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