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