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