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.🔟 t _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) red (b) hug (c) bat
- 3.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) i
- 4.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 5.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) e
- 6.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) map (b) fox (c) hen
- 8.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) bag (b) pen (c) hug
- 9.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) hen (b) hat (c) nut
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) rat (b) pen (c) box
- 11.🕸️ w _ b — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pan”? (a) bat (b) nut (c) dog
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) gem (b) sun (c) fox
- 14.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 15.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) o
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “van”? (a) bin (b) cap (c) run
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) zip (b) leg (c) dot
- 18.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) i
- 19.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) o (c) a
- 20.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) bed (b) bus (c) dot
- 21.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) hug (b) lip (c) hen
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) six (b) tub (c) dog
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) map (b) six (c) leg
- 24.Which picture has the same middle sound as “zip”? (a) cat (b) six (c) cup
- 25.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 26.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) hug (b) net (c) dog
- 27.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) o
- 28.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) u
- 29.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) hat (b) sun (c) six
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) rat (b) hug (c) bed
- 31.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) log (b) hen (c) six
- 33.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) dog (b) bag (c) ten
- 34.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bin (b) hug (c) hat
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) net (b) van (c) nut
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bus”? (a) hen (b) nut (c) van
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) nut (b) bat (c) dog
- 38.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) o (c) a
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bin”? (a) dog (b) red (c) zip
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) log (b) bin (c) tub
Answer key
- e
- bat
- u
- e
- i
- e
- fox
- pen
- nut
- box
- e
- bat
- gem
- a
- i
- cap
- dot
- i
- a
- bus
- lip
- tub
- map
- six
- a
- dog
- a
- u
- six
- bed
- a
- hen
- bag
- hug
- van
- nut
- bat
- a
- zip
- log
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