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