The short /a/ vowel sound (IPA symbol: æ) can be found in English words such as rat, mat, vat, fat, pat, cat, van, man and many more. Here are charts of CVC's with short /a/ vowel sound words. Included in the list of words with short /a/ vowel sounds are the following: 1. -an family - ban, fan, pan, tan van. man, can, Jan dan 2. -am family - bam, dam, jam, ram, cam, yam, ham, Sam, Pam, Tam 3. -ad family - bad, dad, gad, mad, sad, pad, had, fad, lad, tad 4. -ag family- rag, wag, sag. tag…