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