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 “cat”? (a) hat (b) zip (c) bus
- 2.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 3.🛏️ b _ d — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 4.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 5.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) u
- 6.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) dot (b) bug (c) bin
- 7.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) lip (b) bed (c) log
- 8.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) box (b) tap (c) zip
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) run (b) web (c) pig
- 10.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) red (b) fox (c) tub
- 11.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 12.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) red (b) cat (c) hug
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) bus (b) dog (c) pen
- 14.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) e
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) tap (b) six (c) sun
- 16.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 17.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 18.🏃 r _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 19.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) a
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) bin (b) dot (c) van
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) cup (b) log (c) pin
- 22.🥜 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) u (c) o
- 23.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
- 24.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) six (b) net (c) tub
- 25.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) six (b) ten (c) hat
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) sun (b) dot (c) net
- 27.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) fox (b) cup (c) hat
- 29.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) bed (b) tub (c) log
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) pin (b) cat (c) tub
- 32.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) sun (b) hen (c) rat
- 33.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 34.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hat (b) leg (c) fox
- 35.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 36.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 37.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 38.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) ten (b) rat (c) fox
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) pen (b) nut (c) log
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) six (b) log (c) bat
Answer key
- hat
- a
- e
- i
- a
- bug
- bed
- tap
- pig
- red
- u
- cat
- bus
- e
- six
- a
- a
- u
- u
- bin
- log
- u
- a
- net
- hat
- dot
- a
- cup
- i
- bed
- cat
- sun
- e
- fox
- o
- a
- a
- rat
- pen
- log
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