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