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 “u” in the middle? (a) dog (b) pin (c) bus
- 2.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) lip (b) log (c) run
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) six (b) web (c) dot
- 4.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) map (b) tub (c) bed
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) box (b) bin (c) ten
- 7.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) tub (b) van (c) bin
- 9.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 10.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 11.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) pen (b) dot (c) run
- 12.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 13.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 14.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) hat (b) pig (c) dog
- 16.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) fox (b) rat (c) bus
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) fox (b) rat (c) hen
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) ten (b) pig (c) van
- 19.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) box (b) six (c) map
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) dot (b) cap (c) pin
- 21.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 22.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dot (b) van (c) gem
- 23.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) cup (b) ten (c) hat
- 24.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) ten (b) run (c) fox
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) box (b) hug (c) cat
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) map (b) dot (c) hen
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) web (b) dog (c) hat
- 29.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bin (b) run (c) can
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) ten (b) rat (c) bug
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) run (b) dog (c) web
- 32.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hug (b) tap (c) dog
- 33.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) pig (b) log (c) map
- 35.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) dot (b) bin (c) pan
- 36.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) log (b) web (c) sun
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) nut (b) gem (c) six
- 39.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) zip (b) fox (c) tap
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) leg (b) bug (c) pig
Answer key
- bus
- lip
- six
- o
- map
- box
- a
- bin
- a
- u
- pen
- a
- u
- a
- dog
- fox
- fox
- van
- box
- pin
- o
- dot
- ten
- a
- run
- hug
- hen
- hat
- can
- bug
- run
- dog
- a
- pig
- bin
- i
- log
- six
- zip
- leg
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