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