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