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