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