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