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