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