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