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