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