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.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 2.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 3.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) net (b) bug (c) dot
- 4.🚰 t _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 5.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 6.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) dog (b) tap (c) bus
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) gem (b) pan (c) fox
- 8.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) u
- 9.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) hug (b) net (c) box
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) can (b) leg (c) tub
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) log (b) bug (c) gem
- 13.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) hat (b) run (c) ten
- 14.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) o
- 15.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) box (b) six (c) cat
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) dog (b) pin (c) hen
- 17.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 18.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) dog (b) lip (c) net
- 19.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) zip (b) dog (c) bat
- 20.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) van (b) bed (c) lip
- 21.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) leg (b) cup (c) bag
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “map”? (a) dog (b) pen (c) rat
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) bed (b) tap (c) lip
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) ten (b) log (c) pig
- 25.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dog (b) van (c) sun
- 26.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) gem (b) tap (c) log
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) dog (b) cap (c) hug
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) rat (b) six (c) run
- 30.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) bin (b) tap (c) tub
- 32.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cap (b) cup (c) log
- 33.🚐 v _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) red (b) hug (c) rat
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cap”? (a) dog (b) bus (c) van
- 36.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) u
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) hug (b) map (c) pig
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) rat (b) six (c) dog
- 39.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hat (b) bug (c) dot
- 40.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) zip (b) fox (c) pen
Answer key
- a
- a
- dot
- a
- i
- dog
- gem
- a
- e
- net
- tub
- bug
- ten
- e
- cat
- pin
- e
- net
- bat
- bed
- bag
- rat
- bed
- log
- dog
- e
- tap
- hug
- six
- i
- tub
- cap
- a
- hug
- van
- u
- map
- rat
- dot
- zip
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