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