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