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.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) net (b) box (c) lip
- 3.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bus (b) lip (c) dot
- 4.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) pig (b) tub (c) map
- 5.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 6.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 7.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) log (b) cap (c) sun
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) pin (b) leg (c) map
- 9.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 10.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 11.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) pen (b) rat (c) dog
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) bat (b) nut (c) six
- 14.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 15.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pin (b) rat (c) net
- 16.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bus (b) log (c) cap
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) sun (b) box (c) tap
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) bed (b) cap (c) bug
- 19.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 20.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) pan (b) fox (c) bug
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) dog (b) red (c) tap
- 22.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) net (b) bus (c) map
- 23.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) van (b) pen (c) dog
- 24.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) nut (b) six (c) bed
- 25.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) can (b) ten (c) bin
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) pig (b) bat (c) tub
- 27.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) tap (b) bin (c) dot
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) bug (b) pig (c) pen
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) net (b) pin (c) bus
- 31.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) log (b) hat (c) bus
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) bin (b) sun (c) cat
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) bed (b) nut (c) lip
- 35.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) bat (b) web (c) bug
- 37.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 38.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) leg (b) cat (c) six
- 40.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bug (b) bin (c) dot
Answer key
- i
- lip
- lip
- tub
- a
- e
- log
- map
- u
- e
- a
- rat
- bat
- o
- rat
- bus
- tap
- bug
- a
- fox
- tap
- net
- dog
- bed
- ten
- bat
- u
- dot
- pig
- bus
- e
- log
- bin
- nut
- e
- bug
- e
- o
- leg
- bin
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