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