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) u (b) e (c) o
- 2.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 3.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) six (b) bed (c) can
- 4.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) e
- 5.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) six (b) cat (c) pen
- 6.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) leg (b) bus (c) hat
- 8.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) hug (b) dog (c) rat
- 10.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) fox (b) hen (c) bat
- 11.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) fox (b) leg (c) cup
- 12.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) e
- 13.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) log (b) six (c) ten
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) six (b) net (c) cap
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) can (b) hug (c) bin
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) bus (b) pan (c) dog
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) bus (b) dot (c) cat
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) pig (b) cat (c) leg
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) van (b) gem (c) run
- 20.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pig (b) bat (c) fox
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) tub (b) fox (c) lip
- 22.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 23.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dot (b) pig (c) cat
- 24.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bus (b) lip (c) leg
- 25.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) gem (b) cap (c) hug
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) tub (b) leg (c) bat
- 27.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dog (b) pig (c) hug
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) run (b) zip (c) fox
- 29.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 30.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 31.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) hat (b) zip (c) bed
- 33.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) ten (b) pig (c) tap
- 34.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 35.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pin (b) bug (c) hat
- 36.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bag (b) bin (c) dot
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) fox (b) web (c) pig
- 38.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) lip (b) bug (c) ten
- 40.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) box (b) bat (c) net
Answer key
- u
- i
- bed
- e
- pen
- e
- hat
- u
- rat
- hen
- fox
- u
- log
- six
- bin
- pan
- cat
- leg
- gem
- pig
- lip
- a
- dot
- leg
- cap
- leg
- hug
- zip
- e
- o
- e
- hat
- ten
- i
- hat
- bag
- fox
- a
- bug
- box
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