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