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