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) o (b) i (c) u
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) fox (b) leg (c) cup
- 3.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) ten (b) zip (c) fox
- 4.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) cup (b) net (c) lip
- 5.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bin (b) dot (c) ten
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) dog (b) bed (c) lip
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) tub (b) pen (c) dot
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) gem (b) bin (c) tap
- 9.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) cap (b) six (c) bus
- 10.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 11.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) bed (b) can (c) lip
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) tub (b) web (c) pin
- 14.🐷 p _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
- 15.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bug (b) map (c) bin
- 16.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) box (b) pig (c) leg
- 17.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 18.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 19.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 20.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 21.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bed (b) bus (c) bag
- 22.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) cup (b) pig (c) dog
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) dog (b) hug (c) rat
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) pin (b) cap (c) bus
- 25.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) sun (b) dog (c) red
- 26.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pen (b) lip (c) pan
- 27.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) bug (b) zip (c) cap
- 29.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) log (b) pen (c) six
- 31.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) box (b) lip (c) web
- 32.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) lip (b) map (c) bus
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) red (b) hat (c) six
- 35.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 36.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) i
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) sun (b) bed (c) zip
- 38.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) bed (b) map (c) bus
- 40.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) e
Answer key
- o
- leg
- fox
- net
- dot
- dog
- dot
- bin
- six
- o
- i
- can
- pin
- i
- bug
- box
- a
- u
- a
- u
- bed
- dog
- rat
- cap
- sun
- pan
- a
- zip
- o
- six
- lip
- u
- map
- red
- a
- e
- zip
- u
- map
- e
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