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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- 1.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) map (b) fox (c) pen
- 3.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 4.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) e
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) pig (b) can (c) hen
- 6.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) can (b) bed (c) tub
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) gem (b) dog (c) zip
- 8.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) u
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) sun (b) pig (c) tap
- 10.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) van (b) pin (c) leg
- 11.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) leg (b) rat (c) dot
- 13.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pig (b) cap (c) bug
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) van (b) dog (c) bed
- 15.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) leg (b) hug (c) dog
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) fox (b) map (c) hen
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) lip (b) hat (c) sun
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) box (b) map (c) bin
- 19.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) zip (b) bug (c) leg
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) cup (b) hen (c) pan
- 21.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) hug (b) pig (c) gem
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) bus (b) pig (c) fox
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) dot (b) cup (c) pan
- 24.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dot (b) bus (c) cat
- 25.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) e
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) cat (b) dog (c) lip
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) ten (b) zip (c) bat
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) rat (b) bed (c) log
- 29.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 30.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) pin (b) dot (c) nut
- 31.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) bus (b) bag (c) bed
- 33.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 34.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) sun (b) dog (c) hen
- 36.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) u
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) box (b) bus (c) bat
- 38.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) six (b) pan (c) box
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) dot (b) cat (c) cup
Answer key
- i
- map
- a
- e
- can
- tub
- dog
- u
- pig
- pin
- a
- dot
- cap
- dog
- leg
- fox
- hat
- bin
- bug
- cup
- gem
- bus
- dot
- bus
- e
- dog
- bat
- log
- a
- nut
- u
- bed
- o
- a
- dog
- u
- box
- e
- pan
- cat
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