cat, hat, mat, rat, sat
Some basic words with a short "u" sound are: cup, luck, fun, run.
The A has a short a sound, as in pass and task. (the short A says ah in some words, but not in short words such as cab, am, an, and mass)
They are the W words "was" (wuz) and "what" (wut).
Some words with "au" and a short "a" sound are: laugh, sausage, laundry, fraud.
The I is short in I words such as bid, hit, sip, and wig. The Y has a short I sound in rhythm and myth. The E can have a short I sound as in began and repair. The EE has a short I sound in been.
Words that start with short U (uh sound) include "upper", "until" and "us."
These are some words with a short "u" sound: bud, cuff, dub, fun, gum, hub, just, love, must, nun, pub, rum, some, and ton. Note that some of them do not contain the letter "u" but still have a short "u" sound.
The word 'meadow' has a short E sound in the first syllable. It also has a long O sound in the second syllable. Some examples of other words where the EA pair have the short e sound are bread, death, and sweat. However, most words with EA together do have a long e sound. For example, the words bead and meal have a long E sound.
There are compound words such as paymaster that have both a long A and a short A. Also some words with a short A plus a long A formed by a silent E, such as activate and accelerate. Other words that have both a long and short A: ashtray (short/long) playback (long/short)
The word said is always a short E sound. In some pronunciations, certain and captain do, but they can also have a short I sound for the AI. Other AI words with the short E sound are again and against.
Some words that start with the short vowel sound "i" would be: ibidem, ibidine, icarian, icarus, ichnolite, ichthyoid, if, is, in, into, inter, and intermediate.
Some words that begin with the short 'i' sound are: information intuition inability invariably