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