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