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