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) bin (b) web (c) hug
- 2.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) sun (b) red (c) dot
- 3.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) red (b) lip (c) bug
- 4.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bag (b) fox (c) web
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bag”? (a) fox (b) leg (c) pan
- 6.🔴 r _ d — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 7.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) gem (b) map (c) bus
- 8.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) log (b) red (c) can
- 9.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) zip (b) red (c) van
- 10.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) web (b) six (c) nut
- 11.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) pin (b) bug (c) hen
- 12.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 13.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) dot (b) hat (c) bus
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) lip (b) ten (c) tap
- 15.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) log (b) bus (c) zip
- 16.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) u (c) a
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hug”? (a) fox (b) gem (c) run
- 18.💎 g _ m — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) e (c) o
- 19.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) nut (b) log (c) van
- 20.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) cup (b) red (c) tap
- 21.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bed (b) box (c) lip
- 22.☕ c _ p — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) a
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) hen (b) map (c) tub
- 24.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) cup (b) hat (c) dog
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) dot (b) nut (c) net
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) hen (b) van (c) fox
- 27.🖊️ p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 28.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) e
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) dog (b) bin (c) sun
- 30.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tub”? (a) cap (b) ten (c) bug
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “rat”? (a) bat (b) hug (c) zip
- 33.📌 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 34.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) hen (b) van (c) bin
- 35.Which picture has the same middle sound as “nut”? (a) bug (b) map (c) pen
- 36.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) tub (b) bed (c) fox
- 37.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) o
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) nut (b) six (c) web
- 39.Which picture has the same middle sound as “log”? (a) red (b) cat (c) dog
- 40.🍳 p _ n — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
Answer key
- hug
- sun
- lip
- bag
- pan
- e
- map
- can
- red
- six
- bug
- a
- hat
- ten
- bus
- a
- run
- e
- log
- tap
- bed
- u
- tub
- dog
- nut
- fox
- e
- o
- bin
- i
- bug
- bat
- i
- bin
- bug
- fox
- i
- web
- dog
- a
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