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 letter “u” in the middle? (a) cat (b) six (c) run
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “can”? (a) cat (b) hug (c) six
- 3.⚫ d _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) o
- 4.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) fox (b) net (c) cup
- 5.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) e
- 6.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) i
- 7.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) rat (b) six (c) run
- 8.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bag (b) bin (c) gem
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) pin (b) box (c) bug
- 10.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bug (b) cat (c) ten
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) cup (b) bed (c) van
- 12.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) hug (b) dot (c) pan
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) fox (b) net (c) bin
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) dot (b) gem (c) hat
- 15.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) web (b) bat (c) sun
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) cap (b) hen (c) bug
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) lip (b) can (c) red
- 18.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) hug (b) six (c) pan
- 19.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) log (b) hen (c) tub
- 20.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 21.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) nut (b) pig (c) van
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) gem (b) can (c) cup
- 23.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) e
- 24.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) net (b) lip (c) run
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) dog (b) lip (c) gem
- 26.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) leg (b) bug (c) dot
- 27.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) tap (b) red (c) bug
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) gem (b) log (c) pig
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hen”? (a) ten (b) bin (c) bus
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) box (b) cap (c) six
- 31.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) net (b) hug (c) hat
- 32.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cap (b) pen (c) pig
- 33.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) six (b) net (c) bug
- 34.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) pig (b) bat (c) ten
- 36.Which picture has the same middle sound as “net”? (a) red (b) bat (c) hug
- 37.🛁 t _ b — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) zip (b) bed (c) dot
- 39.🥅 n _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) e
- 40.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) tap (b) leg (c) dot
Answer key
- run
- cat
- o
- net
- a
- i
- rat
- gem
- box
- bug
- bed
- hug
- bin
- gem
- sun
- bug
- can
- pan
- hen
- i
- pig
- cup
- e
- lip
- gem
- dot
- bug
- gem
- ten
- six
- hug
- cap
- six
- i
- ten
- red
- u
- bed
- e
- tap
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