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