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