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