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 “six”? (a) zip (b) dog (c) cup
- 2.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) ten (b) log (c) tub
- 3.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pan (b) box (c) hug
- 4.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hug (b) dot (c) leg
- 5.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) cat (b) box (c) lip
- 6.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) leg (b) nut (c) pin
- 7.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) can (b) ten (c) run
- 8.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 9.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) dot (b) hen (c) tap
- 10.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) u
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) log (b) cap (c) gem
- 12.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 13.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 14.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
- 15.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) run (b) pin (c) dog
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) can (b) dot (c) ten
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) net (b) box (c) bug
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) bin (b) cup (c) box
- 19.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 20.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bed (b) tap (c) sun
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) log (b) bed (c) tub
- 22.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 23.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 24.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 25.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) u
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) cat (b) log (c) zip
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) bat (b) web (c) pig
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) rat (b) box (c) run
- 29.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) tub (b) dog (c) six
- 31.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) gem (b) hug (c) dot
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) box (b) lip (c) leg
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) run (b) lip (c) fox
- 34.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 35.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 36.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) fox (b) bag (c) pin
- 37.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) van (b) pen (c) bus
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) pin (b) bus (c) box
- 40.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
Answer key
- zip
- log
- pan
- dot
- box
- nut
- ten
- e
- hen
- i
- log
- u
- a
- a
- pin
- dot
- bug
- box
- a
- bed
- log
- u
- u
- a
- o
- cat
- pig
- box
- o
- six
- hug
- lip
- run
- u
- e
- bag
- a
- van
- pin
- i
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