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 “fox”? (a) log (b) bag (c) web
- 2.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) rat (b) fox (c) bus
- 4.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) fox (b) van (c) gem
- 5.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 6.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) tap (b) lip (c) log
- 8.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) six (b) bus (c) dog
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) van (b) leg (c) tub
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) ten (b) hat (c) six
- 11.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 12.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) hug (b) map (c) gem
- 13.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 14.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) van (b) bed (c) hug
- 15.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) e
- 16.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) dot (b) gem (c) hat
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) dog (b) nut (c) pin
- 19.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) rat (b) leg (c) pin
- 20.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) box (b) six (c) ten
- 21.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bed (b) box (c) run
- 22.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) nut (b) bin (c) cat
- 23.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) box (b) hug (c) bat
- 25.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) hen (b) hug (c) pin
- 26.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bat (b) log (c) six
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) hen (b) cup (c) dog
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) dot (b) bus (c) cat
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) pin (b) pen (c) run
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) hat (b) zip (c) bed
- 31.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 32.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) rat (b) lip (c) bug
- 33.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dot (b) cup (c) pan
- 34.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) dot (b) cap (c) net
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) bin (b) hen (c) bug
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) net (b) box (c) cap
- 38.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) log (b) sun (c) cat
- 39.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) cap (b) gem (c) zip
Answer key
- log
- u
- fox
- van
- a
- e
- tap
- six
- leg
- hat
- e
- map
- o
- hug
- e
- u
- dot
- dog
- leg
- box
- run
- cat
- i
- hug
- pin
- bat
- dog
- cat
- pen
- bed
- i
- bug
- dot
- u
- net
- bin
- cap
- sun
- u
- zip
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