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