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