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