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