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