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 “o” in the middle? (a) bug (b) fox (c) ten
- 2.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 3.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) sun (b) red (c) cap
- 4.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) red (b) hat (c) run
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) net (b) bag (c) nut
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) pen (b) bus (c) pin
- 7.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 8.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) run (b) leg (c) pan
- 9.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bag (b) bin (c) red
- 10.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 11.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 12.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) web (b) map (c) six
- 13.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bin (b) hen (c) hug
- 14.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pen (b) six (c) cat
- 15.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pin (b) bed (c) nut
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) gem (b) nut (c) box
- 17.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) dog (b) pig (c) hug
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) pin (b) sun (c) map
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) cup (b) bat (c) pin
- 21.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 22.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) tub (b) bed (c) log
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) run (b) box (c) bat
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) van (b) gem (c) six
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) pin (b) cap (c) pen
- 26.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) sun (b) pig (c) pen
- 27.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 28.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 29.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 30.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) six (b) nut (c) rat
- 31.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) web (b) cat (c) box
- 33.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) e
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) pig (b) tub (c) ten
- 35.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) dog (b) gem (c) van
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) lip (b) fox (c) map
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) dot (b) cat (c) pen
- 38.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 39.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) i
- 40.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
Answer key
- fox
- a
- cap
- hat
- bag
- bus
- a
- pan
- red
- i
- e
- map
- bin
- six
- pin
- box
- i
- hug
- sun
- cup
- u
- bed
- run
- gem
- pen
- pig
- u
- a
- a
- nut
- u
- web
- u
- ten
- gem
- map
- cat
- u
- e
- e
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