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