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 same middle sound as “rat”? (a) lip (b) web (c) tap
- 2.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bat (b) box (c) sun
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) pen (b) dot (c) hat
- 4.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) cat (b) nut (c) six
- 5.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 6.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) e
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) cap (b) box (c) gem
- 8.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) tap (b) hug (c) log
- 9.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 10.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) hat (b) leg (c) zip
- 11.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 12.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) pin (b) dot (c) pen
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) tub (b) cat (c) lip
- 15.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 16.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) bin (b) dog (c) rat
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) van (b) nut (c) gem
- 19.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) box (b) hen (c) cat
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) red (b) fox (c) tub
- 22.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 23.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bin (b) hat (c) dog
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) bag (b) box (c) pig
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) rat (b) dog (c) pen
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) bus (b) rat (c) web
- 27.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 28.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) can (b) bed (c) tub
- 29.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) i
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) run (b) bin (c) can
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) hat (b) hug (c) ten
- 32.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) tap (b) log (c) bin
- 33.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 34.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pan (b) hen (c) six
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) dog (b) nut (c) map
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) log (b) hen (c) map
- 37.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pin (b) run (c) van
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) hug (b) bag (c) web
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) tub (b) log (c) zip
- 40.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
Answer key
- tap
- sun
- hat
- nut
- a
- e
- box
- hug
- o
- zip
- e
- o
- dot
- tub
- u
- a
- rat
- gem
- a
- cat
- red
- i
- hat
- pig
- pen
- web
- a
- tub
- i
- run
- hat
- bin
- a
- pan
- nut
- map
- van
- web
- log
- u
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