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 “box”? (a) fox (b) pin (c) pen
- 2.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) six (b) dog (c) red
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) log (b) six (c) leg
- 5.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 6.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) i
- 7.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) run (b) red (c) bag
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) cat (b) sun (c) ten
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) box (b) can (c) tub
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) rat (b) log (c) pen
- 11.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) net (b) zip (c) pan
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) bin (b) map (c) cup
- 14.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 15.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) can (b) zip (c) web
- 16.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) pig (b) cup (c) fox
- 17.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) van (b) box (c) hen
- 19.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 20.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) sun (b) map (c) ten
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) dog (b) cat (c) hug
- 22.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) map (b) pen (c) nut
- 24.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pen (b) fox (c) six
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) pan (b) fox (c) cup
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) lip (b) tub (c) pen
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) bin (b) map (c) dog
- 28.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 29.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cap (b) dog (c) bus
- 30.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pen (b) hat (c) fox
- 31.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) six (b) net (c) fox
- 32.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) fox (b) bed (c) tub
- 34.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 35.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) bug (b) web (c) dot
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) six (b) dot (c) rat
- 38.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) u
- 39.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) fox (b) net (c) van
- 40.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
Answer key
- fox
- a
- dog
- six
- i
- o
- red
- sun
- box
- log
- o
- pan
- map
- i
- can
- cup
- u
- box
- e
- sun
- hug
- u
- nut
- six
- cup
- pen
- dog
- e
- cap
- hat
- net
- e
- bed
- o
- a
- web
- six
- e
- van
- a
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