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