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