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