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