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.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 2.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) web (b) lip (c) tub
- 4.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bug (b) pen (c) box
- 5.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 6.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hat (b) leg (c) dog
- 7.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 8.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 9.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 10.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) dot (b) hen (c) map
- 11.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) tub (b) tap (c) box
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) zip (b) hat (c) box
- 13.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bag (b) gem (c) zip
- 14.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) hen (b) fox (c) rat
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) run (b) pig (c) cap
- 16.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) i
- 17.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) pan (b) dog (c) zip
- 19.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 20.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) i
- 21.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) hug (b) tap (c) net
- 22.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) dog (b) rat (c) sun
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) cat (b) run (c) dog
- 25.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) a
- 26.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) run (b) pin (c) can
- 27.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) tap (b) gem (c) sun
- 28.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 29.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) lip (b) bat (c) dot
- 30.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) can (b) pig (c) sun
- 31.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) web (b) dog (c) zip
- 33.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pin (b) bag (c) hen
- 34.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) ten (b) tub (c) box
- 35.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bus (b) zip (c) pan
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) red (b) can (c) log
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) six (b) bag (c) red
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) dot (b) pin (c) bus
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) dog (b) six (c) bat
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) box (b) pig (c) ten
Answer key
- e
- a
- lip
- bug
- a
- dog
- u
- e
- a
- map
- tap
- hat
- zip
- rat
- pig
- a
- u
- pan
- u
- a
- net
- a
- sun
- cat
- e
- can
- gem
- i
- dot
- pig
- e
- zip
- bag
- box
- pan
- log
- red
- dot
- bat
- pig
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