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