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