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