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