, Jenny, penny, bevy, Jessie.

Third-place light dot: Pad, patch, add, ash, at, tack, bag, bat, pap, batch, nag, match, tap, baggy, taffy, natty, chatty, Fanny.

First-place light dash : Odd, botch, pop, pod, bog, bob, fog, knock, dodge, top, dock, Tom, dot, jockey, Johnny, Bobby, poppy, copy, bonny, doggy.

Second-place light dash: Up, us, pup, bug, touch, tuck, duck, pug, tub, tug, buck, tongue, Dutch, dug, puppy, putty, buggy, duchy, dummy, puffy, touchy.

Third-place light dash : Cook, hood, book, look, took, nook, pussy, cuckoo, cooky, goody.

Dictation Exercise

Abbey, abbot, acid, academy, Adam, adage, agile, agility, agilely, agate, aiming, alley, alp, amity, anthem,