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