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