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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- 1.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 2.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 3.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) ten (b) dot (c) bag
- 5.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) bat (b) tub (c) dog
- 7.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) sun (b) rat (c) box
- 9.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) dog (b) red (c) run
- 11.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bed (b) bat (c) fox
- 12.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 13.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 14.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) pan (b) dog (c) bus
- 15.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) box (b) map (c) lip
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) map (b) bed (c) nut
- 17.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
- 18.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) box (b) zip (c) run
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) dot (b) bag (c) pig
- 21.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) hen (b) hug (c) dog
- 22.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bed (b) pig (c) pan
- 23.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bed (b) fox (c) cat
- 24.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 25.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bus (b) tap (c) bin
- 26.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 27.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hen (b) dot (c) six
- 28.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cap (b) six (c) sun
- 29.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) tap (b) zip (c) bus
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) box (b) pig (c) cap
- 32.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) box (b) pin (c) bag
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) can (b) leg (c) lip
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) dog (b) ten (c) rat
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) bed (b) van (c) log
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) pig (b) leg (c) run
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) red (b) tub (c) pig
- 38.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) nut (b) ten (c) log
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) dog (b) six (c) net
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) hen (b) lip (c) pan
Answer key
- i
- a
- a
- bag
- a
- dog
- u
- rat
- u
- red
- fox
- u
- u
- dog
- box
- bed
- u
- a
- box
- bag
- hen
- pan
- bed
- a
- bin
- e
- dot
- cap
- e
- zip
- pig
- pin
- lip
- rat
- bed
- run
- red
- log
- net
- pan
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