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