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