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