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