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