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.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) run (b) map (c) red
- 2.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) net (b) fox (c) zip
- 3.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) gem (b) pan (c) bus
- 4.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) dog (b) ten (c) hug
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) hug (b) zip (c) rat
- 7.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hat (b) tub (c) fox
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) six (b) run (c) can
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) bat (b) bed (c) zip
- 10.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) nut (b) bin (c) hat
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) cap (b) pin (c) gem
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) cup (b) rat (c) net
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) dog (b) web (c) pan
- 14.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) box (b) red (c) pan
- 15.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 16.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) tub (b) pig (c) rat
- 18.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 19.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) gem (b) six (c) dog
- 21.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) dog (b) zip (c) bed
- 22.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bin (b) fox (c) bus
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) cap (b) lip (c) run
- 24.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 25.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 26.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pig (b) dog (c) sun
- 27.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) van (b) tub (c) pin
- 28.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dog (b) pig (c) bat
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) bed (b) bag (c) nut
- 30.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) fox (b) tap (c) web
- 31.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) u
- 32.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) pig (b) fox (c) run
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) bed (b) fox (c) cat
- 34.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) hat (b) bed (c) dog
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) hat (b) ten (c) pin
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) red (b) pig (c) bag
- 37.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 38.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) e
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) leg (b) pig (c) cat
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) cup (b) dog (c) web
Answer key
- map
- net
- bus
- e
- hug
- zip
- fox
- can
- bat
- nut
- pin
- net
- pan
- red
- i
- u
- tub
- a
- u
- six
- zip
- bin
- lip
- a
- a
- pig
- tub
- dog
- bed
- web
- u
- run
- fox
- hat
- pin
- pig
- i
- e
- cat
- web
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