Short Vowel Phonics Worksheets
How the sounds work (Find the middle sound): Say the word in three parts: p – i – g. The middle sound is the vowel: a (cat), e (hen), i (pig), o (dog), u (sun). Try each vowel in the gap: only one makes the word in the picture.
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- 1.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) web (b) bug (c) pan
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) box (b) hug (c) web
- 4.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 5.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) hug (b) web (c) dog
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) cap (b) dog (c) zip
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) map (b) nut (c) gem
- 9.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 10.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) pin (b) fox (c) nut
- 11.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 12.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pig (b) hat (c) cup
- 13.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 14.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) lip (b) ten (c) log
- 16.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) web (b) nut (c) dot
- 18.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) rat (b) dog (c) pig
- 19.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bag (b) pin (c) dot
- 20.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 21.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dot (b) cup (c) hat
- 22.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) leg (b) pig (c) map
- 24.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) map (b) dog (c) ten
- 26.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bag (b) run (c) pen
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) bin (b) hen (c) box
- 28.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) pig (b) bed (c) map
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) pan (b) pig (c) nut
- 31.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) run (b) lip (c) red
- 32.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) hug (b) gem (c) six
- 33.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) fox (b) six (c) bag
- 34.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) six (b) cat (c) ten
- 35.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) map (b) dog (c) nut
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) leg (b) box (c) lip
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) bug (b) six (c) dot
- 39.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) hug (b) rat (c) log
Answer key
- u
- pan
- hug
- e
- i
- dog
- cap
- gem
- o
- nut
- i
- hat
- a
- a
- lip
- a
- nut
- pig
- pin
- u
- dot
- u
- leg
- e
- map
- pen
- hen
- u
- map
- pig
- lip
- hug
- fox
- cat
- e
- map
- lip
- six
- u
- log
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