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