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