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.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 2.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 3.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 4.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 5.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dog (b) hug (c) zip
- 6.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) tub (b) ten (c) pig
- 7.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) hen (b) cup (c) tap
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) box (b) tub (c) ten
- 9.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) leg (b) dog (c) rat
- 11.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) rat (b) lip (c) tub
- 12.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) e
- 13.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) i
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) ten (b) tub (c) pin
- 15.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) fox (b) pig (c) tap
- 16.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) ten (b) lip (c) log
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) log (b) pig (c) bag
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) pen (b) sun (c) log
- 20.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bin (b) cup (c) web
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) tap (b) hen (c) pig
- 22.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dog (b) cup (c) cap
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) log (b) can (c) cup
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) net (b) nut (c) van
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) pin (b) log (c) gem
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) net (b) fox (c) bus
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) pen (b) bus (c) map
- 28.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 29.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) rat (b) cup (c) zip
- 31.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) web (b) cap (c) dot
- 32.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 33.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) cat (b) bug (c) zip
- 34.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) hug (b) pan (c) pin
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) tub (b) dog (c) pig
- 36.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) fox (b) red (c) bag
- 37.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 38.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bin (b) gem (c) hug
- 39.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) red (b) dog (c) bat
Answer key
- u
- a
- u
- i
- hug
- ten
- hen
- box
- o
- dog
- lip
- e
- i
- tub
- tap
- e
- lip
- pig
- sun
- web
- tap
- dog
- cup
- nut
- log
- bus
- map
- u
- e
- cup
- dot
- o
- zip
- pin
- tub
- bag
- u
- gem
- i
- bat
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