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