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 “web”? (a) bin (b) log (c) ten
- 2.🗑️ b _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) u
- 3.🤗 h _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) u (c) e
- 4.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 5.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) hat (b) nut (c) leg
- 6.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) e (c) i
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pig”? (a) dot (b) six (c) ten
- 8.🎩 h _ t — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) a (c) o
- 9.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) dot (b) leg (c) six
- 10.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) bat (b) lip (c) nut
- 11.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) ten (b) cat (c) pin
- 12.☀️ s _ n — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) u (c) e
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) cap (b) six (c) sun
- 14.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pen”? (a) box (b) gem (c) pig
- 15.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) u
- 16.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) tub (b) pin (c) fox
- 18.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) lip (b) tap (c) bus
- 19.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) pin (b) pen (c) can
- 20.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) zip (b) bag (c) tub
- 21.🐔 h _ n — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “box”? (a) zip (b) fox (c) bus
- 23.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) tap (b) bus (c) net
- 24.6️⃣ s _ x — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) a (c) i
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) bus (b) tap (c) lip
- 26.Which picture has the same middle sound as “hat”? (a) bus (b) box (c) map
- 27.🗺️ m _ p — which letter is missing? (a) u (b) i (c) a
- 28.Which picture has the same middle sound as “ten”? (a) pen (b) rat (c) bus
- 29.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bus (b) leg (c) dog
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “pin”? (a) zip (b) run (c) map
- 31.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) net (b) six (c) dot
- 32.🚌 b _ s — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) i (c) u
- 33.🐀 r _ t — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) i (c) a
- 34.📦 b _ x — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) o
- 35.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) run (b) fox (c) hen
- 36.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) pan (b) pen (c) bin
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) hug (b) pen (c) bin
- 38.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) hen (b) pin (c) run
- 39.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) fox (b) zip (c) cap
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “run”? (a) cup (b) gem (c) fox
Answer key
- ten
- i
- u
- a
- leg
- a
- six
- a
- dot
- nut
- ten
- u
- cap
- gem
- a
- e
- fox
- tap
- can
- tub
- e
- fox
- bus
- i
- lip
- map
- a
- pen
- leg
- zip
- net
- u
- a
- o
- run
- bin
- hug
- pin
- cap
- cup
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