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 “six”? (a) lip (b) hat (c) fox
- 2.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) e
- 3.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 4.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bag (b) zip (c) dog
- 5.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bin (b) log (c) web
- 6.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) sun (b) pen (c) tap
- 7.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) ten (b) hat (c) lip
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) map (b) run (c) dog
- 9.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) bug (b) lip (c) dot
- 10.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) log (b) hug (c) bin
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “gem”? (a) pen (b) cat (c) bus
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) rat (b) nut (c) fox
- 13.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) i
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) lip (b) nut (c) fox
- 15.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) bed (b) pan (c) dog
- 16.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) bag (b) zip (c) sun
- 17.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) zip (b) box (c) bug
- 18.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 19.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) tap (b) six (c) hen
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) lip (b) sun (c) rat
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) hug (b) pig (c) red
- 23.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hug (b) web (c) fox
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) six (b) dot (c) can
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) cup (b) rat (c) red
- 26.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) tap (b) dog (c) run
- 27.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) nut (b) ten (c) van
- 28.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) zip (b) dog (c) web
- 30.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 31.🧢 c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) box (b) hug (c) six
- 33.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) cat (b) hug (c) pig
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) red (b) cat (c) zip
- 36.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 37.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) cup (b) bat (c) pig
- 38.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) can (b) zip (c) bus
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) fox (b) ten (c) sun
- 40.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) van (b) bin (c) hug
Answer key
- lip
- e
- a
- dog
- web
- tap
- lip
- run
- dot
- hug
- pen
- nut
- o
- fox
- dog
- zip
- bug
- a
- a
- tap
- sun
- pig
- fox
- six
- red
- run
- nut
- i
- web
- u
- a
- box
- i
- hug
- zip
- e
- cup
- can
- sun
- bin
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