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