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 “ten”? (a) web (b) run (c) pin
- 2.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) rat (b) six (c) run
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) six (b) bag (c) tub
- 5.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) map (b) pin (c) web
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) web (b) van (c) sun
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) run (b) lip (c) dog
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) hug (b) tap (c) hen
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) tub (b) leg (c) dog
- 10.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 11.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) o
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) van (b) hen (c) dog
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) pen (b) cat (c) nut
- 14.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pig (b) dot (c) cat
- 15.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) tub (b) six (c) box
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) hen (b) box (c) sun
- 17.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) net (b) hug (c) cat
- 18.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 19.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) bus (b) pen (c) bat
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) bug (b) dot (c) bin
- 22.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) lip (b) tub (c) bag
- 23.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) six (b) sun (c) hen
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) rat (b) ten (c) run
- 25.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 26.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) gem (b) hat (c) bin
- 27.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 28.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) dot (b) pin (c) cup
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) nut (b) cap (c) zip
- 31.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 32.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 33.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) box (b) bus (c) bin
- 34.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bed (b) dot (c) bat
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) tub (b) bat (c) dot
- 36.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) bug (b) pen (c) rat
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) lip (b) bed (c) bus
- 39.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bin (b) log (c) cat
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) box (b) bus (c) six
Answer key
- web
- e
- six
- tub
- map
- sun
- dog
- hug
- tub
- i
- o
- van
- cat
- cat
- six
- hen
- net
- e
- u
- pen
- bug
- tub
- hen
- rat
- a
- hat
- o
- a
- cup
- cap
- a
- u
- bus
- bat
- bat
- u
- rat
- bus
- log
- box
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