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