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