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